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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 771: Local Government Assessments

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 771 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on February 19, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Local Government Assessments. Primary sponsor: Steele. It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Ways & Means Committee.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Local Government Assessments; Removes special assessments as source of funding for certain municipal facilities & services; removes ability of legislative & governing body of county to levy & collect special assessments; removes special assessments as mechanism to finance services or programs rendered specially for benefit of property or residents in unincorporated areas; requires certain ordinances or land development regulations to provide for reimbursement by local government; makes local government responsible for payment of fees or taxes assessed for conservation easements for certain land development projects.

Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
SteelePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
CarusoCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died in Ways & Means Committee
  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  4. Now in Ways & Means Committee
  5. Referred to State Affairs Committee
  6. Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
  7. Referred to Ways & Means Committee
  8. Filed

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source