‘Embarrassing’ 2026 session gavels to a close

By: Florida Phoenix staff

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: March 13, 2026

Words: 1,298

Last Updated: 1 week ago

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Florida’s 60-day regular session ended Friday — without a state budget and just 234 bills passed out of 1,896 filed.

That’s 12%.

Although lawmakers will return to Tallahassee in mid-April to hammer out dollar specifics for the 2026-2027 fiscal year — the budget is the only bill the Legislature is legally required to pass each year — signs of dysfunction between chambers were blatant from the beginning.

House Speaker Daniel Perez repeatedly expressed “frustrations” …

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