SB 434 Florida Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Assessment of Property Used for Residential Purposes

Summary
Assessment of Property Used for Residential Purposes; Defining the term “changes or improvements made to improve the property’s resistance to wind damage”; prohibiting the consideration of the increase in just value of a property which is attributable to changes or improvements made to improve the property’s resistance to wind damage in determinations of the assessed value of certain property, etc.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Last action Mar 13, 2026
Floor votes · Senate Feb 19, 2026

How they voted

390
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Feb 19, 2026
D Democratic11
11 Yea
100% Yea
I Independent1
1 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican28
27 Yea 1
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
19
Key actions
7
Committee
7
Feb 19, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0
upper
Feb 17, 2026
Upper · Passed
Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0
upper
Feb 12, 2026
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/17/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
upper
Feb 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
Favorable by Appropriations; YEAS 16 NAYS 0
upper
Feb 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/05/26, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building
upper
Jan 28, 2026
Upper · Passed
Favorable by Finance and Tax; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
upper
Jan 23, 2026
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Finance and Tax, 01/28/26, 3:45 pm, 301 Senate Building
upper
Jan 13, 2026
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Dec 1, 2025
Committee
Referred to Finance and Tax; Appropriations; Rules
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Tom Leek
Tom Leek
RRepublican
FL
7
Co
Photo of Don Gaetz
Don Gaetz
RRepublican
FL
1