FloridaLocal governments use specified rules to set property-tax limits
Changes affect how much local governments can increase property tax rates and how they must report compliance, influencing local budgets and homeowners' taxes.
What it does
Revises definitions for maximum total county and municipal ad valorem taxes to reference amended millage calculation rules.
Makes the standard maximum millage the rolled-back rate adjusted for per-capita Florida personal income, unless a higher adopted rate applies.
Allows local millage rates to exceed their calculated maximum if total county or municipal ad valorem taxes remain within the defined maximum totals.
Updates certification requirements to the Department of Revenue to include rolled-back and maximum millage calculations and related documents.
Argument forClarifies and modernizes millage calculations by tying the rolled-back rate to per-capita Florida personal income, which supporters can argue keeps rates aligned with local economic conditions.
Argument againstAllows individual millage increases in some units could be used to raise taxes in practice even if total taxes are nominally capped, creating concern about end-runs around voter expectations.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jul 1Chapter No. 2026-240Latest
- Jun 24Approved by Governor Ron DeSantisBecame Law
- Jun 23Signed by Officers and presented to GovernorTo Governor
- Jun 2Ordered enrolledMinor
- Vote recorded Passage, Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Third Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 2CS passed; YEAS 75, NAYS 27Passed House
- Jun 2Read 3rd timeMinor
- Jun 2Read 2nd timeMinor
- Jun 2Read 1st time
- Jun 2Substituted for CS/HB 3F
- Jun 2In Messages
- Jun 2CS passed; YEAS 30 NAYS 8Passed Senate
- Jun 2Read 3rd timeMinor
- Jun 2Read 2nd timeMinor
- Jun 1CS by Appropriations read 1st time
- Vote recorded Favorable with Committee Substitute. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 1Placed on Special Order Calendar, 06/02/26
- Jun 1Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Jun 1Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- Jun 1CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 13 NAYS 5
- Jun 1IntroducedMinor
- May 29On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 06/01/26, 3:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- May 28Referred to AppropriationsMinor
- May 28FiledIntroduced
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