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CS/HB 7097: Taxation

GENERAL BILL by Appropriations Committee ; Ways and Means Committee ; Avila ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Beltran ; Eagle ; Fischer ; Hill

Taxation; Increasing a population limit on counties that may use tourist development tax revenues for certain uses; extending the timeframe within which certain changes to property damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Michael must commence to prevent the assessed value of the property from increasing; revising the deadlines for applying for additional ad valorem tax exemptions for certain servicemembers for a specified tax year; authorizing a property appraiser in a county for which the Governor has declared a state of emergency to post notices of proposed property taxes on its website if mailing the notice is not possible; providing sales tax exemptions for certain clothing, wallets, bags, school supplies, personal computers, and personal computer-related accessories during a certain timeframe; providing sales tax exemptions for certain disaster preparedness supplies during a certain timeframe, etc. APPROPRIATION: $311,000

Effective Date: 7/1/2020
Last Action: 4/9/2020 - Chapter No. 2020-10
Bill Text: PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Appropriations (AP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/20/2020 House • Filed
• Introduced -HJ 623
2/21/2020 House • Referred to Appropriations Committee -HJ 638
• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee, 02/25/20, 3:30 pm, Webster Hall
2/25/2020 House • CS by- Appropriations Committee; YEAS 25 NAYS 4 -HJ 678
2/27/2020 House • Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
• CS by Appropriations Committee read 1st time -HJ 677
2/28/2020 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 681
3/2/2020 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/05/20
3/5/2020 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 771
• Amendment(s) failed (039417, 099283, 130203, 136355, 170247, 333617, 368563, 550823, 582533, 688293, 775793, 782289, 966571, 969289) -HJ 771,804
• Amendment(s) adopted (080695, 859567) -HJ 800,804
• Placed on 3rd reading
3/6/2020 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 829
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 97 NAYS 16 -HJ 829
3/6/2020 Senate • In Messages
• Referred to Appropriations -SJ 527
• Received -SJ 526
3/10/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 03/11/20, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
3/11/2020 Senate • Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by- Appropriations (882296); YEAS 20 NAYS 0 -SJ 723
• Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Amendments)
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/12/20 -SJ 845
3/12/2020 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 776
• Amendment(s) adopted (271678) -SJ 826
• Placed on 3rd reading
3/13/2020 Senate • Read 3rd time -SJ 888
• Amendment(s) reconsidered, withdrawn (271678) -SJ 890
• Amendment(s) adopted (204786) -SJ 902
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 2 -SJ 902
3/13/2020 House • In returning messages
• Concurred in 2 amendment(s) (204786, 577084) -HJ 1238, 1249
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 104 NAYS 8 -HJ 1249
• Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -HJ 1249
4/8/2020 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
• Approved by Governor
4/9/2020 • Chapter No. 2020-10