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IA SF609
Bill
Status
3/19/2025
Primary Sponsor
Ways & Means
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AI Summary
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Authorizes surviving spouses of emergency services members killed in the line of duty to petition their county board of supervisors for abatement of property taxes and special assessments on their homestead
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Defines "emergency services member" to include fire fighters, peace officers, correctional officers, emergency medical care providers, and volunteer emergency services providers
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Requires petitions to include certification of good standing from the deceased member's chief officer and proof that death resulted directly from a traumatic injury incurred in the line of duty
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Disqualifies petitioners if the member's death was caused by suicide, voluntary intoxication, gross negligence, or the petitioner's actions were a substantial contributing factor to the death
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Takes effect upon enactment and applies retroactively to assessment years beginning on or after January 1, 2025
Legislative Description
A bill for an act authorizing the abatement of property taxes owed on property owned by the surviving spouse of an emergency services member killed in the line of duty, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.(Formerly SF 21.)
Last Action
Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
1/20/2026