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FL S7034

Bill

Status

Failed

6/16/2025

Primary Sponsor

Finance and Tax

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Origin

Senate

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates multiple sales tax holidays: disaster preparedness supplies (May 15-31, 2025), "Freedom Months" for admissions, outdoor/recreation supplies (June 1-July 31, 2025), back-to-school supplies and computers (August 1-10, 2025), skilled trade tools (August 29-September 7, 2025), and firearms/ammunition/bows (September 8-December 31, 2025)

  • Establishes a permanent sales tax exemption on clothing priced at $75 or less per item and removes the $500 minimum threshold for the gold/silver/platinum bullion sales tax exemption

  • Creates the "Home Away From Home Tax Credit" with a $5 million annual cap, allowing 100% tax credits for contributions to eligible charitable organizations that house families of critically ill children, applicable against corporate income, insurance premium, sales, oil/gas production, and alcoholic beverage excise taxes

  • Creates the Rural Community Investment Program within the Department of Commerce, offering tax credits (capped at $7 million per year, $35 million cumulative) to investors in certified rural funds that make eligible investments in small businesses in rural communities, with the program expiring December 31, 2040

  • Provides a one-time motor vehicle registration credit (up to $830 million total) covering the annual license tax and ancillary fees for eligible registrations, funded by General Revenue transfers to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, and appropriates $1 million for a study by the Office of Economic and Demographic Research on reducing or eliminating homestead property taxes

Legislative Description

Taxation

Last Action

Died in Appropriations, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7031 (Ch. 2025-208)

6/16/2025

Full Bill Text

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