This Bill Kill's Property Tax Relief

There’s a bill moving through the Florida House called HJR 209, and it’s being sold as property tax relief. It’s not. It already passed a committee and lawmakers are expected to vote on it when the legislative session starts in January. If it passes the House and Senate, it would be placed on the 2026 ballot as a proposed constitutional amendment.

Here’s the problem. HJR 209 does not abolish property taxes on homestead property. Not even close. All it does is increase the homestead exemption by up to $200,000, and only if you have homeowners insurance. It also only applies to non-school taxes, which means a big chunk of your property tax bill stays exactly where it is. That’s not tax freedom. That’s a partial discount with strings attached.

Now here’s the bigger issue. HJR 209 isn’t happening in a vacuum. It’s one of seven property-tax joint resolutions filed in the Florida House. Seven. On top of that, the House also has another property tax bill sitting in committee, bringing the total to eight on the House side alone.

Then you look at the Florida Senate. They’ve filed four more joint resolutions — the kind voters have to approve to change the Florida Constitution — plus one separate bill that lawmakers vote on directly.

Add it all up and you get thirteen different property-tax measures floating around at the same time. Thirteen. And every single one of those joint resolutions is fighting for the same 60% voter approval.

Florida requires 60% to amend the constitution. When you stack multiple measures on the same issue, you don’t get momentum — you split voters into camps. The math is simple. None of them reach 60%, and nothing passes.

This is a classic political move. Flood the ballot. Confuse voters. Claim you tried. And in the end, homeowners get no real relief.

Once these bills hit the floor, they’re much harder to stop. That’s why the pushback has to happen now. Lawmakers need to hear loud and clear that partial fixes and ballot clutter aren’t acceptable.

Here’s what you can do. Call your Florida State House Representative and tell them HJR 209 needs to be stopped. Tell them you want one clean ballot measure that fully abolishes property taxes on homestead property. Period. Not watered-down exemptions and not a ballot packed with so many measures that nothing passes. You can find your representative and their contact info here:

https://www.flhouse.gov/FindYourRepresentative

Make the call. Send the email. This only works if lawmakers hear it now — before it comes up for a full House vote when session starts in January.

Grant Warrington

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P.S. If you want to see how this plays out and why multiple ballot measures almost guarantee failure, watch the full video now. 

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