I am a military member who originally came from NY state. Since then, I have registered to vote, my car, and insurance in FL and plan to return to FL later. What state?

It depends.

If you’re in the military, your resident state is your state of legal residency (SLR). Your SLR is usually your home of record – the state recorded by the military as your home when you joined the military.

Your SLR state is considered your resident state as long as you are on active duty. Even if you are stationed in another state, you’re still considered a resident of your SLR state.

To change your state of legal residency, you can’t just change your paycheck records. You must submit a DD Form 2058 to your local finance office.

Therefore, if you submitted a DD Form 2058 to change your SLR to FL, then FL is your state of residence. However, if you did not submit this form to change your SLR, then even though you plan to return to FL, your state of residence will remain NY (if that was your original SLR state).