HB 1041 Florida House · 2025 Regular Session

Assessment of Homestead Property

Summary

Assessment of Homestead Property; Requires that certain changes, additions, or improvements made through property elevation be assessed in a specified manner; provides alternate assessment in certain circumstances.

Issues: ✓ Housing

Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 25, 2025 Last action Jun 16, 2025

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What changed between versions

H 1041 Filed → H 1041 c1 · 5 edits

MODERATE

This bill amends Florida's homestead property assessment rules to clarify how property improvements made through elevation are valued for tax purposes. The changes update definitions to include 'elevate' as a term, adjust square footage thresholds from 2,000 to 1,500 square feet for certain assessments, and modify language regarding when reassessments occur. These technical and definitional updates aim to improve clarity in how flood mitigation improvements are taxed.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on homestead property assessment but clarifies applicability by updating definitions and thresholds for elevation-related improvements.

DEFINITION

Added 'elevate' to the definition of elevation terms to provide clearer language for property improvements made to mitigate flood damage.

Added a new definition for 'previous flood event' to specify when it applies to homestead property in counties with declared states of emergency.

ELIGIBILITY

Changed the square footage threshold from 2,000 to 1,500 square feet for determining how elevation improvements are assessed when property is damaged or destroyed.

REQUIREMENT

Updated language regarding when property must be reassessed after elevation improvements, clarifying the timing of subsequent assessments.

TECHNICAL

Corrected grammatical inconsistencies in the text, such as removing redundant 'must shall' phrasing and updating references to applicable building codes.

Floor votes · House Apr 2, 2025

How they voted

23–0

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 25

Apr 2, 2025

D Democratic7

7 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican18

16 Yea 2

88% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 2, 2025

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (23-0-2)

house

Apr 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported out of State Affairs Committee

lower

Apr 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable by State Affairs Committee

lower

Mar 31, 2025

Lower · Passed

Added to State Affairs Committee agenda

lower

Mar 26, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in State Affairs Committee

lower

Mar 26, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee

lower

Mar 26, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee

lower

Mar 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

Added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda

lower

Mar 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee

lower

Mar 24, 2025

Committee

Referred to State Affairs Committee

lower

Mar 24, 2025

Committee

Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee

lower

Mar 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Ways & Means Committee

lower

Mar 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable with CS by Ways & Means Committee

lower

Mar 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

Added to Ways & Means Committee agenda

lower

Mar 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Ways & Means Committee

lower

Mar 2, 2025

Committee

Referred to State Affairs Committee

lower

Mar 2, 2025

Committee

Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee

lower

Mar 2, 2025

Committee

Referred to Ways & Means Committee

lower

2 primary · 1 co-sponsor