HCR 23-1002 CO

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The state constitution allows a veteran who has a service-connected disability rated as a 100% permanent disability to claim a property tax exemption for a portion of the actual value of the veteran's owner-occupied primary residence. The 100% permanent disability requirement can only be changed through a constitutional amendment. The concurrent resolution submits a constitutional amendment to the voters of the state at the 2024 general election that will, if approved, expand eligibility for the exemption by allowing a veteran who has individual unemployability status, as determined by the U.S. department of veterans affairs, to claim the exemption. In most cases, to have individual unemployability status, a veteran must be unable to keep a steady job because the veteran either has at least one service-connected disability rated at 60% or more disabling or has 2 or more service-connected disabilities with at least one disability rated at 40% or more disabling and a combined rating of 70% or more disabling. To conform to the existing public policy of the state that "people first language" be used in new or amended legislation that refers to persons with disabilities, the concurrent resolution also changes the existing defined term "disabled veteran" to "veteran with a disability". (Note: This summary applies to this concurrent resolution as adopted.)

• Bob Marshall Democratic · primary
• Rhonda Fields · primary
• Perry Will · primary

1. Apr 17, 2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
2. Apr 14, 2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments · upper
3. Apr 14, 2023 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
4. Apr 6, 2023 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations · upper
5. Mar 22, 2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs · upper
6. Mar 20, 2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
7. Mar 17, 2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments · lower
8. Mar 17, 2023 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
9. Jan 23, 2023 House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations · lower
10. Jan 9, 2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs · lower