Florida Senate Joint Resolution 886 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on May 3 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-05-03 - Died in Appropriations
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Proposing amendments to the State Constitution to provide that the homestead property tax discount for certain veterans who had permanent, combat-related disabilities carries over to the benefit of the veteran's surviving spouse under certain circumstances until he or she remarries or sells or otherwise disposes of the property, to provide that the discount for the surviving spouse is transferrable to another homestead under certain circumstances, and to provide an effective date, etc.

Homestead Tax Exemption/Surviving Spouse of a Veteran

Sen. Jeffrey Brandes [R]

Sen. Debbie Mayfield [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-03	Senate	Died in Appropriations
2019-05-03	Senate	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2019-04-04	Senate	Now in Appropriations
2019-04-04	Senate	Favorable by Finance and Tax; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
2019-04-01	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Finance and Tax, 04/04/19, 12:30 pm, 401 Senate Building
2019-03-13	Senate	Now in Finance and Tax
2019-03-13	Senate	Favorable by Military and Veterans Affairs and Space; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
2019-03-08	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Military and Veterans Affairs and Space, 03/13/19, 10:00 am, 37 Senate Building
2019-03-05	Senate	Introduced
2019-02-19	Senate	Referred to Military and Veterans Affairs and Space; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
2019-02-07	Senate	Filed

S888 (Related) 2019-05-03 - Died in Appropriations
H717 (Similar To) 2019-05-03 - Died on Calendar
H719 (Similar To) 2019-05-03 - Died on Calendar

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/886
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/886/BillText/Filed/HTML