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Bill	Transfer of Tax Exemption for Veterans	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.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2020	HB 1249	Florida HB 1249 (2020)	bill		enacted	2020-140	Sullivan	4	35	5	2020-01-09	2020-06-30	openstates	ocd-bill/eebe08be-9a7d-4d3f-bf35-37d3776a65cd	http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1249/ByCategory	5a45ea524d97c2c2f27a9b97bb3a25f327ac5df3179c9bff576fa5c1900ac71b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida HB 1249 (2020) — Transfer of Tax Exemption for Veterans

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.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-140.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. H 1249 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 1249 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 1249 c2 (committee substitute) — source
4. H 1249 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — 23–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage, Third Reading — 108–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable With Committee Substitute (Local, Federal & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable (Ways & Means Committee) — 16–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Sullivan — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2020-01-09 Filed filing
• 2020-01-14 Introduced introduction
• 2020-01-17 Referred to Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Ways and Means Committee; State Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2020-01-30 On Committee agenda-- Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, 02/03/20, 3:00 pm, 12 HOB
• 2020-02-03 CS by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0
• 2020-02-04 Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
• 2020-02-04 CS by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee read 1st time
• 2020-02-05 Now in Ways and Means Committee
• 2020-02-17 On Committee agenda-- Ways and Means Committee, 02/19/20, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
• 2020-02-19 Favorable by Ways and Means Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-19 Now in State Affairs Committee
• 2020-02-25 On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 02/27/20, 8:00 am, Morris Hall
• 2020-02-27 CS/CS by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 23 NAYS 0
• 2020-02-28 Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
• 2020-02-28 CS/CS by State Affairs Committee read 1st time
• 2020-03-02 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-03-02 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/05/20
• 2020-03-05 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2020-03-05 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2020-03-06 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2020-03-06 CS passed; YEAS 108 NAYS 0 passage
• 2020-03-06 In Messages
• 2020-03-06 Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-03-06 Received
• 2020-03-09 Withdrawn from Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Appropriations withdrawal
• 2020-03-09 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2020-03-09 Substituted for CS/SB 1662
• 2020-03-09 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2020-03-09 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2020-03-10 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2020-03-10 CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 passage
• 2020-03-10 Ordered enrolled
• 2020-06-17 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
• 2020-06-29 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-06-30 Chapter No. 2020-140

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eebe08be-9a7d-4d3f-bf35-37d3776a65cd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).