DeSantis announces first-ever Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday
Gov. Ron DeSantis announced a brand-new Florida Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday, which will run from Monday, Sept. 8, through Wednesday, Dec. 31.
The governor also announced several sportsman initiatives designed to save Floridians money during the tax holiday.
“We’re committed to helping Floridians keep more of their hard-earned money, and the Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday is one way to do that,” DeSantis said in a prepared statement. “Florida is a great state for outdoor adventure and exercising your Second Amendment rights, and we’re working to keep it that way.”
With a consistently low unemployment rate and a AAA credit rating from all major agencies, Florida has maintained what officials say is one of the lowest per-capita tax burdens in the nation. Earlier this year, DeSantis signed the Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget, which included $2 billion in tax relief, including the permanent repeal of the Business Rent Tax and several targeted sales tax holidays. This year’s tax relief package specifically delivers $450 million in savings through sales tax holidays designed to support Florida families and residents.
The Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday will suspend collection of sales tax on the retail sale of items needed for hunting, fishing, or camping in Florida’s great outdoors. It will allow Floridians to save money on supplies needed to celebrate their Second Amendment rights, including items such as:
• Ammunition
• Bows and Crossbows, as well as accessories
• Firearms including pistols, rifles, and shotguns•Firearm accessories such as holsters, grips, sights, stocks, and cleaning kits
It will also allow Floridians to save money on supplies needed for other sportsman activities such as camping or fishing, covering items such as:
• Camping lanterns and flashlights for $30 or less
• Camping stoves, hammocks, chairs, and sleeping bags for $50 or less
• Tents for $200 or less
• Bait and tackle up to $5 if sold individually or $10 if packaged together
• Tackle bags and boxes up to $30
• Rods and reels up to $75 if sold individually or up to $150 if sold in a set
For more information and to view lists of qualifying items, visit: FloridaRevenue.com/HuntFishCamp.
DeSantis also announced that, in addition to several of the state’s shooting sports ranges being free year-round, during this sales tax holiday, the state “will further commemorate our constitutional rights as we approach the 250th Anniversary of our Nation’s founding by providing half-priced range passes for various public ranges across the state.”
Dates and locations will include:
• Sunday, Oct. 12 (for Columbus Day) at all ranges;
• Saturday, Oct. 25, and Saturday, Dec. 6, at the Tenoroc Shooting Center in Lakeland and the Bay County Shooting Range in Panama City Beach; and
• Saturday, Nov. 22 (for Thanksgiving) and Saturday, Dec. 20 (for Christmas) at the Triple N. Ranch Shooting Range in St. Cloud and the Palm Beach County Shooting Sports Complex in West Palm Beach.
Florida will also celebrate America’s veterans and the freedom they have preserved for us by providing free range passes to all veterans at all ranges on Sunday, Nov. 9, in honor of Veterans Day.
Finally, DeSantis announced that, in honor of America250, Florida will offer the usual $500 “five-year Gold sportsman license” for $250-cutting those costs “in honor of the founding of the republic and our constitutional right to bear arms.”