HB0149 • 2026

Maximum Millage Rates for the 2027-2028 Fiscal Year

Education Taxes

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Chamberlin
Last action: 2026-03-13
Official status: House - Died in Select Committee on Property Taxes
Effective date: 2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Maximum Millage Rates for the 2027-2028 Fiscal Year

This bill sets a limit on property tax rates for counties and schools in Florida for the 2027-2028 fiscal year by matching revenue levels from five years earlier.

What This Bill Does

Creates Section 200.1851 of the Florida Statutes, titled 'Freedom: Property Tax Relief Rollback for All Floridians Act'.
Sets the maximum county millage rate so it collects no more ad valorem tax revenue than in the 2022-2023 fiscal year.
Sets the maximum school district millage rate to match ad valorem tax revenue from the 2022-2023 fiscal year.
States that this rule overrides any other existing laws about these rates for that time period.
Schedules an automatic end date for this law on January 1, 2029.

Who It Names or Affects

County governments in Florida
School districts in Florida

Terms To Know

Millage rate: The tax amount charged for every $1,000 of property value.
Ad valorem tax revenue: Money collected from taxes based on the value of real estate or personal property.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill text does not explain how to calculate the exact rate if property values change.
This law only applies during the 2027-2028 fiscal year and ends on January 1, 2029.

Bill History

2026-03-13 House
• Died in Select Committee on Property Taxes
2026-01-13 House
• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2025-10-21 House
• Referred to Select Committee on Property Taxes • Referred to State Affairs Committee • Referred to Ways & Means Committee • Now in Select Committee on Property Taxes
2025-10-13 House
• Filed

Official Summary Text

Maximum Millage Rates for the 2027-2028 Fiscal Year; Provides method for determining the maximum county & school millage rates for fiscal year 2027-2028; provides for future repeal.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

HB 149 2026

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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S

A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to maximum millage rates for the 2027-2
2028 fiscal year; providing a short title; creating s. 3
200.1851, F.S.; providing a method for determining the 4
maximum county millage rate and school millage rate 5
for the 2027-2028 fiscal year; providing for future 6
repeal; providing an effective date. 7
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9
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Section 1. This act may be cited the "Freedom 1: Property 11
Tax Relief Rollback for All Floridians Act." 12
Section 2. Section 200.1851, Florida Statutes, is created 13
to read: 14
200.1851 Maximum millage rates for the 2027-2028 fiscal 15
year.— 16
(1) Notwithstanding any other law, the maximum county 17
millage rate that may be levied for the 2027-2028 fiscal year is 18
the rate which will provide the same ad valorem tax revenue for 19
the taxing authority as was levied during the 2022-2023 fiscal 20
year. 21
(2) Notwithstanding any other law, the maximum school 22
millage rate that may be levied for the 2027-2028 fiscal year is 23
the rate which will provide the same ad valorem tax revenue for 24
the taxing authority as was levied during the 2022-2023 fiscal 25

HB 149 2026

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year. 26
(3) This section is repealed January 1, 2029. 27
Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026. 28