House lawmakers have approved a $5 billion tax-relief package: HB 7033 passed the House on April 25, 2025, by a vote of 78 in favor and 29 against, with 12 members not voting (119 members present), sending the measure to the Senate Appropriations Committee as the legislative session races toward its May 2 adjournment, according to the measure’s bill history. The plan caps certain local fees on recreational-vehicle parks and redirects most of Florida’s bed-tax receipts to offset property taxes.
Filed April 16, the bill cleared the House Budget Committee on April 22 and reached the Senate the same day it passed the chamber, underscoring leadership’s push to finalize the sweeping package before the budget deadline.
One provision bars counties from levying non-ad valorem special assessments on any portion of an RV space that exceeds the footprint of the vehicle itself, and it requires fee formulas to reflect actual occupancy, according to the measure’s text.
Florida hosts more than 1,260 parks with roughly 200,000 sites, drawing about 7 million campers a year who spend an average of $1,600 per trip, the same report shows.
Meanwhile, park owners can start preparing by mapping and measuring every pad and storing those dimensions in the cloud; setting reservation systems to export nightly occupancy in a simple CSV; keeping three to five years of tax invoices digitally to spot billing drift; budgeting for a one-day file review by a property-tax consultant; drafting data-supported counter-proposals before the next assessment roll; and sharing standardized site and occupancy templates with neighboring parks.
The package also overhauls the Tourist Development Tax. Beginning in fiscal 2026-27, at least 75 percent of adjusted collections must go to county property-tax relief, and all Tourist Development Councils disappear after Dec. 31, 2025, according to a Phoenix report.
“It’s record breaking. It’s historic. It’s permanent. It’s immediate. Every citizen in the state will benefit from it,” said Rep. Wyman Duggan, R-Jacksonville, who sponsored the bill.
“Pulling tourism development tax dollars from this effort will not just further starve fiscally constrained counties, but also punish them for their self-sufficiency,” countered Rep. Allison Tant, D-Tallahassee. In Nassau County, tourism supports hundreds of small businesses, thousands of jobs and a significant portion of sales-tax revenue.
Separately, operators worried about reduced destination marketing can build a direct-booking funnel that favors “RV park near me” searches; form micro-DMOs with nearby outfitters or breweries; encourage tagged guest photos with perks such as free firewood; add experiential upsells like guided stargazing; capture emails at every touchpoint and automate pre-arrival and re-booking sequences; and track campaign ROI weekly with free analytics tools.
Beyond tourism and RV provisions, HB 7033 permanently cuts the state sales-tax rate to 5.25 percent, lowers the commercial rent tax to 1.25 percent, trims the levy on electricity to 3.6 percent, reduces tax on new mobile-home purchases to 2.25 percent and drops the amusement-machine rate to 3.25 percent.
Senate President Ben Albritton prefers a separate $2.1 billion plan, and Gov. Ron DeSantis supports relief structured more heavily around property-tax rebates, setting up negotiations that could extend past the formal session’s end.
For campground and RV-park operators, the bill promises lower county assessments and broader tax savings, but it also makes meticulous documentation and self-directed marketing more important than ever as public tourism dollars shift elsewhere.