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SJR 1510 Florida Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Homestead Property Exemptions and Assessment Limitation

Summary
Homestead Property Exemptions and Assessment Limitation; Proposing amendments to the State Constitution to authorize the Legislature to provide two $25,000 exemptions and an assessment limitation to certain real property subject to a long-term lease and to provide an effective date, etc.
Issues: ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesProvides property tax exemptions reducing taxable value for homeowners, aligning with middle-income tax relief under constitutional amendment framework.90% confidence
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 10, 2025 Last action Jun 16, 2025
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What changed between versions

S 1510 Filed → S 1510 c1 · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was amended to change the constitutional sections it affects from Section 6 of Article VII to Sections 3 and 4 of Article VII, and to clarify that the new property tax benefits for long-term leaseholders will take effect on January 1, 2027 rather than immediately. The amendment also updated the ballot language to better describe the property tax benefits being proposed.
Scope change
The bill now targets Sections 3 and 4 of Article VII instead of Section 6, and explicitly sets a 2027 effective date for the new leaseholder tax benefits.
SCOPE

Changed the constitutional sections affected from Section 6 of Article VII to Sections 3 and 4 of Article VII.

TIMELINE

Added a specific effective date of January 1, 2027 for the new long-term lease property tax benefits.

DEFINITION

Updated the ballot language to clarify that the amendment applies to residential real property subject to a written lease of 6 months or more.

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Actions timeline

Total actions
13
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Apr 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Apr 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Finance and Tax, 04/15/25, 12:30 pm, 301 Senate Building
upper
Mar 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 1
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 03/25/25, 11:00 am, 37 Senate Building
upper
Mar 10, 2025
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Mar 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Rules
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Bryan Ávila
RRepublican
FL
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