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Florida Property Tax Assessment Limitations and Additional Exemptions Amendment (2026)
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| Topic Property taxes |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
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Not on the ballot
The Florida Property Tax Assessment Limitations and Additional Exemptions Amendment is not on the ballot in Florida as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 3, 2026.
The amendment would have limited property tax assessments to the lower of either 3% of the assessment for the prior year or the percent change in the Consumer Price Index. The amendment would have allowed the state legislature to provide additional $25,000 property tax exemptions for (1) certain long-term leased property and (2) owners of property who have not owned homestead property in the last four calendar years.[1]
Text of measure
Full text
The full text of the ballot measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
Amending the Florida Constitution
- See also: Amending the Florida Constitution
A 60% vote is required during one legislative session for the Florida State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 72 votes in the Florida House of Representatives and 24 votes in the Florida State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot. Amendments on the ballot must be approved by 60% of voters to pass.
House Joint Resolution 1257 (2025)
The following is the timeline of the constitutional amendment in the state legislature:[1]
- April 26, 2025: The state House passed the amendment in a vote of 80-28.
- June 16, 2025: The Senate did not pass the amendment before the legislature adjourned.
| Votes Required to Pass: 72 | |||
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| Total | 80 | 28 | 11 |
| Total % | 67.2% | 23.5% | 9.2% |
| Democratic (D) | 0 | 28 | 5 |
| Republican (R) | 80 | 0 | 6 |
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