Florida · House Bill 771 · 2025 Regular Session

Local Government Assessments

HB 771 Sponsored by Kevin M. Steele Died in committee

  1. Introduced Feb 19, 2025
  2. In committee Feb 26, 2025
  3. Passed the House  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Jul 1, 2025

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Local Government Assessments; Removes special assessments as source of funding for certain municipal facilities & services; removes ability of legislative & governing body of county to levy & collect special assessments; removes special assessments as mechanism to finance services or programs rendered specially for benefit of property or residents in unincorporated areas; requires certain ordinances or land…

Read the full title (85 words)

Local Government Assessments; Removes special assessments as source of funding for certain municipal facilities & services; removes ability of legislative & governing body of county to levy & collect special assessments; removes special assessments as mechanism to finance services or programs rendered specially for benefit of property or residents in unincorporated areas; requires certain ordinances or land development regulations to provide for reimbursement by local government; makes local government responsible for payment of fees or taxes assessed for conservation easements for certain land development projects.

Every action

8 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. HouseFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Ways & Means Committee · House Ways & Means Committee
  3. CommitteeReferred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee · House Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
  4. CommitteeReferred to State Affairs Committee · House State Affairs Committee
  5. CommitteeNow in Ways & Means Committee · House Ways & Means Committee
  6. House1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  7. HouseIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  8. CommitteeDied in Ways & Means Committee · House Ways & Means Committee

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 1 cosponsor: 1 Republican.

All 1 cosponsor

From Florida's official records (flsenate.gov), checked Nov 14, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.