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Florida Tax Exemption Increase on Personal Tangible Property Amendment (2024)

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Florida Tax Exemption Increase on Personal Tangible Property Amendment
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Election date
November 5, 2024
Topic
Taxes and Property
Status
Not on the ballot
Type
Constitutional amendment
Origin
State legislature

The Florida Tax Exemption Increase on Personal Tangible Property Amendment was not on the ballot in Florida as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 5, 2024.[1]

The amendment would have increased the property tax exemption on personal tangible property from $25,000 to $50,000.

Text of measure

Full text

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Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Florida Constitution

To put a legislatively referred constitutional amendment before voters, a 60 percent vote is required in both the Florida State Senate and the Florida House of Representatives.

The amendment was introduced as House Joint Resolution 7017 on February 15, 2024. It was approved in the House on February 29, 2024, with 88 representatives voting in favor and 23 representatives voting against.[1]

The amendment was not passed in the Senate before the legislative session adjourned.

Vote in the Florida House of Representatives
February 29, 2024
Requirement: Three-fifths (60 percent) vote of all members in each chamber
Number of yes votes required: 72  Approveda
YesNoNot voting
Total88239
Total percent73.33%19.17%7.50%
Democrat6237
Republican8202

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