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Read. Follow. Verify.Minnesota exempts certain veterans service organization properties from property taxes starting in 2026
Last action · March 20, 2025: Author added WolgamottSponsors: Peggy Bennett and 10 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Minnesota House File 195 establishes a complete property tax exemption for qualifying properties owned and operated by s, effective beginning with the 2026 . The bill removes these properties from existing structures, shifting them from a 1 percent classification rate to full tax exemption. To maintain eligibility, the commissioner of veterans affairs is required to annually provide a certified list of qualifying organizations to the commissioner of revenue by January 1.
- House File 195 is introduced during the 94th session of the Minnesota Legislature. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Congressionally chartered veterans service organizations
Eligible properties owned and operated by these organizations transition from a 1 percent classification rate to a complete property tax exemption.
Commissioner of Veterans Affairs
Must annually provide a certified list of congressionally chartered veterans service organizations to the commissioner of revenue by January 1.
Commissioner of Revenue
Receives the annual list of qualifying veterans service organizations from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
7 actions- Mar 20, 2025HouseAuthor added Wolgamott
- Mar 12, 2025HouseAuthor added Niska
- Feb 27, 2025HouseAuthor added Gordon
- Feb 19, 2025HouseAuthor added Engen
- Feb 17, 2025HouseCommitteeCommittee report, to adopt and re-refer to Taxes
- Feb 13, 2025HouseAuthors added Bahner and Duran
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- Feb 10, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduction and first reading, referred to Veterans and Military Affairs Division
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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