TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis is calling lawmakers back to Tallahassee later this month for a special session to help boost President-elect Donald Trump’s immigration agenda.
DeSantis, during a news conference at the state Capitol on Monday, said Florida needed to help Trump’s expected “ambitious policy changes” on immigration enforcement.
To do that, DeSantis said Florida needs more money for local governments. He said he plans to call the Legislature back beginning Jan. 27. The regular legislative session is set to begin on March 4.
“We don’t have the ability to just sit around and wait with a new president taking office,” DeSantis said. Trump’s inauguration is Jan. 20.
DeSantis said his call for a special session will also seek legislation on condominium relief, hurricane relief and reforms to the citizen initiative process to amend the state constitution.
In November, Florida’s Legislative leaders said that dealing with condo reforms in a special session was unrealistic and that the issue would be better dealt with during Florida’s regular two-month-long process.
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