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CS/HB 71: Abatement of Taxes for Residential Dwellings Rendered Uninhabitable by Catastrophic Event

GENERAL BILL by Local Administration and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee ; Woodson ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Bartleman ; Benjamin ; Morales ; Tant

Abatement of Taxes for Residential Dwellings Rendered Uninhabitable by Catastrophic Event; Specifies conditions under which persons whose residential dwellings are rendered uninhabitable may receive abatement of taxes; specifies formula for determining tax abatement; provides directives to property appraisers in issuing written statements to tax collector when granting abatement & in calculating damage differentials & processing refunds; provides mechanism for persons to file late applications for abatement of taxes.

Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Last Action: 3/14/2022 House - Died in Ways & Means Committee; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7071 (Ch. 2022-97)
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
9/7/2021 House • Filed
9/17/2021 House • Referred to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
• Referred to Ways & Means Committee
• Referred to State Affairs Committee
• Now in Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
1/11/2022 House • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2/10/2022 House • PCS added to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee agenda
2/14/2022 House • Favorable with CS by Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
• Reported out of Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
• Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
• CS Filed
2/15/2022 House • Referred to Ways & Means Committee
• Referred to State Affairs Committee
• Now in Ways & Means Committee
• 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
3/12/2022 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
3/14/2022 House • Died in Ways & Means Committee; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7071 (Ch. 2022-97)