Voters next year could be asked to expand Florida’s homestead property-tax exemption, under a measure introduced in the House that quickly drew objections from local governments.

As a companion to a nearly $300 million tax-cut package, the House Ways & Means Committee voted 13-6 to approve a proposal (PCB WMC 17-04) that would ask voters in November 2018 to expand by $25,000 the nonschool homestead exemption.