Florida Senate Joint Resolution 778 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (? 2-1)
Status: Failed on March 11 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-03-11 - Died in Appropriations
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Proposing amendments to the State Constitution to authorize the discount on ad valorem taxes on homestead property which is received by certain veterans who have permanent, combat-related disabilities to carry over upon the death of the veteran to the benefit of a surviving spouse until the surviving spouse remarries or sells or otherwise disposes of the property and to specify that the discount is transferrable to another permanent residence if the surviving spouse remains unmarried, etc.

Homestead Tax Exemption/Spouses of Combat-related Disabled Veterans

Senate Finance and Tax Committee

Senate Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security Committee

Rep. Thad Altman [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-11	Senate	Died in Appropriations
2016-01-14	Senate	CS/CS by Finance and Tax read 1st time
2016-01-13	Senate	Now in Appropriations
2016-01-13	Senate	Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2016-01-12	Senate	CS by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security read 1st time
2016-01-12	Senate	Introduced
2016-01-11	Senate	CS/CS by Finance and Tax; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
2016-01-04	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Finance and Tax, 01/11/16, 1:30 pm, 401 Senate Office Building
2015-12-03	Senate	Now in Finance and Tax
2015-12-02	Senate	Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2015-12-01	Senate	CS by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; YEAS 4 NAYS 0
2015-11-23	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security, 12/01/15, 1:00 pm, 37 Senate Office Building
2015-11-19	Senate	Referred to Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
2015-11-06	Senate	Filed

S0816 (Related) 2016-03-11 - Died in Appropriations
H0811 (Similar To) 2016-03-11 - Died in Finance and Tax Committee
H0813 (Similar To) 2016-03-11 - Died in Finance and Tax Committee

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/778
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/0778/BillText/Filed/HTML
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/0778/BillText/c1/HTML
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/0778/BillText/c2/HTML
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/0778/Amendment/102162/HTML
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/0778/Amendment/856170/HTML