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type: "Bill"
title: "Verification of Eligibility for Homestead Exemption"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1161"
citation: "Florida HB 1161 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-217"
primary_sponsors: ["Arrington", "Keen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-03"
last_action: "2024-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1500231-31f6-4197-aead-45d16c45623c"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1161/ByCategory"
source_hash: "3d8228874dd850ad1a7109359a572926b1929d56c590c921cc24153608e5d9d9"
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 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](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1161/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1161 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1161/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1161 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1161/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **390** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **1120** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1500231-31f6-4197-aead-45d16c45623c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).