Let's make a change!
SB1126/HB2032 are in Committee
Let's get the outdated 1972 Disabled Veteran Property Tax benefits updated to 2025 to help manage our property taxes
Email your Governor & Representatives below​
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HB-2032 moved to Ways and Means Committee on 14 March , please email these Representatives and make your voice heard! We are 600,000 Disabled Veterans strong in Texas to update this old 1972 law to today's standards.
CHAIR
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VICE-CHAIR
Martinez-Fischer, Trey
MEMBERS
Bernal, Diego*
Button, Angie-Chen*
Capriglione, Giovanni*
Gervin-Hawkins, Barbara
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* Sub-Committee on Property Tax Appraisal
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Suggested Text for Email
Subject: Support for HB2032: Property Tax Relief for Disabled Veterans
Dear Representative [Representative's Last Name],
I am writing to respectfully request your support and active stewardship of HB2032, which aims to provide meaningful property tax relief for disabled veterans in Texas.
Currently, veterans with a 100% disability rating receive a full property tax exemption, a benefit that significantly eases their financial burden. However, veterans with lower disability ratings receive substantially less support. For example:
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Veterans with a 90% disability rating receive a $12,000 property value exemption.
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Veterans with a 50% disability rating receive a $7,500 property value exemption.
When calculated using the statewide average property tax rate of 1.81%, these exemptions translate to approximately $18 per month and $11 per month in tax savings, respectively. These amounts offer minimal financial relief and do not adequately address the challenges faced by these disabled veterans.
According to the 2024 data from the Federal VA website, Texas is home to approximately 600,000 disabled veterans. While 164,245 of these veterans have a 100% disability rating and receive full exemptions, a significant number – approximately 434,721 – are left with insufficient support.
HB2032 presents an opportunity to provide more equitable and substantial property tax relief for these deserving veterans. I urge you to take action and lend your endorsement to this vital legislation, working in collaboration with Representative Campos to ensure its successful passage.
Thank you for your time and consideration of this important matter.
Sincerely,
[Your Name]
SB-1126 is now with the Local Government Committee, please email these Senators and make your voice heard! We are 600,000 Disabled Veterans strong in Texas
CHAIR
Paul Bettencourt
VICE-CHAIR
Mayes Middleton
MEMBERS
Molly Cook
Roland Gutierrez
Robert Nichols
Angela Paxton
Royce West
Suggested Text for Email
Subject: Support for SB1126: Property Tax Relief for Disabled Veterans
Dear Senator [Senator's Last Name],
I am writing to respectfully request your support and active stewardship of SB1126, which aims to provide meaningful property tax relief for disabled veterans in Texas.
Currently, veterans with a 100% disability rating receive a full property tax exemption, a benefit that significantly eases their financial burden. However, veterans with lower disability ratings receive substantially less support. For example:
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Veterans with a 90% disability rating receive a $12,000 property value exemption.
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Veterans with a 50% disability rating receive a $7,500 property value exemption.
When calculated using the statewide average property tax rate of 1.81%, these exemptions translate to approximately $18 per month and $11 per month in tax savings, respectively. These amounts offer minimal financial relief and do not adequately address the challenges faced by these disabled veterans.
According to the 2024 data from the Federal VA website, Texas is home to approximately 600,000 disabled veterans. While 164,245 of these veterans have a 100% disability rating and receive full exemptions, a significant number – approximately 434,721 – are left with insufficient support.
SB1126 presents an opportunity to provide more equitable and substantial property tax relief for these deserving veterans. I urge you to take action and lend your endorsement to this vital legislation, working in collaboration with Senator Mayes Middleton to ensure its successful passage.
Thank you for your time and consideration of this important matter.
Sincerely,
[Your Name]
Tell our Sr. Leaders below we want SB1126/HB2032 to be law!
Click on the images below to contact Gov Abbott, Lt Gov Patrick or Sen Hancock (Veterans Affairs Chairman). The links for the Governors are to a "I need assistance" webpage where you will fill in basic data like name, address, email etc. There may be an issue/topic pull-down, select or type Military or Veteran and then cut-n-paste the text from this link into the Comments box and then hit submit. Very easy to do all three elected officials below.
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Suggesd Text for Email
Subject: Support for SB1126/HB2032: Property Tax Relief for Disabled Veterans
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Dear [Representative's Last Name],
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I am writing to respectfully request your support and active stewardship of SB1126/HB2032, which aims to provide meaningful property tax relief for disabled veterans in Texas.
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Currently, veterans with a 100% disability rating receive a full property tax exemption, a benefit that significantly eases their financial burden. However, veterans with lower disability ratings receive substantially less support. For example:
-
Veterans with a 90% disability rating receive a $12,000 property value exemption.
-
Veterans with a 50% disability rating receive a $7,500 property value exemption.
When calculated using the statewide average property tax rate of 1.81%, these exemptions translate to approximately $18 per month and $11 per month in tax savings, respectively. These amounts offer minimal financial relief and do not adequately address the challenges faced by these disabled veterans.
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According to the 2024 data from the Federal VA website, Texas is home to approximately 600,000 disabled veterans. While 164,245 of these veterans have a 100% disability rating and receive full exemptions, a significant number – approximately 434,721 – are left with insufficient support.
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SB1126/HB2032 presents an opportunity to provide more equitable and substantial property tax relief for these deserving veterans. I urge you to take action and lend your endorsement to this vital legislation, working in collaboration with Senator Mayes Middleton to ensure its successful passage.
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Thank you for your time and consideration of this important matter.
Sincerely,
[Your Name]
This effort supports Disabled Veterans who are LESS than 100% Service Releated Compensation or Disability Rating. Legislation in 1972 was helpful when the average cost of a home was approximately $26,000. A 50% Disabled Veteran received $10,000 or nearly 40% of the taxable value of the home exempt from taxation. Now with average home cost in Texas at nearly $356,000 that same disability rating and $10,000 exemption is about 2.5% or $20/month. Not even a tank of gas.....
The link will take you to a full slide presentation to all the data; slides advance automatically or you can scroll with mouse to advance. Data is as accurate as possible at the time with publicly available data from online sources. It does not reflect final legislation but is to be used as a start point for discussion and steps forward.
Let's email our representatives
Click on the "Who Represents me" image below. Put in your address and zip code to find your State Representative or Senator. The result will look similar to the middle image (small map with names listed). Click on the Texas names (NOT the U.S. representatives) and be redirected to their pages looking like the two right images. See the red circles in the images to find how to contact or email them. You will fill in basic data like name, address, email etc. I've written a short email below asking for their support in updating the 1972 legislation to make benefits for Disabled Veterans meaningful again. Copy that text and paste in the various emails.
The Constitutional Amendment from 1972 (Click Here)
No change for 100% Disabled Vets,
Let's update the distribution for lower ratings
Other Legislators to Contact
Legislators with Military Roots
NEW 89th House of Representatives Veteran Affairs
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Veteran's Affairs is a House Sub-Committee under Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs (click here for a redirect to House.gov page for emails)
Senate Veterans Affairs
CHAIR
Kelly Hancock
VICE-CHAIR
Tan Parker
MEMBERS
Sarah Eckhardt
Roland Gutierrez
Brent Hagenbuch
Bob Hall
José Menéndez
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