DeSantis Signs $117.6 Billion Florida Budget With $800 Million in Vetoes
The plan includes record K-12 funding, teacher pay increases and $800 million in vetoes as DeSantis closes out his final term.
- On Monday, Governor Ron DeSantis signed Florida's $117.6 billion budget at Hillsborough College in Tampa, finalizing the spending plan after executing nearly $810 million in line-item vetoes.
- DeSantis targeted spending he considered 'either inappropriate or maybe nice to have,' executing $1.6 billion in total vetoes to reduce the overall budget size and ensure fiscal solvency.
- Nearly $30 billion supports K-12 education at about $9,338 per student, while Florida boosts state reserves to $18 billion and maintains a 'fully funded rainy day fund' at $5 billion.
- House Minority Leader Fentrice Driskell alleged 'Democratic projects were vetoed at a rate of roughly two to one' compared to Republican counterparts, questioning the governor's priorities.
- The budget takes effect July 1, 2026, with permanent sales tax exemptions and homeowners eligible for refunds up to $500 for impact-resistant windows and doors through June 30, 2029.
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DeSantis vetoes $1.7B from his eighth — and final — state budget as governor
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the FY 26-27 budget Monday. (Stock photo illustration via Getty Images)Gov. Ron DeSantis, who will leave office in January due to term limits, signed his eighth and final state budget into law Monday but not before he struck $1.7 billion in spending. The actual line-item vetoes were actually smaller — $810 million — but they fell along a familiar pattern of DeSantis using his power to axe money set aside from everything …
DeSantis Signs Final State Budget of His Administration
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed Florida’s $117.6 billion budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year, approving a spending plan that he said reduces state spending for the fourth consecutive year. The final budget comes after nearly $810 million in line-item vetoes and covers the fiscal year that begins July 1. It is the final full state budget of DeSantis’ administration. The plan directs $30 billion to K-12 public schools, raising per-student fundin…
Governor DeSantis signs state budget at Hillsborough College
Governor Ron DeSantis signed the state budget at the Hillsborough College campus Monday. The Fiscal Year 2026-27 budget totals $117.6 billion. Governor DeSantis’s office says the budget includes nearly $810 million in line-item vetoes. “The budget I’ll sign today after doing my line-item vetoes will represent the fourth straight year in Florida that we’ve actually reduced our state budget. Who else is doing that?” DeSantis said. Present at …
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Chronicle OnlineDeSantis Wields Hefty Veto Pen, Signs Budget
By Gray Rohrer, The News Service of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed his eighth and final budget (HB 5001E) of his tenure Monday, vetoing $810 million from a $117.6 billion spending plan. The move came two days before the fiscal year was set to begin, after lawmakers’ battle over the amount of spending led to a stalemate that required a special session in May to settle. The main budget was $114.5 billion before the vetoes, with lawmakers adding …
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