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Bill	Verification of Eligibility for Homestead Exemption	Verification of Eligibility for Homestead Exemption; Requires DOR to provide form for specified purpose; authorizing property appraisers to provide tentative verification of eligibility for specified exemptions & discounts; requires such form to indicate specified information; prohibits specified decisions from certain review.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2024	HB 1161	Florida HB 1161 (2024)	bill		enacted	2024-217	Arrington Keen	3	40	2	2024-01-03	2024-05-30	openstates	ocd-bill/f1500231-31f6-4197-aead-45d16c45623c	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1161/ByCategory	3d8228874dd850ad1a7109359a572926b1929d56c590c921cc24153608e5d9d9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida HB 1161 (2024) — Verification of Eligibility for Homestead Exemption

Verification of Eligibility for Homestead Exemption; Requires DOR to provide form for specified purpose; authorizing property appraisers to provide tentative verification of eligibility for specified exemptions & discounts; requires such form to indicate specified information; prohibits specified decisions from certain review.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-217.

Version chain

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

1. H 1161 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 1161 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 1161 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage, Third Reading — 112–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Arrington — primary (person)
• Keen — primary (person)
• Ways & Means Committee — primary (organization)
• Daley — cosponsor (person)
• Franklin — cosponsor (person)
• Harris — cosponsor (person)
• López, J. — cosponsor (person)
• Michael — cosponsor (person)
• Stark — cosponsor (person)
• Tant — cosponsor (person)
• Valdés — cosponsor (person)
• Waldron — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-03 Filed filing
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Ways & Means Committee referral-committee
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2024-01-09 Referred to State Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2024-01-09 Now in Ways & Means Committee
• 2024-01-09 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) filing, reading-1
• 2024-01-29 PCS added to Ways & Means Committee agenda
• 2024-01-31 Favorable with CS by Ways & Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-31 Reported out of Ways & Means Committee
• 2024-02-01 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) deferral
• 2024-02-01 CS Filed filing
• 2024-02-01 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) reading-1
• 2024-02-02 Original reference removed: Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
• 2024-02-02 Referred to State Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2024-02-02 Now in State Affairs Committee
• 2024-02-19 Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
• 2024-02-21 Favorable by State Affairs Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-21 Reported out of State Affairs Committee
• 2024-02-21 Bill released to House Calendar
• 2024-02-21 Added to Second Reading Calendar
• 2024-02-27 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/1/2024)
• 2024-03-01 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-03-01 Placed on 3rd reading reading-3
• 2024-03-01 Added to Third Reading Calendar
• 2024-03-04 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-03-04 CS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 passage
• 2024-03-04 In Messages
• 2024-03-04 Referred to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-03-04 Withdrawn from Appropriations withdrawal
• 2024-03-04 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2024-03-04 Substituted for CS/CS/SB 172
• 2024-03-04 Received enrolled
• 2024-03-04 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-03-04 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-03-04 CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 passage
• 2024-03-04 In Messages
• 2024-03-04 Ordered enrolled enrolled
• 2024-05-21 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-29 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-30 Chapter No. 2024-217

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f1500231-31f6-4197-aead-45d16c45623c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).