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

The bill's status as 'Passed Legislature' but died in committee suggests there may be additional procedural details not covered by the provided summary.

Maximum Millage Rates for the 2027-2028 Fiscal Year

This bill sets maximum property tax rates that counties and school districts can charge in Florida for the fiscal year 2027-2028, based on the rates from 2022-2023.

What This Bill Does

Sets a limit on how much county governments can collect in property taxes for the fiscal year 2027-2028.
Limits the amount of school district property taxes that can be collected for the fiscal year 2027-2028.
Uses the tax rates from the fiscal year 2022-2023 as a reference to set these limits.

Who It Names or Affects

County governments in Florida
School districts in Florida

Terms To Know

Millage rate: The amount of property tax charged for each $1,000 of a property's value.
Ad valorem tax: A type of tax based on the value of something, like property taxes.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify what happens after January 1, 2029.
It is unclear if this law will be changed or renewed before it ends in 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

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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

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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