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FL S0672

Bill

Status

Failed

5/5/2023

Primary Sponsor

Finance and Tax

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Origin

Senate

2023 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Changes the prorated refund of ad valorem taxes for permanently and totally disabled veterans (or their surviving spouses) who acquire new homestead property between January 1 and November 1 from a discretionary benefit ("may receive") to a guaranteed entitlement ("is entitled to")
  • Clarifies that surviving spouses of totally and permanently disabled veterans who sell their homestead may actively transfer the tax exemption to a new primary residence, provided they do not remarry
  • Applies the same clarifying language on exemption transferability to surviving spouses of veterans who died from service-connected causes while on active duty
  • Extends identical transfer-of-exemption clarifications to surviving spouses of first responders who died in the line of duty while employed by the state or a political subdivision
  • Effective date is July 1, 2023

Legislative Description

Homestead Property Tax Exemptions

Last Action

Died in Appropriations, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7063 (Ch. 2023-157)

5/5/2023

Committee Referrals

Appropriations3/23/2023
Finance and Tax3/16/2023

Full Bill Text

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