FL S0278 | 2017 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on May 5 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-05-05 - Died in Appropriations
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on May 5 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-05-05 - Died in Appropriations
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Summary
Requiring referenda adopting or amending local government discretionary sales surtaxes, except for surtaxes that are revenue-neutral to a county, special taxing district, or both, to be held only at a general election and specifying the required approval of voters necessary for passage; authorizing referenda for revenue-neutral surtaxes to be held at a special election or conducted by mail ballot, etc.
Title
Local Tax Referenda
Sponsors
| Senate Community Affairs Committee | Senate Ethics and Elections Committee | Sen. Greg Steube [R] | Sen. Jeffrey Brandes [R] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-05-05 | Senate | Died in Appropriations |
| 2017-05-05 | Senate | Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration |
| 2017-04-24 | Senate | Now in Appropriations |
| 2017-04-18 | Senate | CS/CS by Community Affairs read 1st time |
| 2017-04-18 | Senate | Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) |
| 2017-04-17 | Senate | CS/CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 1 |
| 2017-04-12 | Senate | On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 04/17/17, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Office Building |
| 2017-03-28 | Senate | Now in Community Affairs |
| 2017-03-23 | Senate | CS by Ethics and Elections read 1st time |
| 2017-03-23 | Senate | Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) |
| 2017-03-22 | Senate | CS by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 |
| 2017-03-17 | Senate | On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 03/22/17, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building |
| 2017-03-07 | Senate | Introduced |
| 2017-01-25 | Senate | Referred to Ethics and Elections; Community Affairs; Appropriations |
| 2017-01-06 | Senate | Filed |
Same As/Similar To
H0139 (Same As) 2017-05-05 - Died in Ethics and Elections
H7063 (Similar To) 2017-05-05 - Died in Government Accountability Committee
H7063 (Similar To) 2017-05-05 - Died in Government Accountability Committee
