Florida property taxes have doubled since 2014 while Tallahassee did nothing.
Now the one governor willing to fight for you is warning the opposition is about to do it again.
Ron DeSantis said it out loud Thursday – and you need to hear who is lining up against you.
The Swamp That Runs Tallahassee
The Florida House passed the property tax elimination bill 80 to 30.
Eighty votes.
The Senate killed it without a single floor hearing.
The same Senate that watched property tax collections climb 40 percent in three years couldn't find time to schedule a vote on the biggest tax cut in Florida history.
DeSantis named the coalition fighting him: teacher unions, local bureaucrats, local politicians, and business groups that like the current system because it's predictable for them.
Not for you.
For them.
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The Florida Education Association – the statewide teachers union that has spent decades backing Democrat candidates – is at the front of that line.
So are the local government bureaucrats whose property tax revenue nearly doubled since 2014 on the back of rising home values you didn't choose.
These are the entrenched interests DeSantis is going up against.
They are well-funded, well-organized, and they already killed this plan once – in the Senate Appropriations Committee, without a word of debate.
What DeSantis Is Actually Saying
DeSantis told the Clay and Buck Show Thursday that his plan will be ready before summer and on the November ballot.
He's working through two legitimate questions before releasing it.
How fast can the phaseout happen – and should people who move to Florida right after the amendment passes get the full exemption immediately, or do they wait like the homeowners who have been paying taxes here for years?
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Those are not excuses.
Those are the details that kill a constitutional amendment in court or at the ballot box if you get them wrong.
Florida's constitution requires 60 percent voter approval.
DeSantis knows one poorly worded provision hands the opposition exactly what they need to run ads against it.
He's not protecting himself.
He's protecting the plan from the people who want it to fail.
The Special Session Is the Fight That Matters Now
A special session is coming in the weeks ahead, and property tax reform needs to be on that agenda.
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The Senate buried it once without debate.
That same Senate is about to get another chance – and every local government lobby, every union, and every bureaucrat protecting their budget is already working the phones in Tallahassee.
The governor who has been the loudest voice calling property taxes what they are – government charging you rent on your own home – is still in the fight.
The question is whether the Florida Senate finishes what it started, or whether homeowners finally win.
Sources:
- A.G. Gancarski, "Ron DeSantis expects 'entrenched interests' to mobilize against property tax vote," Florida Politics, April 30, 2026.
- Florida House of Representatives, CS/CS/HJR 203 (2026), Bill History, March 13, 2026.
- "Florida Property Tax Elimination: DeSantis Plan 2026," PropertyExemption.com, April 2026.
- Florida TaxWatch, "Total Property Tax Collections 2014–2024," cited in Florida Trident, November 2025.
