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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A special legislative session begins Monday in Tallahassee, coming about one month before the start of the regular session.
Gov. Ron DeSantis wants the session to focus on condos, hurricane relief, and immigration.
On Sunday, 11 bills were filed to both the Florida House and Florida Senate, most related to illegal immigration.
A pair of companion bills also focused on new restrictions for citizen-led ballot initiatives (SB 18-A/HB 21-A).
DeSantis has said he wants to see an end of in-state tuition for undocumented migrants (SB 20-A/HB 19-A), as well as being able to appoint an immigration czar, which would empower police to detain and deport migrants back to their home countries (SB 14-A/HB 11-A).
While speaking in Jacksonville Friday, the governor says he’s happy Florida can help lead the way.
“I know once I announced a special session for Florida, Tennessee announced a special session to help with immigration,” said DeSantis. “If we successfully get these policies through next week and signed into law – we’re gonna see other states step up and do the same thing and it creates this positive reinforcement. So Florida leads the way once again.”
Some critics have called this special session a “stunt” and criticized the governor’s harsh stance on the border.