02/18/2026
Florida Moves Closer To Slashing Property Tax as 3 Proposals Advance. DeSantis pushes for one ballot measure as the House advances 3 paths. The measures that are now moving target different pressure points for homeowners.
HJR 203, the furthest along of all the proposals, would gradually phase out nonschool property taxes on homesteads by increasing the homestead exemption by $100,000 each year for 10 years beginning in 2027, with homesteads becoming exempt from all nonschool ad valorem taxes by 2037. That phase-out would give localities time to replace the lost revenue, the bill's sponsors argue.
Notably, it would keep the school portion of property taxes in place, which is often the largest portion of a homeowner’s tax bill. The bill is scheduled for a House floor vote on Feb. 19, after being placed on the Special Order Calendar.
HJR 209, meanwhile, would expand the homestead exemption for homeowners who carry property insurance, increasing the exemption from nonschool property taxes for insured homesteads by $200,000. It has already cleared Ways and Means and is now on the House Second Reading Calendar, where lawmakers can add amendments and ask questions of the bills’ sponsors.
And HJR 213 would rewrite Florida’s assessment growth limits, capping increases in taxable value for homesteaded property under the “Save Our Homes” framework to 3% over three years (instead of up to 3% annually), while allowing taxable values on nonhomesteaded property (such as second homes) to rise 15% over three years, compared with the current 10% annual cap. It, too, has moved through Ways and Means and is now on the Second Reading Calendar.
Florida House advances three property tax cut proposals for the 2026 ballot—but none would fully eliminate property taxes.
