Fighting for Property-Tax Relief

If you strongly support property-tax relief, you should strongly support Dawn Morrell. Dawn proves every year that she is one of our most effective champions for property-tax relief!

When a judge struck down the Property-tax Relief Initiative (I-747), Dawn co-sponsored the law that forced the state to reinstate and honor the people's Property-tax Relief Initiative.

Dawn also co-sponsored the law that expands property-tax deferrals to help more Washington families. In fact, her success builds on a long record of fighting effectively for property-tax relief.

Senior Citizen Property-Tax Relief

One of Dawn's first official acts was to lead the fight in the House of Representatives for expanded senior-citizen property tax relief. Her success helped tens of thousands of additional seniors qualify for needed relief and a freeze on assessed property values.

In 2006, Dawn wrote the law that passed 95-1 to slash interest rates on the senior property-tax deferral program from 8% to 5%. As the Senior Lobby testified for Dawn's bill (HB 2569) to reduce these interest rates on seniors, "It’s only fair that they should be very low, stable and predictable."

Small Business Property-Tax Relief

Dawn co-sponsored the effort to help small businesses by dramatically boosting the "head of family" Personal Property Tax Exemption from $3,000 to $15,000. The idea passed the Legislature by a combined vote of 140-1.

School Construction and Property-taxes

Dawn has been a determined and effective fighter for reducing the local property-tax share of school construction costs by increasing the state's share. To learn more, visit Dawn's page on Supporting School Construction—and taxpayers.

Helping Food-donating Farms get Property-Tax Relief

Dawn wrote the 2005 law (HB 1554) that counts the value of donated food when deciding whether a farm qualifies for farmland property-tax rates. Learn more at Dawn's Helping Farms and Farmers page.

Property-tax relief for Disabled Veterans

Dawn co-sponsored the tax 2005 tax reform that made veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces with 100 percent service-connected disability eligible for the same property tax relief as senior citizens based on their income (HB 1019).

A separate reform co-sponsored by Dawn extended property-tax relief to indigent veterans and their families (HB 1189).

This is another example of how Dawn is working for Veterans and Military Families

Join Dawn's Fight for Property-Tax Relief

Dawn's proved she's effective in fighting for property-tax relief. And she's just as determined to make property-tax relief for all homeowners a top priority in the future. Help Dawn to fight for property-tax relief by supporting her re-election now.