{"id":292292,"date":"2026-06-01T21:53:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T21:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/292292\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T21:53:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T21:53:07","slug":"florida-republicans-work-on-property-tax-cut-ballot-measure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/292292\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Republicans work on property tax cut ballot measure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">TALLAHASSEE, Fla.  \u2014 The Florida Legislature started a special legislative session on Monday in Tallahassee to consider Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flgov.com\/eog\/news\/press\/2026\/governor-ron-desantis-announces-special-session-property-tax-relief-unveils-save\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.flgov.com\/eog\/news\/press\/2026\/governor-ron-desantis-announces-special-session-property-tax-relief-unveils-save\">proposed<\/a> property tax cut on homesteads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">On May 27, DeSantis called for lawmakers to pass a ballot measure to raise the state\u2019s $50,000 homestead exemptions to $250,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWith five-days notice and a 72-hour session, this legislature is being asked to dramatically reshape our entire state financial landscape,\u201d Florida Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flsenate.gov\/Senators\/s26?pref=full\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.flsenate.gov\/Senators\/s26?pref=full\">Lori Berman<\/a> said during a news conference. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Democrats have concerns about local governments\u2019 services, and public schools suffering budget shortfalls as a result of the revenue loss. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThey\u2019re still getting a lot of money, way more than they did seven years ago,\u201d DeSantis said on May 27 about property values increasing. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Florida Senate Appropriations Committee approved an amendment on Monday to secure funding for the state\u2019s public school districts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI personally would like to see a school carve out,\u201d Florida Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/flhouse.gov\/Sections\/Representatives\/custom\/details.aspx?MemberId=4796&amp;LegislativeTermId=91\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/flhouse.gov\/Sections\/Representatives\/custom\/details.aspx?MemberId=4796&amp;LegislativeTermId=91\">Alex Rizo<\/a> said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">DeSantis suggested that the exemption not apply to homeowners who move to Florida after November until they have established residency for five years. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The plan would include a constitutional amendment on the November ballot. It has to be approved by at least 60% of the state\u2019s voters. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Torres contributed to this report from Miami. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE, Fla. \u2014 The Florida Legislature started a special legislative session on Monday in Tallahassee to consider Gov.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292293,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-292292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}