Florida Senate Joint Resolution 492 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum:
Status: Introduced on October 9 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-03-08 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HJR 275 (Passed), CS/HB 277 (Ch. 2016-121)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to revise the homestead tax exemption that may be granted by counties or municipalities, if authorized by general law, for the assessed value of property with a just value less than $250,000 and owned by persons age 65 or older who meet certain residence and income requirements to specify that just value shall be determined in the first tax year that the owner applies and is eligible for the exemption and to provide retroactive applicability and an effective date, etc.

Homestead Tax Exemption

Senate Finance and Tax Committee

Sen. Anitere Flores [R]

Sen. Gwen Margolis [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-08	Senate	Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HJR 275 (Passed), CS/HB 277 (Ch. 2016-121)
2016-03-08	Senate	Substituted CS/HJR 275
2016-03-08	Senate	Read 2nd time
2016-03-07	Senate	Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/08/16
2016-03-02	Senate	Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2016-03-01	Senate	Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 17 NAYS 0
2016-02-25	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 03/01/16, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
2016-01-27	Senate	CS by Finance and Tax read 1st time
2016-01-27	Senate	Now in Appropriations
2016-01-26	Senate	Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2016-01-25	Senate	CS by Finance and Tax; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
2016-01-20	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Finance and Tax, 01/25/16, 1:00 pm, 401 Senate Office Building
2016-01-12	Senate	Introduced
2015-11-18	Senate	Now in Finance and Tax
2015-11-17	Senate	Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
2015-11-09	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 11/17/15, 1:00 pm, 301 Senate Office Building
2015-10-21	Senate	Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
2015-10-09	Senate	Filed

S0488 (Related) 2016-03-08 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 277 (Ch. 2016-121), CS/HJR 275 (Passed)
H0275 (Same As) 2016-03-11 - Signed by Officers and filed with Secretary of State, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 277 (Ch. 2016-121)
H0277 (Similar To) 2016-03-28 - Chapter No. 2016-121, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HJR 275 (Passed)

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/492
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/0492/BillText/Filed/HTML
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/0492/BillText/c1/HTML
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/0492/Amendment/915198/HTML