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CS/HB 7071: Taxation

GENERAL BILL by Appropriations Committee ; Ways and Means Committee ; Payne ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Arrington ; Avila ; Bartleman ; Bell ; Brown ; Bush ; Hunschofsky ; Latvala ; Morales ; Overdorf ; Woodson

Taxation; Prohibiting counties from imposing requirements on borrowers other than requiring proof of the borrower's income; providing for the assessment of land used in the production of aquaculture to be based solely on its agricultural use; providing that real property includes certain portions; revising the military operations that qualify certain servicemembers for an additional ad valorem tax exemption; increasing the property tax exemption for residents who are widows, widowers, blind persons, or totally and permanently disabled persons; defining the term "residential improvement"; providing for an abatement of ad valorem taxes and non-ad valorem assessments for certain residential improvements destroyed due to a sudden and unforeseen collapse; exempting certain federal loans from documentary stamp taxes; exempting certain Formula One Grand Prix race admissions from the sales tax on admissions; exempting certain Daytona 500 race admissions from the sales tax on admissions; exempting from sales and use tax the retail sale of children's books during a specified timeframe; exempting from sales and use tax the retail sale of children's diapers during a specified timeframe, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Last Action: 5/6/2022 - Chapter No. 2022-97; companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5001 (Ch. 2022-156)
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/18/2022 House • Filed
• Referred to Appropriations Committee
• Now in Appropriations Committee
• Added to Appropriations Committee agenda
2/21/2022 House • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2/22/2022 House • Favorable with CS by Appropriations Committee
• Reported out of Appropriations Committee
• Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
• CS Filed
• 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
2/24/2022 House • Bill referred to House Calendar
• Added to Second Reading Calendar
• Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/1/2022)
3/1/2022 House • Read 2nd time
• Amendment 199927 adopted
• Amendment 338175 Failed
• Placed on 3rd reading
• Added to Third Reading Calendar
3/2/2022 House • Read 3rd time
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 115, NAYS 0
3/2/2022 Senate • In Messages
• Referred to Appropriations -SJ 543
• Received -SJ 542
3/8/2022 House • Bill placed in Conference (Appropriations Conference Committee/Appropriations)
• Conference Committee appointed
3/9/2022 Senate • Withdrawn from Appropriations -SJ 741
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• Bill placed in Conference (Appropriations Conference Committee/Appropriations) -SJ 741
• Conference Committee appointed: Appropriations Conference Committee/Appropriations: Stargel (Chair), Bean (At Large), Book (At Large), Gibson (At Large), Mayfield (At Large), Passidomo (At Large), Perry (At Large), Powell (At Large), Rouson (At Large), Stewart (At Large); Appropriations Conference Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government/Agriculture and Natural Resources: Albritton (Chair), Ausley, Berman, Boyd, Bradley, Brodeur, Garcia, Mayfield, Rodrigues, Stewart; Appropriations Conference Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government/State Administration and Technology: Albritton (Chair), Ausley, Berman, Boyd, Bradley, Brodeur, Garcia, Mayfield, Rodrigues, Stewart; Appropriations Conference Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice/Justice: Perry (Chair), Baxley, Bracy, Gainer, Pizzo, Rodriguez, Torres, Wright; Appropriations Conference Committee on Education/Higher Education: Broxson (Chair), Cruz, Diaz, Gibson, Gruters, Hutson, Passidomo, Polsky; Appropriations Conference Committee on Education/PreK-12: Broxson (Chair), Cruz, Diaz, Gibson, Gruters, Hutson, Passidomo, Polsky; Appropriations Conference Committee on Health and Human Services/Health Care: Bean (Chair), Book, Brodeur, Burgess, Diaz, Farmer, Harrell, Jones, Rodrigues, Rodriguez, Rouson; Appropriations Conference Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development/Infrastructure and Tourism: Gainer (Chair), Ausley, Boyd, Cruz, Garcia, Gibson, Hooper, Mayfield, Perry, Taddeo, Wright; -SJ 485
3/11/2022 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 835
• Read 3rd time -SJ 836
3/14/2022 Senate • Conference Committee Report received -SJ 904
• Conference Committee Report adopted (876451) -SJ 919
• Passed as amended by Conference Committee Report; YEAS 33 NAYS 0 -SJ 919
3/14/2022 House • In Messages
• Conference Committee Report considered
• Amendment 876451 adopted
• Conference Committee Report adopted
• Passed as amended by Conference Committee Report; YEAS 107, NAYS 0
• Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
5/5/2022 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
5/6/2022 • Approved by Governor
• Chapter No. 2022-97; companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5001 (Ch. 2022-156)