Florida Amendment 3 (2026) Fact Check

Official

True

The first $25,000 homestead exemption remains applicable to school-district levies.

LAWControllingLegal Fact0 — Direct

Evidence

Claim as made

The measure retains a $25,000 homestead exemption for school district levies.

Source occurrence

Speaker
Publisher: Florida Legislature
Date and context: 2026-06-16 · Enrolled constitutional text, paraphrased by The Orlando Report.
Source locator: Article VII, section 6(a)
Attribution: Paraphrase

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Proposition checked

The first $25,000 homestead exemption remains applicable to school-district levies.

Claim type: Legal Fact. The occurrence above is marked as a paraphrase; this verdict evaluates the narrower proposition independently.

Evidence boundaries

What the evidence establishes

The enrolled text retains the first $25,000 homestead exemption for all levies, including school-district levies.

What the evidence does not establish

It does not make the later expanded exemption applicable to school levies.

Assumptions

No material assumptions recorded.

Material omitted context

School levies remain outside the expanded $150,000 and $250,000 exemption.

Assumption load

0 — Direct: Assumption load level 0
1 — Minimal: Assumption load level 1
2 — Modeled: Assumption load level 2
3 — Behavioral: Assumption load level 3
4 — Multi-step: Assumption load level 4
5 — Speculative: Assumption load level 5

Source documents

Checked date: 2026-08-26

Controlling — Enrolled CS/HJR 1-F
Florida Legislature · Locator: Article VII, section 6(a) · Accessed 2026-08-26
Retained first exemption

Revision history

Revision 2 · TrueChecked 2026-08-26Revision details
Reason for revision: Evidence-led re-review clarifies levy scope.
Claim snapshot
The measure retains a $25,000 homestead exemption for school district levies.
Attribution: Paraphrase
Speaker:
Publisher:
Florida Legislature
Occurrence date:
2026-06-16
Context:
Enrolled constitutional text, paraphrased by The Orlando Report.
Locator:
Article VII, section 6(a)
Open the occurrence snapshot source
Proposition snapshot
The first $25,000 homestead exemption remains applicable to school-district levies.
Legal Fact · Official
Verdict
True
Evidence class
LAW
Evidence strength
Controlling
Assumption load
0 — Direct
What this revision establishes
The enrolled text retains the first $25,000 homestead exemption for all levies, including school-district levies.
What this revision does not establish
It does not make the later expanded exemption applicable to school levies.
Assumptions
No material assumptions recorded.
Material omitted context: School levies remain outside the expanded $150,000 and $250,000 exemption.
Sources for this revision
1. Controlling — Enrolled CS/HJR 1-F
  Florida Legislature · Locator: Article VII, section 6(a) · Accessed 2026-08-26
  Retained first exemption
Revision 1 · TrueChecked 2026-08-25Revision details
Reason for revision: Backfilled from the legacy Focus Zone claim record.
Claim snapshot
The measure retains a $25,000 homestead exemption for school district levies.
Attribution: Not Applicable
Speaker:
Publisher:
Occurrence date:
2026-08-25
Context:
Backfilled from the legacy Focus Zone claim record.
Locator:
Open the occurrence snapshot source
Proposition snapshot
The measure retains a $25,000 homestead exemption for school district levies.
Opinion · Official
Verdict
True
Evidence class
OPINION
Evidence strength
Direct
Assumption load
0 — Direct
What this revision establishes
The measure retains a $25,000 homestead exemption for school district levies.
What this revision does not establish
This legacy assessment does not establish more than its stored claim and notes; evidence-led re-review is pending.
Assumptions
No material assumptions recorded.
Material omitted context: Article VII section 6. State as levy-specific
Sources for this revision
1. Supporting — Enrolled CS/HJR 1-F
  Florida Legislature · Locator: Article VII section 6. State as levy-specific · Accessed 2026-08-26
  Backfilled from the legacy source list.