Overview
- Florida’s House advanced multiple bills to cut or eliminate property taxes on homesteads, setting up constitutional amendments for the November ballot.
- Gov. Ron DeSantis used his final State of the State to press homeowner-focused relief and has already called an April special session on redistricting.
- House Speaker Daniel Perez is pushing a suite of voter-facing options independent of the governor, with proposals structured to exclude school funding and require public approval.
- Local officials warn that sweeping cuts could strip billions from services such as police, fire and infrastructure, with the Florida League of Cities projecting about $8 billion in annual losses.
- Arizona opened with dueling affordability agendas — Hobbs’ tax conformity and housing aid plans and Republicans’ $1.1 billion tax package — while Georgia lawmakers began debating income-tax elimination versus property-tax relief.