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type: "Bill"
title: "Transfer of Tax Exemption for Veterans"
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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1249"
citation: "Florida HB 1249 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-140"
primary_sponsors: ["Sullivan"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-09"
last_action: "2020-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eebe08be-9a7d-4d3f-bf35-37d3776a65cd"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1249/ByCategory"
source_hash: "5a45ea524d97c2c2f27a9b97bb3a25f327ac5df3179c9bff576fa5c1900ac71b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1249/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1249 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1249/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1249 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1249/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1249 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1249/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — **230** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **390** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **1080** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Local, Federal & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **130** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Ways & Means Committee) — **160** (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](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).