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| Bill | Taxation | Taxation; Specifying that portions of property not used for certain purposes are not exempt from ad valorem taxation; specifying that exemptions for certain portions of property from ad valorem taxation are not affected so long as such portions of property are used for specified purposes; exempting certain multifamily projects from ad valorem taxation; requiring, rather than authorizing, tax collectors to accept late payments of prepaid property taxes within a certain timeframe; extending the expiration date of the sales tax exemption for data center property; exempting specified items that assist in independent living from the sales tax, etc. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2021 | HB 7061 | Florida HB 7061 (2021) |
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enacted | 2021-31 | 3 | 31 | 4 | 2021-04-18 | 2021-05-24 | openstates | ocd-bill/5ec5129d-c43b-4b32-af77-d3b75e4e6e25 | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7061/ByCategory | b9bba54acadd9dceceedee6429964827295b933dbbdc92044426e11860bbe443 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida HB 7061 (2021) — Taxation
Taxation; Specifying that portions of property not used for certain purposes are not exempt from ad valorem taxation; specifying that exemptions for certain portions of property from ad valorem taxation are not affected so long as such portions of property are used for specified purposes; exempting certain multifamily projects from ad valorem taxation; requiring, rather than authorizing, tax collectors to accept late payments of prepaid property taxes within a certain timeframe; extending the expiration date of the sales tax exemption for data center property; exempting specified items that assist in independent living from the sales tax, etc.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-31.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Favorable (Ways & Means Committee) — 15–1 (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — 109–3 (pass) · lower
- Passage — 117–1 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Ways and Means Committee — primary (organization)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-04-18 Filed
filing - 2021-04-18 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- 2021-04-19 Bill referred to House Calendar
- 2021-04-19 Added to Second Reading Calendar
- 2021-04-19 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/22/2021)
- 2021-04-22 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2021-04-22 Placed on 3rd reading
- 2021-04-22 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2021-04-23 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2021-04-23 Passed; YEAS 109, NAYS 3
passage - 2021-04-23 In Messages
- 2021-04-23 Message sent to senate
- 2021-04-23 Referred to Appropriations
referral-committee - 2021-04-23 Received
- 2021-04-29 Withdrawn from Appropriations
withdrawal - 2021-04-29 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2021-04-29 Substituted for CS/SB 7068
- 2021-04-29 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2021-04-29 Amendment(s) adopted (938318)
- 2021-04-29 Placed on 3rd reading
- 2021-04-30 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2021-04-30 Passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0
passage - 2021-04-30 In Messages
- 2021-04-30 Added to Senate Message List
- 2021-04-30 Amendment 938318 Concur
- 2021-04-30 Passed as amended; YEAS 117, NAYS 1
passage - 2021-04-30 Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- 2021-04-30 Message sent to senate
- 2021-05-13 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- 2021-05-21 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2021-05-24 Chapter No. 2021-31
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5ec5129d-c43b-4b32-af77-d3b75e4e6e25. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).