A series of proposals aimed at eliminating or reducing non-school homestead property taxes advanced out of a Florida House committee on Thursday, as local-government officials warned about having to decrease services because of potentially billions of dollars in lost revenue.

The Republican-dominated House Select Committee on Property Taxes voted along party lines to back seven proposed constitutional amendments that, if approved during the upcoming legislative session , would go before voters in November 2026.

The committee also approved a bill (HB 215) that would require two-thirds votes by local governments to increase tax rates and allow newly married couples to combine accumulated Save Our Homes benefits .

That bill would not have to go before voters.

The committee took up

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