Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs on Thursday signed bipartisan legislation to expand property tax exemptions for disabled veterans.
The bill passed with near-unanimous support in both chambers.
The bill will go into effect immediately, and apply to this tax year.
Bill sponsor Rep. Michael Carbone (R-Buckeye) said the proposal will protect veterans from being taxed out of their homes.
“This is about fairness. It’s about honoring service and it’s about ensuring the most vulnerable among us can remain in their homes with dignity and integrity,” Carbone said.
Similar legislation exists in a handful of other states.
Arizona’s version would specifically apply to veterans with a service-connected disability.
It also allows surviving veteran spouses to continue claiming the exemption, unless they remarry.
Arizona has close to a half-million veterans, and voters passed a ballot measure in 2022 to give disabled veterans property tax exemptions, to a certain extent.
Veteran pensions are also exempted from income tax in Arizona.
Carbone claimed the bill will not have any real financial impact on the state, and said there’s not really a way to measure it.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Due to an editing error, the headline has been modified to correct the spelling of Gov. Katie Hobbs' name.
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