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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
HOUSE BILL 1926 By: Sims and Boles of the House
and
Montgomery of the Senate
AS INTRODUCED
[ revenue and taxation - homestead exemption -
qualifying income amount - effective date ]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 68 O.S. 2021, Section 2890, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 2890. A. In addition to the amount of the homestead
exemption authorized and allowed in Section 2889 of this title, an
additional exemption is hereby granted, to the extent of One
Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) of the a ssessed valuation on each
homestead of heads of households whose gross household income from
all sources for the preceding calendar year did not excee d Twenty-
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five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) Thirty Thousand Dollars
($30,000.00).
B. The term "gross household income " as used in this section
means the gross amount of income of every type, regardless o f the
source, received by all persons occupying the same household,
whether such income was taxable or nontaxable for federal or state
income tax purposes, including pensions, annuities, federal Social
Security, unemployment payments, public assistance pay ments,
alimony, support money, workers ' compensation, loss-of-time
insurance payments, capital gains and any other type of income
received, and excluding gifts . The term "gross household income "
shall not include any veterans' disability compensation paym ents or
the amount of any federal stimulus or relief payments related to the
COVID-19 virus. The term "head of household" as used in this
section means a person who as owner or joint owner maint ains a home
and furnishes support for the home, furnishings, and other material
necessities.
C. The application for the additional homestead exemption shall
be made each year on or before March 15 or within thirty (30) days
from and after receipt by the t axpayer of notice of valuation
increase, whichever is later, and upon the form prescribed by the
Oklahoma Tax Commission, which shall require the taxpayer to certify
as to the amount of gross income . Upon request of the county
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assessor, the Oklahoma Tax C ommission shall assist in verifying the
correctness of the a mount of the gross income.
D. For persons sixty-five (65) years of age or older as of
March 15 and who have previously qualified for the additional
homestead exemption, no annual application shal l be required in
order to receive the exemption provided by this section; however,
any person whose gross household income in any calendar year exceeds
the amount specified in this section in order to qualify for the
additional homestead exemption shall no tify the county assessor and
the additional exemption shall not be allowed for the applicable
year. Any executor or administrator of an estate within which is
included a homestead property exempt pursuant to the provisions of
this section shall notify the county assessor of the change in
status of the homestead p roperty if such property is not the
homestead of a person who would be eligible for the exemption
provided by this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effect ive January 1, 2024.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS AND BUDGET , dated
03/02/2023 - DO PASS, As Amended and Coauthored.