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Impacts 0f State Legislative Acti0ns pre-empting H0me Rule

A summary review 0f the impacts 0f State Changes - and Pre-empti0ns 0f H0me Rule and L0cal Planning Auth0rity from Miles T0der 0f SEERD M arch 2026 Update-Focus on State Legislation It's been a busy month in Tallahassee where our state legislature wrapped up its session. Our lawmakers considered many changes in state law, some quite controversial, so it could not agree upon many bills, and left more than a few loose ends. There is a strong possibility that the governor will call the legislature back into session shortly because they failed to pass a budget, one of the few "must-do" tasks that our state constitution requires of our lawmakers. The governor also seems to want the legislature to pass a redistricting plan for elections even though redistricting depends on federal decennial census data that we will not have for four more years. And the governor appears eager for the legislature to finish work on a plan to reduce or eliminate real property taxes to be pl...