Florida Amendment 3: Increased Homestead Exemption; Lower Cap on Increases in Non-Homestead Property Assessments Results 2026 in Bay County
Bay County voters will decide Florida Amendment 3: Increased Homestead Exemption; Lower Cap on Increases in Non-Homestead Property Assessments on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. Increases the homestead property tax exemption for non-school levies and lowers the annual cap on non-homestead assessment increases from 10% to 5%. Results will appear here after polls close at 7 p.m. CT (8 p.m. ET).
Florida Amendment 3: Increased Homestead Exemption; Lower Cap on Increases in Non-Homestead Property Assessments
Bay County voters will decide Florida Amendment 3: Increased Homestead Exemption; Lower Cap on Increases in Non-Homestead Property Assessments on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. Increases the homestead property tax exemption for non-school levies and lowers the annual cap on non-homestead assessment increases from 10% to 5%. Results will appear here after polls close at 7 p.m. CT (8 p.m. ET).
What this means
Increases the homestead property tax exemption for non-school levies and lowers the annual cap on non-homestead assessment increases from 10% to 5%.
More Bay County results
- Florida Amendment 1: Budget Stabilization Fund
- Florida Amendment 2: Exemption of Tangible Personal Property on Agricultural Land from Taxation
- Governor and Lieutenant Governor
- Attorney General
- Chief Financial Officer
- Commissioner of Agriculture
- State Senator District 2
- State Representative District 6
- United States Senator
- Representative in Congress District 2
- Retain Justice Carlos G. Muñiz (Supreme Court)
- Retain Judge Joseph Lewis Jr. (First District Court of Appeal)
- Retain Judge Rachel Nordby (First District Court of Appeal)
- Retain Judge Tim Osterhaus (First District Court of Appeal)
- Retain Judge Clay Roberts (First District Court of Appeal)
- Retain Judge Raymond Treadwell (First District Court of Appeal)
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- Bay County early voting starts Oct. 19; mail ballot requests due Oct. 22
Official updates
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Questions
What are the results of Florida Amendment 3: Increased Homestead Exemption; Lower Cap on Increases in Non-Homestead Property Assessments in Bay County?
Bay County voters will decide Florida Amendment 3: Increased Homestead Exemption; Lower Cap on Increases in Non-Homestead Property Assessments on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. Increases the homestead property tax exemption for non-school levies and lowers the annual cap on non-homestead assessment increases from 10% to 5%. Results will appear here after polls close at 7 p.m. CT (8 p.m. ET).
When will Bay County election results be available?
Polls close at 7 p.m. CT (8 p.m. ET) on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. The Bay County Supervisor of Elections posts unofficial results as ballots are counted; this page updates on its own. Results become official when the county canvass is certified.