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(Tallahassee, FL) - Florida’s legislative leaders have reached an agreement on an outline for a state budget for the next fiscal year.
Now, state lawmakers will return to Tallahassee for a two-week special session beginning May 12th, to work out the details.
House Speaker Daniel Perez and Senate President Ben Albritton say they’ve reached a deal on top-line spending, clearing the way for an 18-day sprint through May 29th.
The two chambers will have to work out a billion-dollar budget discrepancy. The Senate's budget proposal sits at $115 billion, while the House is pushing a more trimmed down budget at $113.6 billion.
Meanwhile, Governor Ron DeSantis has proposed a $117.4 billion dollar budget plan.
The governor has also called lawmakers back to Tallahassee next week, April 28th, to redraw the state’s congressional map.
The governor also wants them to pass AI regulations and to allow parents to opt their kids out of school immunization requirements...all issues lawmakers refused to pass during the regular session.
A special session to pass a proposal for the November ballot that would lower property taxes has not been called, and DeSantis has released no proposal outline.