Florida Senate Joint Resolution 1278 (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 Community Affairs
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Proposing amendments to the State Constitution to authorize the Legislature, by general law, to prohibit increases in the assessed value of homestead property held by a low-income senior; to authorize the Legislature, by general law, to allow counties or municipalities to grant an exemption equal to the assessed value of homestead property held by a low-income senior; to provide for a homestead exemption equal to the assessed value of the property, if the just value of the property is less than a certain amount and legal or equitable title to the property is held by certain senior, low-income, long-term residents, to provide for annual adjustment of the just value threshold, and to provide an effective date, etc.

Homestead Property Taxes/Persons Age 65 and Older

Sen. Manny Diaz [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-03-14	Senate	Died in Community Affairs
2022-03-12	Senate	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2022-01-11	Senate	Introduced
2022-01-05	Senate	Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
2021-12-15	Senate	Filed

S1280 (Related) 2022-03-14 - Died in Community Affairs
H973 (Similar To) 2022-03-14 - Died in State Affairs Committee
H975 (Similar To) 2022-03-14 - Died in State Affairs Committee

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1278
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1278/BillText/Filed/HTML