Florida House Bill 975 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 14 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-03-14 - Died in State Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Provides homestead assessment limitation for low-income, long-term resident seniors; requires annual adjustment of limitation; requires property appraiser to serve notice of intent to record tax lien against property; provides such property is subject to certain taxes, penalties, & interest; provides exception from such penalties & interest; provides person must be given specified timeframe to pay taxes, penalties, & interest before lien is filed; revises amount of exemption that may be granted to low-income, long-term resident seniors receiving homestead exemption; provides for homestead exemption equal to assessed value of property for property owned by low-income, long-term resident seniors; requires annual adjustment of just value threshold.

Homestead Exemptions for Low-income Seniors

Rep. David Borrero [R]

2022-02-17 - House - House Ways & Means Committee (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2022-02-07 - House - House Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee (Y: 18 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-03-14	House	Died in State Affairs Committee
2022-03-12	House	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2022-02-17	House	Now in State Affairs Committee
2022-02-17	House	Reported out of Ways & Means Committee
2022-02-17	House	Favorable by Ways & Means Committee
2022-02-15	House	Added to Ways & Means Committee agenda
2022-02-07	House	Now in Ways & Means Committee
2022-02-07	House	Reported out of Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
2022-02-07	House	Favorable by Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
2022-02-03	House	Added to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee agenda
2022-01-11	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2022-01-07	House	Now in Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
2022-01-07	House	Referred to State Affairs Committee
2022-01-07	House	Referred to Ways & Means Committee
2022-01-07	House	Referred to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
2021-12-20	House	Filed

H973 (Related) 2022-03-14 - Died in State Affairs Committee
S1280 (Similar To) 2022-03-14 - Died in Community Affairs
S1278 (Similar To) 2022-03-14 - Died in Community Affairs

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
193	626		Amended Code	See Bill Text
196	075		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/975
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/975/BillText/Filed/PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/975/Analyses/h0975.LAV.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/975/Analyses/h0975a.LAV.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/975/Analyses/h0975b.WMC.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/975/Analyses/h0975c.WMC.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flhouse.gov/Sections/Committees/billvote.aspx?VoteId=64536&IsPCB=0&BillId=75768
Roll Call	https://www.flhouse.gov/Sections/Committees/billvote.aspx?VoteId=65248&IsPCB=0&BillId=75768