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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Joint Resolution

HJR 209: Property Insurance Relief Homestead Exemption Non-school Property Tax

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

HJR 209 is a joint resolution introduced in the Florida House on October 16, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Property Insurance Relief Homestead Exemption Non-school Property Tax. Primary sponsor: Demi Busatta (Republican), Select Committee on Property Taxes, Ways & Means Committee. Most recent recorded action (March 13, 2026): Died on Second Reading Calendar.

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.

Property Insurance Relief Homestead Exemption Non-school Property Tax; Proposes amendment to State Constitution to increase by $200,000 the exemption for homestead property from all ad valorem taxation other than school district levies for homestead properties that have property insurance, to prohibit local governments from reducing total funding for first responders, and to provide an effective date.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Demi BusattaPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse114
Select Committee on Property TaxesPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Ways & Means CommitteePrimary 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 on Second Reading Calendar
  2. Added to Second Reading Calendar
  3. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
  4. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
  5. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  6. Bill referred to House Calendar
  7. CS Filed
  8. Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
  9. Reported out of Ways & Means Committee
  10. Favorable with CS by Ways & Means Committee
  11. Added to Ways & Means Committee agenda
  12. Now in Ways & Means Committee

Showing 12 most recent of 28 actions. Full history

Sources

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