Gov. Ron DeSantis is proposing six tax holiday in 2025, including two new ones

Florida residents continue to wait to hear whether Gov. Ron DeSantis' proposed sales tax holidays for 2025 will get approved by the Florida Legislature.

In his proposed budget, DeSantis outlined six tax holidays, including two new ones.

New for 2025 would be a sales tax holiday for the purchase of guns and ammunition and another tax holiday that would reduce the price of boating fuel.

What 2025 sales tax holidays did Gov. DeSantis propose for Florida?

In his “Focus on Fiscal Responsibility” Budget, DeSantis submitted a $115.6 billion proposal that included "$2.2 billion in tax relief for Florida families."

"The tax relief package permanently eliminates the Business Rent Tax — saving Florida businesses $1.6 billion — in addition to providing traditional and new sales tax holidays to help Floridians keep more money in their pockets," DeSantis said.

Florida sales tax holidays need to be approved by Legislature

The proposed 2025 sales tax holidays must be approved by the Florida Legislature.

Once approved, details on what items would be exempt from sales taxes, along with dates for each holiday will be listed on the Florida Department of Revenue's website .

Read highlights of Gov. DeSantis' budget, 2025 sales tax holidays

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Second Amendment sales tax holiday: No sales tax on guns, ammunition?

The Second Amendment sales tax holiday proposed by DeSantis would mean no sales tax on the purchase of "ammunition, firearms, and related accessories."

The tax holiday is proposed between Memorial Day, May 26 to July 4.

How many guns are sold in Florida?

About a third of Americans say they personally own a gun, according to Pew Research data.

Is Florida the first state to exempt sales taxes on guns?

What is the Second Amendment?

The Second Amendment reads: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed ."

In 2008, the Supreme Court ruled in the District of Columbia v Heller that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to possess firearms for historically lawful purposes, including self-defense in the home.

In 2022, in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, in a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court "struck down New York’s requirement that an applicant for an unrestricted license to carry a handgun outside the home for self-defense must establish 'proper' cause, ruling that the requirement is at odds with the Second Amendment."