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type: "Bill"
title: "Taxation"
description: "Taxation; Increasing a population limit on counties that may use tourist development tax revenues for certain uses; extending the timeframe within which certain changes to property damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Michael must commence to prevent the assessed value of the property from increasing; revising the deadlines for applying for additional ad valorem tax exemptions for certain servicemembers for a specified tax year; authorizing a property appraiser in a county for which the Governor has declared a state of emergency to post notices of proposed property taxes on its website if mailing the notice is not possible; providing sales tax exemptions for certain clothing, wallets, bags, school supplies, personal computers, and personal computer-related accessories during a certain timeframe; providing sales tax exemptions for certain disaster preparedness supplies during a certain timeframe, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 7097"
citation: "Florida HB 7097 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["alcoholic beverages and tobacco", "(vetoed)", "relations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-10"
primary_sponsors: ["Ways and Means Committee"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 15
first_action: "2020-02-20"
last_action: "2020-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84fe9644-51ee-47cc-b3a4-d1141421935c"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/7097/ByCategory"
source_hash: "c8c64e0ac2bbea2274de2c461d27d699993d6333af034f0aac2b673a0beeb034"
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 7097 (2020) — Taxation
Taxation; Increasing a population limit on counties that may use tourist development tax revenues for certain uses; extending the timeframe within which certain changes to property damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Michael must commence to prevent the assessed value of the property from increasing; revising the deadlines for applying for additional ad valorem tax exemptions for certain servicemembers for a specified tax year; authorizing a property appraiser in a county for which the Governor has declared a state of emergency to post notices of proposed property taxes on its website if mailing the notice is not possible; providing sales tax exemptions for certain clothing, wallets, bags, school supplies, personal computers, and personal computer-related accessories during a certain timeframe; providing sales tax exemptions for certain disaster preparedness supplies during a certain timeframe, etc.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-10.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 7097 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/7097/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 7097 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/7097/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 7097 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/7097/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 7097 e2** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/7097/BillText/e2/PDF)
5. **H 7097 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/7097/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Passage, Third Reading — **9716** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **362** (pass) · upper
- A - 775793, Adoption, Second Reading — **4369** (fail) · lower
- A - 550823, Adoption, Second Reading — **3971** (fail) · lower
- ASA - 947834, Amendment, Second Reading — **1723** (fail) · upper
- A - 099283, Adoption, Second Reading — **3475** (fail) · lower
- ASA - 608968, Amendment, Second Reading — **1722** (fail) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Appropriations Committee) — **254** (pass) · lower
- A - 966571, Adoption, Second Reading — **4469** (fail) · lower
- Favorable with 1 amendment — **200** (pass) · upper
- A - 130203, Adoption, Second Reading — **4070** (fail) · lower
- A - 582533, Adoption, Second Reading — **4469** (fail) · lower
- Passage — **1048** (pass) · lower
- ASA - 819886, Amendment, Second Reading — **1821** (fail) · upper
- Favorable With Amendment(s) (Ways & Means Committee) — **124** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Ways and Means Committee — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-02-20** Filed `filing`
- **2020-02-20** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-02-21** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee, 02/25/20, 3:30 pm, Webster Hall
- **2020-02-25** CS by- Appropriations Committee; YEAS 25 NAYS 4
- **2020-02-27** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2020-02-27** CS by Appropriations Committee read 1st time
- **2020-02-28** 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** Amendment(s) failed (039417, 099283, 130203, 136355, 170247, 333617, 368563, 550823, 582533, 688293, 775793, 782289, 966571, 969289) -HJ 771,804
- **2020-03-05** Amendment(s) adopted (080695, 859567) -HJ 800,804
- **2020-03-05** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** CS passed as amended; YEAS 97 NAYS 16 `passage`
- **2020-03-06** In Messages
- **2020-03-06** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-06** Received
- **2020-03-10** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 03/11/20, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2020-03-11** Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by- Appropriations (882296); YEAS 20 NAYS 0
- **2020-03-11** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Amendments)
- **2020-03-11** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-03-11** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/12/20
- **2020-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-12** Amendment(s) adopted (271678)
- **2020-03-12** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-13** Amendment(s) reconsidered, withdrawn (271678)
- **2020-03-13** Amendment(s) adopted (204786)
- **2020-03-13** CS passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 2 `passage`
- **2020-03-13** In returning messages
- **2020-03-13** Concurred in 2 amendment(s) (204786, 577084) -HJ 1238, 1249
- **2020-03-13** CS passed as amended; YEAS 104 NAYS 8 `passage`
- **2020-03-13** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2020-04-08** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-04-08** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-09** Chapter No. 2020-10
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84fe9644-51ee-47cc-b3a4-d1141421935c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).