Yesterday the Colorado Senate Appropriations Committee voted unanimously its approval of the Gold Star Spouses property tax exemption bill. Several senators on the committee spoke to the importance of this bill.
Once approved by the Senate and signed by the governor, the bill goes to voters in each senatorial district as a referendum on amending the state constitution to include Gold Star Spouses for the partial property tax exemption. Presently, survivors of totally disabled vets already receiving the exemption continue the exemption. The original language of the property tax exemption unfortunately didn't address the situation of servicemembers who die on active duty.
