# Florida SB 434: Assessment of Property Used for Residential Purposes

Florida SB 434, Assessment of Property Used for Residential Purposes, is a 2026 Senate bill sponsored by Thomas J. "Tom" Leek (Republican); status failed, last action 2026-03-13 (Died in Messages); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB434-2026
- As of: 2026-11-01
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Florida SB 434
- State: Florida
- Session: 2026
- Title: Assessment of Property Used for Residential Purposes
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-11-07
- Last action: 2026-03-13, Died in Messages
- Sponsor: Thomas J. "Tom" Leek (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Appropriation, Finance and Tax, Appropriations, Rules
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 4 (86 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Thomas J. "Tom" Leek (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-02-19 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 38 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-17 | Senate | Rules Vote | pass | 24 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-05 | Senate | Appropriations Vote | pass | 16 | 0 |   |
| 2026-01-28 | Senate | Finance and Tax Vote | pass | 8 | 0 |   |

## Actions (19)

- 2026-03-13: Died in Messages (House)
- 2026-02-19: In Messages (House)
- 2026-02-19: Immediately certified -SJ 356 (Senate)
- 2026-02-19: Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 -SJ 349 (Senate)
- 2026-02-19: Read 3rd time -SJ 349 (Senate)
- 2026-02-19: Read 2nd time -SJ 349 (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/26 (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate)
- 2026-02-17: Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2026-02-12: On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/17/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building (Senate)
- 2026-02-05: Now in Rules (Senate)
- 2026-02-05: Favorable by Appropriations; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2026-02-02: On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/05/26, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: Now in Appropriations (Senate)
- 2026-01-28: Favorable by Finance and Tax; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2026-01-23: On Committee agenda-- Finance and Tax, 01/28/26, 3:45 pm, 301 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2026-01-13: Introduced (Senate)
- 2025-12-01: Referred to Finance and Tax; Appropriations; Rules (Senate)
- 2025-11-07: Filed (Senate)

## Bill text

- Filed, 2026-07-01: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/434/BillText/Filed/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/434/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related bills

- SB 688: Naturopathic Medicine (vetoed)
- HB 145: Claims Against the Government (vetoed)
- HB 325: Education and Workforce Development for Inmates (vetoed)
- SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County (signed)
- HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County (signed)
- HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families (signed)

## Sources
- [Filed (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/434/BillText/Filed/HTML)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/434/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related
- [SB 688: Naturopathic Medicine](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB688-2026)
- [HB 145: Claims Against the Government](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB145-2026)
- [HB 325: Education and Workforce Development for Inmates](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB325-2026)
- [SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB14-2026)
- [HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6515-2026)
- [HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6507-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB434-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).