HB 5501 - Florida House (2026) - Documentary Stamp Tax Distributions - Bill Sponsor

Florida House Bill 5501

Session 2026

Documentary Stamp Tax Distributions

Active

Passed House on Feb 19, 2026

Sponsors

First Action

Feb 16, 2026

Latest Action

Feb 25, 2026

Origin Chamber

House

Type

Bill

Bill Number

5501

State

Florida

Session

2026

Sponsorship by Party

Primary

Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee

Primary

House Votes (1)

checkPassed on February 19, 2026

Motion Text

Passage, Third Reading

House Roll Call Votes

Republicans

Democrats

Unknowns

Yes

Yes

Yes

Didn't Vote

Angela "Angie" Nixon

Yes

Anna V. Eskamani

Yes

Yes

Ashley Viola Gantt

Yes

Yes

Yes

Bill Partington

Yes

Bradford Troy "Brad" Yeager

Yes

Yes

Bruce Hadley Antone

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Christine Hunschofsky

Yes

Yes

Dana Lee Trabulsy

Yes

Daniel Antonio "Danny" Alvarez

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Demi Busatta Cabrera

Yes

Dianne "Ms Dee" Hart

Yes

Didn't Vote

Douglas Michael "Doug" Bankson

Yes

Yes

Didn't Vote

Felicia Simone Robinson

Yes

Fentrice Driskell

Yes

Fiona McFarland

Yes

Gallop Franklin II

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

James Vernon "Jim" Mooney, Jr.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Jenna Persons-Mulicka

Yes

Jennifer "Rita" Harris

Yes

Jennifer Canady

Yes

Jennifer Kincart Jonsson

Yes

Jervonte "Tae" Edmonds

Didn't Vote

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Juan Carlos Porras

Yes

Yes

Karen Gonzalez Pittman

Yes

Yes

Yes

Kevin D. Chambliss

Yes

Kevin M. Steele

Didn't Vote

Yes

Kimberly Berfield

Yes

Kimberly Daniels

Yes

Yes

Yes

Lawrence McClure

Yes

Leonard Spencer

Yes

Yes

Lindsay Michelle Cross

Yes

Yes

Marie Paule Woodson

Yes

Yes

Michael "Mike" Gottlieb

Yes

Yes

Michele K. Rayner-Goolsby

Yes

Michelle Salzman

Yes

Mike Giallombardo

Yes

Yes

Mitch Rosenwald

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Peggy Gossett-Seidman

Yes

Philip Wayne "Griff" Griffitts, Jr.

Yes

Rachel Lora Saunders Plakon

Yes

Randall Scott "Randy" Maggard

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Robert A. "Robbie" Brackett

Didn't Vote

Robert Alexander "Alex" Andrade

Yes

Robert Charles "Chuck" Brannan III

Yes

Robin Bartleman

Yes

Ryan Chamberlin

Yes

Yes

Yes

Shane G. Abbott

Yes

Smith

Yes

Susan L. Valdés

Yes

Susan Plasencia

Didn't Vote

Taylor Michael Yarkosky

Yes

Thomas Patterson "Patt" Maney

Yes

Tiffany Esposito

Yes

Tobin Rogers "Toby" Overdorf

Yes

Didn't Vote

Yes

Tyler I. Sirois

Didn't Vote

Yes

Wallace Aristide

Yes

Webster Barnaby

Yes

William Cloud "Will" Robinson , Jr.

Yes

Yes

Yvette Benarroch

Yes

Yvonne Hayes Hinson

Yes

Summary

Documentary Stamp Tax Distributions; Revises how taxes collected from documentary stamp tax are distributed; prohibits transfer of specified funds to South Florida Regional Transportation Authority.

Text (1)

H 5501 Filed

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/5501/BillText/Filed/PDF

Documents (3)

Bill Analysis -- Appropriations (Pre-Meeting) (2/27/2026 12:06 PM)

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/5501/Analyses/2026h05501.pre.ap.PDF

Bill Analysis -- Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) (2/16/2026 2:35 PM)

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/5501/Analyses/h5501.TED.PDF

555842 - Amendment (Delete All) to H 5501 Filed

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/5501/Amendment/555842/HTML

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/5501/Amendment/555842/PDF

Actions (14)

Show Only Major Actions

02/25/2026

Senate

On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 03/02/26, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building

02/20/2026

House

Conference Committee appointed

02/19/2026

Senate

Received

02/19/2026

Senate

Referred to Appropriations

02/19/2026

Senate

In Messages

02/19/2026

House

Requests that the Senate pass the bill as passed by the House or agree to include the bill in the Budget Conference

02/19/2026

House

Passed; YEAS 108, NAYS 0

02/19/2026

House

Read 3rd time

02/19/2026

House

Added to Third Reading Calendar

02/19/2026

House

Read 2nd time

02/16/2026

House

1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

02/16/2026

House

Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/19/2026)

02/16/2026

House

Bill referred to House Calendar

02/16/2026

House

Filed

Sources

FL Legislature

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/5501/ByCategory

Open States

https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB5501/

Record Created

Mar 2, 2026 11:24:33 AM

Record Updated

Mar 2, 2026 11:24:33 AM