Connecticut / State / 2025 Regular Session
Public Act 25-168, sections 233 to 242 Rebuilt the permanent and total exemption and created municipal options for unemployability and killed-in-action spouses
Expands and restricts Limits the permanent and total exemption to the veteran's share of the dwelling and excludes commercial and rental space, while letting towns extend it to individual unemployability and to surviving spouses of earlier deaths.
For assessment years from October 1, 2025: limits 12-81(83) to the veteran’s share of the dwelling, excludes commercial and rental space, adds mobile homes, trusts and life tenancies, requires disclosure of rating changes, and lets towns exempt up to two acres, cap at the median residential assessment and reach surviving spouses of earlier deaths. Creates 12-81pp (the same exemption for individual unemployability, where a town adopts it) and 12-81qq (surviving spouse of a service member killed in action).
Progress
Path to law: Bill in a two-chamber legislature
- Introduced Done, Emergency certification of HB 7287, with no committee referral
- In committee Done, date not recorded
- Passed one chamber Done, House, as amended by House Amendment Schedule A
- Passed both chambers Done, Senate, in concurrence
- Signed by the governor Done,
- In effect Done,
Sponsors
- Matthew Ritter
- Martin M. Looney
- Jason Rojas
- Bob Duff
- Bobby G. Gibson
- Fred Gee
- Hubert D. Delany
What it touches
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 12-81(83)
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 12-81pp
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 12-81qq
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 12-81(20)
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Official record
Read Public Act 25-168, sections 233 to 242 on the jurisdiction's own record