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CS/CS/SB 160: Ad Valorem Tax Exemption for Deployed Servicemembers

GENERAL BILL by Fiscal Policy ; Community Affairs ; Gaetz

Ad Valorem Tax Exemption for Deployed Servicemembers; Revising the military operations or deployments that qualify a servicemember deployed in support of such an operation or deployment in the previous calendar year for an additional ad valorem tax exemption; providing an extended deadline and specifying procedures for filing an application for such tax exemption for a qualifying deployment during the 2014 and 2015 calendar years; providing refund procedures for servicemembers who were on qualifying deployments for more than 365 days during the 2014 and 2015 calendar years, etc.

Effective Date: Upon becoming a law, and first applies to ad valorem tax rolls for 2016
Last Action: 2/11/2016 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7023 (Ch. 2016-26) -SJ 398
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Community Affairs (CA)
  2. Finance and Tax (FT)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
8/21/2015 Senate • Filed
9/9/2015 Senate • Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Fiscal Policy -SJ 14
10/12/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 10/20/15, 12:30 pm, 301 Senate Office Building
10/20/2015 Senate • CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 127
10/21/2015 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
10/23/2015 Senate • Now in Finance and Tax -SJ 127
10/26/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Finance and Tax, 11/02/15, 1:00 pm, 401 Senate Office Building
11/2/2015 Senate • Favorable by Finance and Tax; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 125
• Now in Fiscal Policy -SJ 125
1/12/2016 Senate • Introduced -SJ 14
• CS by Community Affairs read 1st time -SJ 108
1/15/2016 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 01/20/16, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
1/20/2016 Senate • CS/CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 239
1/21/2016 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 239
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/28/16
• CS/CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time -SJ 239
1/28/2016 Senate • Retained on Calendar
2/4/2016 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/10/16
2/10/2016 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 340
• Amendment(s) adopted (413928) -SJ 340
• Ordered engrossed -SJ 340
• Placed on 3rd reading
2/11/2016 Senate • Read 3rd time -SJ 398
• Substituted HB 7023 -SJ 398
• Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7023 (Ch. 2016-26) -SJ 398