Florida 2023 Regular Session Status: Passed House Bipartisan · 8 R · 2 D cosponsors

HB 161 — Homestead Exemptions for Persons Age 65 and Older

Last action — Died in Appropriations

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2023 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Homestead Exemptions for Persons Age 65 and Older; Increases just value limit of real estate eligible for homestead tax exemption that may be adopted by counties or municipalities for certain persons age 65 & older; requires local government entities to amend or adopt ordinances to comply with this act; provides ordinances are null & void after certain date; provides that recipients of homestead exemptions do not need to submit additional application.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Died in Appropriations

  2. Received

  3. Referred to Appropriations

  4. In Messages

  5. CS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0

  6. Added to Third Reading Calendar

  7. Placed on 3rd reading

  8. Read 2nd time

  9. Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/25/2023)

  10. Added to Second Reading Calendar

  11. Bill released to House Calendar

  12. Reported out of State Affairs Committee

  13. Favorable by State Affairs Committee

  14. Added to State Affairs Committee agenda

  15. Now in State Affairs Committee

  16. Reported out of Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee

  17. Favorable by Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee

  18. Added to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee agenda

  19. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)

  20. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  21. Now in Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee

  22. Referred to State Affairs Committee

  23. Referred to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee

  24. CS Filed

  25. Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)

  26. Reported out of Ways & Means Committee

  27. Favorable with CS by Ways & Means Committee

  28. Added to Ways & Means Committee agenda

  29. Now in Ways & Means Committee

  30. Referred to State Affairs Committee

  31. Referred to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee

  32. Referred to Ways & Means Committee

  33. Filed

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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3 sponsors · 12 co-sponsors · 149 not signed on

Sponsors (3)

Co-sponsors (12)

Not signed on (149)

149 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Passage, Third Reading

Passed 113 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 25002
Democrat 27001
Republican 61003
Total 113006
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (119)
Member Party Vote
Bell — Yea
Grant — Yea
Rommel — Yea
Beltran — Yea
Roth — Yea
Benjamin — Yea
Rudman — Yea
Hawkins — Yea
Silvers — Yea
Killebrew — Yea
Stevenson — Yea
Temple — Yea
Casello — Yea
Tomkow — Yea
Altman — Yea
Payne — Yea
Amesty — Yea
Fernandez-Barquin — Yea
Rayner-Goolsby — Yea
Renner — Yea
Roach — Yea
Clemons — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Williams — Yea
Fine — Not Voting
Caruso — Not Voting
Lopez, V. — Yea
Antone, Bruce Hadley Democrat Yea
Arrington, Kristen Aston Democrat Yea
Bartleman, Robin Democrat Yea
Bracy Davis, LaVon Democrat Yea
Campbell, Daryl Democrat Yea
Chambliss, Kevin D. Democrat Yea
Cross, Lindsay Democrat Yea
Daley, Dan Democrat Yea
Daniels, Kimberly Democrat Yea
Driskell, Fentrice Democrat Yea
Dunkley, Lisa Democrat Yea
Edmonds, Jervonte "Tae" Democrat Yea
Eskamani, Dr. Anna V. Democrat Yea
Franklin II, Gallop Democrat Yea
Gantt, Ashley Viola Democrat Yea
Gottlieb, Michael "Mike" Democrat Yea
Gregory, Emily Democrat Yea
Harris, Jennifer "Rita" Democrat Yea
Hart-Lowman, Dianne "Ms Dee" Democrat Yea
Hinson, Yvonne Hayes Democrat Yea
Hunschofsky, Christine Democrat Yea
Joseph, Dotie Democrat Not Voting
López, Johanna Democrat Yea
Nixon, Angela "Angie" Democrat Yea
Robinson, Felicia Simone Democrat Yea
Skidmore, Kelly Democrat Yea
Tant, Allison Democrat Yea
Woodson, Marie Paule Democrat Yea
Abbott, Shane G. Republican Yea
Alvarez, Daniel Antonio "Danny" Republican Yea
Anderson, Adam Republican Yea
Andrade, Robert Alexander "Alex" Republican Yea
Baker, Jessica Republican Yea
Bankson, Douglas Michael "Doug" Republican Yea
Barnaby, Webster Republican Yea
Basabe, Fabián Republican Not Voting
Berfield, Kimberly Republican Yea
Black, Dean Republican Yea
Borrero, David Republican Yea
Botana, Adam Republican Yea
Brackett, Robert A. "Robbie" Republican Yea
Brannan III, Robert Charles "Chuck" Republican Yea
Buchanan, James Republican Yea
Busatta, Demi Republican Yea
Canady, Jennifer Republican Yea
Cassel, Hillary Republican Yea
Chaney, Linda Republican Not Voting
Duggan, Wyman Republican Yea
Esposito, Tiffany Republican Yea
Fabricio, Tom Republican Yea
Garcia, Ileana Republican Yea
Garrison, Sam Republican Yea
Giallombardo, Mike Republican Yea
Gonzalez Pittman, Karen Republican Yea
Gossett-Seidman, Peggy Republican Yea
Griffitts Jr., Philip Wayne "Griff" Republican Yea
Holcomb, Jeff Republican Yea
Jacques, Berny Republican Yea
Koster, Traci Republican Yea
LaMarca, Chip Republican Yea
Leek, Thomas J. "Tom" Republican Yea
Maggard, Randall Scott "Randy" Republican Yea
Maney, Patt Republican Yea
Massullo, Ralph E., Jr. Republican Yea
McClain, Stan Republican Yea
McClure, Lawrence Republican Yea
McFarland, Fiona Republican Not Voting
Melo, Lauren Republican Yea
Michael, Kiyan Republican Yea
Mooney Jr., James Vernon "Jim" Republican Yea
Overdorf, Tobin Rogers "Toby" Republican Yea
Perez, Daniel Republican Yea
Persons-Mulicka, Jenna Republican Yea
Plakon, Rachel Saunders Republican Yea
Plasencia, Susan Republican Yea
Porras, Juan Carlos Republican Yea
Rizo, Alex Republican Yea
Robinson Jr., William Cloud "Will" Republican Yea
Salzman, Michelle Republican Yea
Shoaf, Jason Republican Yea
Sirois, Tyler I. Republican Yea
Smith, David Republican Yea
Snyder, John Republican Yea
Stark, Paula A. Republican Yea
Steele, Kevin M. Republican Yea
Trabulsy, Dana Republican Yea
Tramont, Chase Republican Yea
Truenow, Keith L. Republican Yea
Tuck, Kaylee Republican Yea
Valdés, Susan L. Republican Yea
Yarkosky, Taylor Michael Republican Yea
Yeager, Bradford Troy "Brad" Republican Yea

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Favorable (State Affairs Committee)

Passed 18 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 5000
Republican 10000
Unaffiliated 3003
Total 18003
% of votes cast 86%0%0%14%
How each member voted (21)
Member Party Vote
Caruso — Yea
Casello — Not Voting
Fernandez-Barquin — Yea
Roach — Yea
Roth — Not Voting
Temple — Not Voting
Bartleman, Robin Democrat Yea
Eskamani, Dr. Anna V. Democrat Yea
Gantt, Ashley Viola Democrat Yea
Rayner, Michele K. Democrat Yea
Robinson, Felicia Simone Democrat Yea
Black, Dean Republican Yea
Buchanan, James Republican Yea
Busatta, Demi Republican Yea
Griffitts Jr., Philip Wayne "Griff" Republican Yea
Holcomb, Jeff Republican Yea
McClure, Lawrence Republican Yea
Mooney Jr., James Vernon "Jim" Republican Yea
Persons-Mulicka, Jenna Republican Yea
Porras, Juan Carlos Republican Yea
Rizo, Alex Republican Yea

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Favorable (Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee)

Passed 16 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 3000
Republican 8002
Democrat 5001
Total 16003
% of votes cast 84%0%0%16%
How each member voted (19)
Member Party Vote
Amesty — Yea
Hawkins — Yea
Temple — Yea
Bartleman, Robin Democrat Yea
Campbell, Daryl Democrat Yea
Daley, Dan Democrat Yea
Dunkley, Lisa Democrat Yea
Gottlieb, Michael "Mike" Democrat Not Voting
Woodson, Marie Paule Democrat Yea
Anderson, Adam Republican Yea
Borrero, David Republican Yea
Griffitts Jr., Philip Wayne "Griff" Republican Yea
Holcomb, Jeff Republican Yea
Jacques, Berny Republican Yea
McClain, Stan Republican Yea
Persons-Mulicka, Jenna Republican Yea
Plakon, Rachel Saunders Republican Not Voting
Tuck, Kaylee Republican Not Voting
Yarkosky, Taylor Michael Republican Yea

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Favorable With Committee Substitute (Ways & Means Committee)

Passed 24 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 12000
Democrat 6000
Unaffiliated 6000
Total 24000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (24)
Member Party Vote
Caruso — Yea
Casello — Yea
Fernandez-Barquin — Yea
Killebrew — Yea
Roach — Yea
Roth — Yea
Campbell, Daryl Democrat Yea
Daley, Dan Democrat Yea
Eskamani, Dr. Anna V. Democrat Yea
Hart-Lowman, Dianne "Ms Dee" Democrat Yea
Rayner, Michele K. Democrat Yea
Tant, Allison Democrat Yea
Bankson, Douglas Michael "Doug" Republican Yea
Barnaby, Webster Republican Yea
Berfield, Kimberly Republican Yea
Buchanan, James Republican Yea
Duggan, Wyman Republican Yea
Fabricio, Tom Republican Yea
LaMarca, Chip Republican Yea
McClain, Stan Republican Yea
Robinson Jr., William Cloud "Will" Republican Yea
Sirois, Tyler I. Republican Yea
Smith, David Republican Yea
Valdés, Susan L. Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 161 do?
Homestead Exemptions for Persons Age 65 and Older; Increases just value limit of real estate eligible for homestead tax exemption that may be adopted by counties or municipalities for certain persons age 65 & older; requires local government entities to amend or adopt ordinances to comply with this act; provides ordinances are null & void after certain date; provides that recipients of homestead exemptions do not need to submit additional application.
Who sponsors HB 161?
HB 161 is sponsored by Waldron, Roth, Porras, Juan Carlos (Republican), Plasencia, Susan (Republican), Mooney Jr., James Vernon "Jim" (Republican), Harris, Jennifer "Rita" (Democrat), Gottlieb, Michael "Mike" (Democrat), Chaney, Linda (Republican), Benjamin, Basabe, Fabián (Republican), Bankson, Douglas Michael "Doug" (Republican), Garcia, Borrero, David (Republican), Ways & Means Committee, and Lopez, Vicki L. (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 161?
This bill died with 2023 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HB 161?
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