Committee waives permitting fees for certified disabled veterans' home improvements (HB1087)

The House veterans committee approved HB1087, a bill that would exempt certain certified disabled veterans from paying local permitting fees for home modifications made to accommodate disabilities.

The sponsor said the bill applies when a veteran is a disabled veteran as defined in state code and is certified by the Department of Veterans Services: “if you are a disabled veteran ... and you made any improvements to your home to accommodate that disability, you would not pay the permitting fees for that construction.”

Committee members asked clarifying questions; no objections were raised in the transcript. A member moved the bill, a second was recorded, and the committee voted to pass HB1087. The transcript records the bill passed but does not include a roll‑call tally.

The bill does not specify a funding source to offset local fee revenue in the committee discussion recorded in the transcript. The Department of Veterans Services certification process was mentioned as the eligibility verification mechanism.