HB 827 Florida House · 2026 Regular Session

Disclosure of Estimated Ad Valorem Taxes

Summary

Disclosure of Estimated Ad Valorem Taxes; Requires certain listings to include estimated ad valorem taxes; prohibits current owner's ad valorem taxes from being displayed or used for certain purposes; provides requirements for listing platforms, DOR, & property appraisers; provides protection from liability for specified parties who take certain actions; prohibits certain materials from including specified information; requires, beginning on specified date, department to annually publish certain information on its website.

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Dec 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Dec 18, 2025 Last action Mar 13, 2026

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H 827 Filed → H 827 c1 · 5 edits

MODERATE

This bill amends Florida Statute 689.261 to require real estate listing platforms to display estimated ad valorem taxes for properties, while prohibiting the use of the current owner's actual tax amount in these estimates. The changes ensure prospective buyers see fair estimates based on listing prices rather than inflated current owner taxes, and establish liability protections for platforms providing these estimates.

Scope change

The bill expands requirements to apply to all public-facing online real estate listing platforms, including websites, web applications, and mobile applications, and clarifies that 'property' means residential real property located within Florida.

REQUIREMENT

Listing platforms must now calculate and display estimated ad valorem taxes using either current millage rates with listing price data or countywide aggregate average millage rates, rather than using the current owner's actual tax assessment.

If a listing platform does not use a tax estimator or buyer payment calculator, it must include a link to the property appraiser's tax estimator or home page for the county where the property is located.

Current owner's ad valorem taxes may only be displayed as historical tax information and cannot be used to calculate or display estimated taxes for prospective purchasers.

DEFINITION

New definitions for 'listing platform' and 'property' clarify that listing platforms include websites, web applications, and mobile applications, and property refers to residential real property in Florida.

ENFORCEMENT

Added liability protection stating that no cause of action shall arise against listing platforms for the accuracy of estimated ad valorem taxes displayed on their platforms.

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Committee

Feb 2, 2026

Lower · Passed

Now in Ways & Means Committee

lower

Feb 2, 2026

Committee

Referred to Commerce Committee

lower

Feb 2, 2026

Committee

Referred to Ways & Means Committee

lower

Jan 30, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee

lower

Jan 29, 2026

Lower · Passed

Favorable with CS by Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee

lower

Jan 27, 2026

Lower · Passed

Added to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee agenda

lower

Jan 5, 2026

Lower · Passed

Now in Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee

lower

Jan 5, 2026

Committee

Referred to Commerce Committee

lower

Jan 5, 2026

Committee

Referred to Ways & Means Committee

lower

Jan 5, 2026

Committee

Referred to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee

lower

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor