Alabama veterans whom the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has determined permanently and totally disabled no longer have to claim their homestead exemption again every year, under House Bill 155, which takes effect October 1, 2026. After the first approval, the yearly verification drops away for as long as the veteran stays in the same home.
The change targets paperwork, not the size of the benefit. The exemption itself is untouched. What goes is the annual mail-in or electronic verification, the signed form that otherwise has to come back every year for the exemption to stay in place.
What House Bill 155 actually changes
The bill, sponsored by Representative Paul Lee, amends two sections of the Code of Alabama 1975. According to the bill as passed by the Legislature, section 40-7-2.1 now exempts a permanently and totally disabled veteran from the signature verification that is otherwise mailed out each year, and section 40-9-21.1 gains a new subsection (b)(2)…