{"id":419331,"date":"2026-10-05T16:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T16:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/419331\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T16:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T16:10:08","slug":"what-to-know-about-3-florida-amendments-before-the-election-nbc-6-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/419331\/","title":{"rendered":"What to know about 3 Florida amendments before the election \u2013 NBC 6 South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

With general elections just around the corner, Florida voters will have the chance to approve three new amendments to the state’s constitution<\/a>. <\/p>\n

An amendment will pass if it reaches 60% voter approval.<\/p>\n

Below are the three amendments to the Florida Constitution that will be on the ballot:<\/p>\n

The three amendments on Florida’s ballot<\/p>\n

\n Select an amendment to see what would change.\n <\/p>\n

Amendment 1<\/p>\n

\n Budget stabilization fund\n <\/p>\n

\n Would raise the state’s budget stabilization fund cap from 10% to 25% of general revenue collections and set new rules for transferring and withdrawing funds, including withdrawals for the state’s critical needs.\n <\/p>\n


\n View official text \u2192
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Amendment 2<\/p>\n

\n Tax exemption for agricultural activities\n <\/p>\n

\n Would exempt from property taxes certain tangible personal property located on agricultural land and used for agricultural production or agritourism activities. The measure would take effect in tax years beginning on Jan. 1, 2027.\n <\/p>\n


\n View official text \u2192
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Amendment 3<\/p>\n

\n Property taxes\n <\/p>\n

\n Would raise the homestead exemption for non-school property taxes to $150,000 in 2027 and $250,000 in 2028, with inflation adjustments after that. It would also reduce the annual cap on assessed value increases for non-homestead properties from 10% to 5% and set new rules for certain new residents and for the use of revenue from property taxes.\n <\/p>\n


\n View official text \u2192
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\n Important: each amendment needs at least 60% of the vote to pass.\n <\/p>\n

Check out NBC6’s voter guide<\/a> for more information of voter registration deadlines, what you need to vote, key sates and sample ballots. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With general elections just around the corner, Florida voters will have the chance to approve three new amendments…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2715,28,30,29],"class_list":["post-419331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-elections","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419331","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=419331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}