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type: "Bill"
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title: "Verification of Eligibility for Homestead Exemption"
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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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 1161"
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citation: "Florida HB 1161 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2024-217"
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primary_sponsors: ["Arrington", "Keen"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 40
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-01-03"
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last_action: "2024-05-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1500231-31f6-4197-aead-45d16c45623c"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1161/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "3d8228874dd850ad1a7109359a572926b1929d56c590c921cc24153608e5d9d9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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---
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# Florida HB 1161 (2024) — Verification of Eligibility for Homestead Exemption
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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.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-217.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **H 1161 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1161/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 1161 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1161/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 1161 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1161/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Arrington — primary (person)
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- Keen — primary (person)
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- Ways & Means Committee — primary (organization)
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- Daley — cosponsor (person)
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- Franklin — cosponsor (person)
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- Harris — cosponsor (person)
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- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael — cosponsor (person)
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- Stark — cosponsor (person)
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- Tant — cosponsor (person)
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- Valdés — cosponsor (person)
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- Waldron — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-03** Filed `filing`
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- **2024-01-09** Referred to Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-09** Referred to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-09** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-09** Now in Ways & Means Committee
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- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2024-01-29** PCS added to Ways & Means Committee agenda
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- **2024-01-31** Favorable with CS by Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-01-31** Reported out of Ways & Means Committee
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- **2024-02-01** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2024-02-01** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2024-02-01** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-02** Original reference removed: Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
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- **2024-02-02** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-02** Now in State Affairs Committee
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- **2024-02-19** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
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- **2024-02-21** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-21** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
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- **2024-02-21** Bill released to House Calendar
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- **2024-02-21** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2024-02-27** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/1/2024)
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- **2024-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-01** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-01** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2024-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-04** CS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2024-03-04** In Messages
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- **2024-03-04** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-04** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
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- **2024-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2024-03-04** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 172
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- **2024-03-04** Received `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-04** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2024-03-04** In Messages
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- **2024-03-04** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-05-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-05-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-05-30** Chapter No. 2024-217
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## Source
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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).
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