HB7001 prohibits new taxes and tax increases from being imposed, unless approved by two-thirds of each house of legislature.
The Florida State Senate passed HB7001 on March 5, 2018 by a vote of 25 to 13. We have assigned pluses to the yeas because this bill represents effective push-back to those who would fund runaway government by endlessly taxing the public. This bill requires the approval of a supermajority in both houses of Florida’s congress before raising taxes. It also requires that each tax increase to new tax be contained in a unique bill, a pro-transparency measure designed to prevent legislatures from smuggling new and unpopular taxes and tax increases into unrelated bills.