Stop Amendment 3
Vote NO on 3!
Vote NO on Amendment 3 to stop billionaire and corporate tax breaks that raise our costs and cut our services.
Take the PledgeBecause Florida should work for all of us.
Hardworking Floridians need real affordability relief
But Amendment 3 is a scam that will make life more expensive for everyday working people. It will slash $46 billion from local governments over 5 years, raise taxes and fees to make up the difference, and cut essential services our communities rely on like public hospitals, fire rescue, EMTs, children’s services, libraries, parks, roads, and disaster preparedness.
Billionaires and big corporations will profit while the rest of us pay the price.
Who pays?
Working people of all races, places, and backgrounds:
- Renters
- Small business owners
- Families
- Children
- Seniors
- Veterans
- Public sector workers
- Anyone that works for a living
Who profits?
- Billionaires
- Big corporations
- Big developers
- Commercial property owners
- People who own multi-million dollar homes
We show up for each other.
As Floridians, we contribute and take care of our communities in countless ways, including by paying property taxes. While billionaires and big corporations hoard our wealth, pick our pockets, and rig the rules to avoid paying what they owe, we know what it means to show up and take care of one another.
That’s why this November, millions of Floridians are going to show up to save our public services, save our public sector jobs, and keep our money where it belongs: in our pockets and in our communities. We are going to vote NO on the scam that is Amendment 3 to stop billionaire and corporate tax breaks that raise our costs and cut our services.
Vote NO on Amendment 3 to stop billionaire and corporate tax breaks that raise our costs and cut our services.
Take the PledgeWhat is Amendment 3?
Here’s what you’ll see on the ballot:
Tap or hover the highlighted text to see what it means.
This amendment increases the homestead exemption (a tax exemption for homeowners’ primary residence), for all non-school taxes, to $150,000 in 2027 and $250,000 in 2028, and adjusts for inflation thereafter. It requires the Legislature to prescribe a uniform procedure for counties and municipalities, for their respective levies, to increase the homestead exemption up to full assessed value (a directive for total property tax elimination that benefits the most wealthy), and allows special districts, subject to referendum approval, to do the same.
Persons who are not Florida residents (unclear — who qualifies?) on December 31, 2026, will receive the existing homestead exemption upon qualifying for a homestead exemption, with the increased homestead exemption beginning with the fifth year of exemption, to the extent permitted by the U.S. Constitution.
This amendment reduces the annual cap on assessment increases for non-homestead properties (a tax cut for big developers, commercial properties, & second homes) from 10% to 5%.
This amendment requires counties and municipalities (a tax cut for big developers, commercial properties, & second homes) to use property taxes solely for public safety, education and schools, infrastructure, natural resources, bond debt service, retirement benefits for employees, and operations and administration. Other expenditures may be approved by county officers or county or municipal governing bodies unless prohibited by general law (a consolidation of power at the state level (less local freedom)), notwithstanding Article VII, Section 9(a) of the Florida Constitution, which allows counties and municipalities to levy property taxes for their respective purposes.
This amendment takes effect January 1, 2027.
How Amendment 3 will impact you
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It will force local communities to cut essential services.
Property tax is one of the main sources of revenue for our local communities. The amendment will significantly decrease the revenue available to local governments to fund core services, stripping $11.86 billion from local budgets every year. This impacts funding for a wide range of services including local hospitals, first responders, fire rescue, EMTs, children’s services, libraries, parks, road maintenance, waste management, and disaster preparedness.
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It will raise taxes and fees to make up the difference.
Budgeting 101 — if a significant source of revenue is slashed, what will shift to make up the difference? Amendment 3 would actually create new, higher taxes resulting from increases in millage rates necessary to offset the loss of revenue. Services could also be taken over by private corporations looking to make a profit, meaning higher fees that make even the most basic, essential service unaffordable for the average Floridian.
Vote NO on Amendment 3 to stop billionaire and corporate tax breaks that raise our costs and cut our services.
Take the PledgeWhat you should understand…
About renters
- There is a group of three million residents in Florida that this amendment discriminates against — and that group is renters.
- Renters get none of the tax break. Amendment 3 gives a tax break to homeowners, while millions of Floridians who rent get zero benefit.
- Renters could actually end up paying more for housing. When local governments lose revenue, they may have to raise taxes on other properties. Landlords can pass those higher costs on to renters through higher rents.
- Renters who eventually buy a home are still left behind. If someone buys a home next year, they will still have to pay taxes under the current system for another four years, putting Floridians who don’t own a home at a disadvantage.
Renters don’t benefit from the homestead exemption AND could end up paying more.
About small businesses
- Big businesses get bigger tax breaks. The larger the business and the more property it owns, the more it stands to save from the cap on future property tax increases, amounting to billions in tax cuts for big corporations.
- Meanwhile small businesses already struggling to stay afloat could end up paying more. As local governments lose revenue, they may raise tax rates on other non-homesteaded properties, increasing costs for small businesses.
The biggest tax breaks go to big corporations while small businesses are at a disadvantage.
About local freedom
- Our communities know what they need. Right now, cities and counties have the local freedom to decide how to spend local property tax dollars on essential services.
- Amendment 3 shifts that power to the state. For the first time, it would put the Legislature’s authority over local property tax spending directly into the state constitution.
- That means less local control. Instead of communities deciding how to fund hospitals, first responders, disaster preparedness, and other essential services, they could be forced to beg Tallahassee politicians for the resources they need.
Takes power away from our local communities and gives more control to the state.
Vote NO on Amendment 3 to stop billionaire and corporate tax breaks that raise our costs and cut our services.
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