ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida Republican state Rep. Judson Sapp stated repealing property taxes in Florida isn’t solely the highest concern amongst his constituents, but in addition a defining alternative for the state’s future.
Talking on the Florida GOP state convention over the weekend in an interview with Florida’s Voice host Drew Steele, Sapp, who serves on the Property Tax Committee, stated he’s “an enormous believer in abolishing property tax in Florida,” calling it one thing he’s been “enthusiastic about.”
“I might think about if someone did some critical polling on it and so they requested the query of, ‘do you help a full repeal?’ — And that’s the important thing — full repeal, if you ask that query, as a result of I’ve finished polling prior to now, it’s loopy how a lot it’s. And it’s loopy amongst totally different teams how a lot folks need it,” Sapp stated.
Rep. @JudsonSapp: Repealing property taxes in Florida has robust public help
“It is loopy how a lot [support] it’s…how a lot folks need it.” pic.twitter.com/iLPKBLCa0g
— Florida’s Voice (@FLVoiceNews) August 4, 2025
“Now, if you discuss incremental issues, that’s truly when folks begin to go ‘eh,’ , they need complete hog or no hog,” he stated.
Whereas Sapp acknowledged the challenges, he emphasised the potential financial influence.
“Will probably be the most important increase in most likely, possibly world historical past, if we do that proper— of individuals wanting to come back right here, spend cash right here, be a contributing citizen to Florida,” Sapp stated.
Sapp described a “phased-in method” as probably the most life like and accountable route ahead.
“I may see a phased-in method the place possibly you begin at 10% after which work it to twenty% the subsequent yr, 30% since you might have time,” Sapp stated. “That’s the trick. That is such an enormous factor. That is such a rewriting of the way in which issues are finished. We will’t mess it up. It must be finished proper.”
He famous the significance of doing it fastidiously, saying, “there’s an unbelievable quantity, quantity of math concerned” and “there’s a number of transferring components.”
“I might find it irresistible to be on the subsequent poll, and I hope it’s, however you need us to do it proper, and so, let the method work out and let it occur,” he stated.
Sapp, who represents Clay, Putnam, St. Johns, and Marion counties, additionally mentioned a pattern of newcomers registering as Republicans who have been formally registered Democrats.
“We’ve seen a historically not voting Republican group come to the district. However what I discover fascinating is that they’re registering as Republicans and truly getting concerned and truly form of shopping for what we’re promoting,” he stated.
Native get together organizations have helped speed up the shift, Sapp stated.
“They exit of their solution to speak to folks about why they got here right here,” he stated.
“There are households in there which have moved from up north, and so they have stated, , ‘I’m now a Republican.’ And that, to me, is the best factor on the earth. And so they’re not a comfortable Republican — on the very least, I’ll say this — they’re financial Republicans. It’s half the battle,” Sapp stated.
