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FL HJR 205

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Elimination of Non-School Property Tax for Homesteads for Persons Age 65 or Older

Florida · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Elimination of Non-School Property Tax for Homesteads for Persons Age 65 or Older; Proposes amendment to State Constitution to exempt homestead property from all levies other than school district levies for persons who have attained age 65, prohibit counties and municipalities from reducing total funding for law enforcement, and provide an effective date.

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2026-03-13 — Died in Ways & Means Committee
Bill type
joint resolution
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Porrasprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-10-16

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-10-16

    Referred to Select Committee on Property Taxes

    referral-committee

  3. 2025-10-16

    Referred to State Affairs Committee

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-10-16

    Referred to Ways & Means Committee

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-10-16

    Now in Select Committee on Property Taxes

  6. 2025-11-13

    Added to Select Committee on Property Taxes agenda

  7. 2025-11-20

    Favorable by Select Committee on Property Taxes

    committee-passage-favorable

  8. 2025-11-20

    Reported out of Select Committee on Property Taxes

  9. 2025-11-20

    Now in State Affairs Committee

  10. 2025-11-25

    Added to State Affairs Committee agenda

  11. 2025-12-02

    Favorable by State Affairs Committee

    committee-passage-favorable

  12. 2025-12-02

    Reported out of State Affairs Committee

  13. 2025-12-02

    Now in Ways & Means Committee

  14. 2026-01-13

    1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

    filing,reading-1

  15. 2026-03-13

    Died in Ways & Means Committee

    failure

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Favorable (Select Committee on Property Taxes)

    2025-11-20 · pass · 24-9

  • Favorable (State Affairs Committee)

    2025-12-02 · pass · 18-7

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/205/ByCategory

Attribution

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