2026 Regular Session
HB217
Authorizes an optional property tax exemption for blighted or derelict properties that have been rehabilitated and provides with respect to local redevelopment plans (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
Legislative progress
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This summary includes only completed milestones supported by recorded actions. It does not predict the next step, and it preserves later committee reassignments, concurrence, conference, veto, and approval actions when they occur.
Partner positions
Dislikes
This measure adds another property tax exemption to an already growing list of carve-outs that erode the local tax base. Each new exemption shifts the burden onto other property owners and further fragments the tax system. Rather than expanding exemptions, the legislature should prioritize a fair and uniform tax structure.
Recorded floor votes
3 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
April 7, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 217 FINAL PASSAGE (#301)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
84 yea–12 nay · 9 absent
May 19, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on HB 217 FINAL PASSAGE (#1010)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
32 yea–2 nay · 5 absent
May 19, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on HB 217 CO-AUTHORS (#1011)
Passed
5 yea–0 nay · 34 absent
Committee referrals
April 13, 2026 · Senate
Revenue & Fiscal Affairs
February 19, 2026 · House
Ways and Means
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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House Effective date: See Act.
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House Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 422.
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House Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
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Senate Signed by the President of the Senate.
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House Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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House Received from the Senate without amendments.
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Senate Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 2 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
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Senate Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
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Senate Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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Senate Reported favorably.
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Senate Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.
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Senate Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
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House Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 84, nays 12. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. View roll call
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House Scheduled for floor debate on 04/07/2026.
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House Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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House Reported with amendments (17-0).
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House Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
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House First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/20/2026.
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House Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
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House Prefiled.