{"id":293316,"date":"2026-06-02T17:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T17:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/293316\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T17:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T17:44:11","slug":"florida-lawmakers-send-property-tax-amendment-to-november-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/293316\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida lawmakers send property tax amendment to November ballot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Florida lawmakers send property tax amendment to November ballot<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 1:18 PM EDT Jun 2, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\tEditorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFlorida officials approved sending Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019 proposal to cut homestead property taxes to the November ballot.Lawmakers gathered in Tallahassee for a special session to review Gov. Ron DeSantis’ proposal.The plan would increase the homestead exemption to $250,000 by 2028, a change DeSantis said would eliminate property taxes for about 60% of homeowners.Lawmakers tweaked the governor\u2019s original proposal on Monday to ensure that homeowners would still pay the portion of their property taxes that funds public education.The proposal must be approved by 60% of voters in November.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tTALLAHASSEE, Fla. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Florida officials approved sending Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019 proposal to cut homestead property taxes to the November ballot.<\/p>\n

Lawmakers gathered in Tallahassee for a special session to review Gov. Ron DeSantis’ proposal.<\/p>\n

The plan would increase the homestead exemption to $250,000 by 2028, a change DeSantis said would eliminate property taxes for about 60% of homeowners.<\/p>\n

Lawmakers tweaked the governor\u2019s original proposal on Monday to ensure that homeowners would still pay the portion of their property taxes that funds public education.<\/p>\n

The proposal must be approved by 60% of voters in November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Florida lawmakers send property tax amendment to November ballot Updated: 1:18 PM EDT Jun 2, 2026 Editorial Standards…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293317,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-293316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293316","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=293316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}