With the Connecticut General Assembly in the home stretch of the 2025 legislative session, the following noteworthy property tax bills have been voted out of committee for consideration and possible action by both chambers of the legislature:
House Bills
- 6961 - certificates of correction for tangible personal property assessed in error
- 7001 - determination of fair market value of retail sales facilities for purposes of property taxation (discussed in earlier blog post)
- 7175 - establish farm investment property tax credit and increase amount of farm machinery property tax exemption
- 7265 - establish a working group to examine the implementation of a uniform energy storage capacity tax (discussed in earlier blog post)
- 7266 - establish a uniform solar capacity tax (discussed in earlier blog post)
- 7274 - revise optional homestead property tax exemption
Senate Bills
- 1183 - personal property tax exemptions for motor vehicles used exclusively for farming
- 1188 - property tax exemption for property located on certain Indian lands
- 1445 - authorize municipalities to exempt motor vehicles from property taxation
- 1554 - eliminate the property tax on motor vehicles
- 1556 - establish Connecticut Appeals Board for Property Valuation (discussed in earlier blog post)
The final approved language of a number of these bills is currently in the process of being released. Interested parties can make their views on these bills known to individual legislators before they come up for a vote in the House or Senate. This year’s General Assembly session ends on June 4, 2025.
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