{"id":135574,"date":"2026-01-28T22:45:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T22:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/135574\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T22:45:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T22:45:50","slug":"florida-house-advances-new-proposal-to-limit-increases-in-property-taxes-under-the-save-our-homes-limit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/135574\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida House advances new proposal to limit increases in property taxes under the Save Our Homes limit"},"content":{"rendered":"

A third House proposal<\/a> to reduce property taxes is ready to go to the full House, while the Senate has not put forward a plan.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Republican-dominated House Ways & Means Committee on Tuesday voted 10-4 along party lines to support a proposed constitutional amendment (HJR 213) that would limit increases in taxable values for homesteaded property under the Save Our Homes<\/a> cap to 3% over three years. The Save Our Homes limit is currently 3% a year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The proposal also would limit increases in taxable values of non-homesteaded property to 15% over three years, rather than the current 10% a year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“We’re not cutting anybody’s ability to operate,” Rep. Griff Griffitts, a Panama City Beach Republican who is sponsoring the proposal, said. “It’s going to require local governments to make hard decisions<\/a>, to prioritize what they want to spend on. That’s something we all do in our households.”<\/p>\n

Democrats and local-government officials are worried<\/a> that reduced property-tax revenue could lead to decreased services and shift the tax burden to renters and businesses.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“You can’t say that they (local governments) need to figure it out when we are part of the problem,” Rep. Robin Bartleman, D-Weston, said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“When we are continuously cutting off the legs of their (local governments) stools, when we are continuously passing unfunded mandates to them, what are they to do?”<\/p>\n

The other proposals ready to go to the full House would phase out non-school homestead property taxes over the next decade (HJR 203) and increase the homestead property-tax exemption for residents who have property insurance (HJR 209).<\/p>\n

Gov. Ron DeSantis<\/a> has made a priority of placing a proposed constitutional amendment on the November ballot to lower property taxes.<\/p>\n

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