Legislation: Florida — 2,186 enacted records (OpenStates 2026-07-01)
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Transfer of Tax Exemption for Veterans"
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description: "Transfer of Tax Exemption for Veterans; Provides that certain veterans & their surviving spouses receiving homestead tax exemption may apply for & receive prorated refund of property taxes paid on new homestead property acquired during certain timeframe; requires property appraiser to immediately make certain entries upon tax rolls to allow prorated refund."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 1249"
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citation: "Florida HB 1249 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2020-140"
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primary_sponsors: ["Sullivan"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2020-01-09"
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last_action: "2020-06-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eebe08be-9a7d-4d3f-bf35-37d3776a65cd"
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source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1249/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "5a45ea524d97c2c2f27a9b97bb3a25f327ac5df3179c9bff576fa5c1900ac71b"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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# Florida HB 1249 (2020) — Transfer of Tax Exemption for Veterans
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Transfer of Tax Exemption for Veterans; Provides that certain veterans & their surviving spouses receiving homestead tax exemption may apply for & receive prorated refund of property taxes paid on new homestead property acquired during certain timeframe; requires property appraiser to immediately make certain entries upon tax rolls to allow prorated refund.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-140.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **H 1249 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1249/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 1249 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1249/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 1249 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1249/BillText/c2/PDF)
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4. **H 1249 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1249/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — **23–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Local, Federal & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (Ways & Means Committee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Sullivan — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-09** Filed `filing`
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- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2020-01-17** Referred to Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Ways and Means Committee; State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-30** On Committee agenda-- Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, 02/03/20, 3:00 pm, 12 HOB
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- **2020-02-03** CS by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0
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- **2020-02-04** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
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- **2020-02-04** CS by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee read 1st time
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- **2020-02-05** Now in Ways and Means Committee
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- **2020-02-17** On Committee agenda-- Ways and Means Committee, 02/19/20, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
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- **2020-02-19** Favorable by Ways and Means Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-02-19** Now in State Affairs Committee
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- **2020-02-25** On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 02/27/20, 8:00 am, Morris Hall
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- **2020-02-27** CS/CS by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 23 NAYS 0
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- **2020-02-28** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
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- **2020-02-28** CS/CS by State Affairs Committee read 1st time
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- **2020-03-02** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-03-02** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/05/20
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- **2020-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-05** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2020-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-06** CS passed; YEAS 108 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2020-03-06** In Messages
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- **2020-03-06** Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-06** Received
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- **2020-03-09** Withdrawn from Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Appropriations `withdrawal`
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- **2020-03-09** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2020-03-09** Substituted for CS/SB 1662
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- **2020-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-09** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2020-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-10** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2020-03-10** Ordered enrolled
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- **2020-06-17** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
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- **2020-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-06-30** Chapter No. 2020-140
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eebe08be-9a7d-4d3f-bf35-37d3776a65cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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