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| Bill | Homestead Exemption for Seniors 65 and Older | Homestead Exemption for Seniors 65 and Older; Revises provisions to require certain taxpayers to submit claim for homestead exemption only one time if certain conditions are met; deletes provision related to submission of supporting documentation for exemption renewal; requires property appraiser to provide specified information related to income limitations on annual basis. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2021 | HB 597 | Florida HB 597 (2021) |
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enacted | 2021-208 | 4 | 48 | 5 | 2021-01-29 | 2021-07-06 | openstates | ocd-bill/80b46470-a421-431b-8548-93db90c29ecb | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/597/ByCategory | 7ee104f0dcef4809116fe27505e42b2774026be185b6880da5c85dce2478b805 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida HB 597 (2021) — Homestead Exemption for Seniors 65 and Older
Homestead Exemption for Seniors 65 and Older; Revises provisions to require certain taxpayers to submit claim for homestead exemption only one time if certain conditions are met; deletes provision related to submission of supporting documentation for exemption renewal; requires property appraiser to provide specified information related to income limitations on annual basis.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-208.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- H 597 Filed (filed) — source
- H 597 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- H 597 c2 (committee substitute) — source
- H 597 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Ways & Means Committee) — 17–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — 119–0 (pass) · lower
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Local Administration and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee — primary (organization)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-29 Filed
filing - 2021-02-18 Referred to Ways & Means Committee
referral-committee - 2021-02-18 Referred to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2021-02-18 Referred to State Affairs Committee
referral-committee - 2021-02-18 Now in Ways & Means Committee
- 2021-03-02 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- 2021-03-18 Added to Ways & Means Committee agenda
- 2021-03-22 Favorable with CS by Ways & Means Committee
- 2021-03-23 Reported out of Ways & Means Committee
- 2021-03-23 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- 2021-03-23 CS Filed
- 2021-03-23 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- 2021-03-24 Referred to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2021-03-24 Referred to State Affairs Committee
referral-committee - 2021-03-24 Now in Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- 2021-03-30 Added to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee agenda
- 2021-04-01 Favorable with CS by Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- 2021-04-01 Reported out of Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- 2021-04-01 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- 2021-04-01 CS Filed
- 2021-04-01 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- 2021-04-02 Referred to State Affairs Committee
referral-committee - 2021-04-02 Now in State Affairs Committee
- 2021-04-13 Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- 2021-04-15 Favorable by State Affairs Committee
committee-passage-favorable - 2021-04-15 Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- 2021-04-15 Bill released to House Calendar
- 2021-04-15 Added to Second Reading Calendar
- 2021-04-15 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2021)
- 2021-04-20 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2021-04-20 Placed on 3rd reading
- 2021-04-20 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2021-04-21 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2021-04-21 CS passed; YEAS 119, NAYS 0
passage - 2021-04-21 In Messages
- 2021-04-21 Referred to Appropriations
referral-committee - 2021-04-21 Received
- 2021-04-26 Withdrawn from Appropriations
withdrawal - 2021-04-26 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2021-04-26 Substituted for CS/SB 1256
- 2021-04-26 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2021-04-26 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2021-04-26 CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0
passage - 2021-04-26 In Messages
- 2021-04-26 Ordered enrolled
- 2021-06-28 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- 2021-06-29 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2021-07-06 Chapter No. 2021-208
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/80b46470-a421-431b-8548-93db90c29ecb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).