Alabama / State / 2026 Regular Session
Act 2026-598 (HB155) Released VA permanently and totally disabled veterans from the annual homestead verification
Amended Code sections 40-7-2.1 and 40-9-21.1. From October 1, 2026, a veteran determined by VA to be permanently and totally disabled who qualifies under section 40-9-19(d) or 40-9-21 does not have to claim or verify again after first qualifying; the release ends on the veteran’s death or a new homestead. Everyone else still verifies each year. Flagged because the Department of Veterans Affairs’ booklet describes the release as reaching any veteran claiming on a service-connected disability and cites section 40-9-21, which the act did not amend.
Progress
Path to law: Bill in a two-chamber legislature
- Introduced Done, House
- In committee Done, House Military and Veterans' Affairs, then Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund
- Passed one chamber Done, House, as substituted
- Passed both chambers Done, Senate
- Signed by the governor Done,
- In effect Done,
Sponsors
- Paul W. Lee
What it touches
- Code of Ala. § 40-9-21.1
- Code of Ala. § 40-7-2.1
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