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Lawmakers and lobbyists may have thought this year’s marathon Session was an outlier. Gov. Ron DeSantis is warning otherwise.

Speaking at the Jacksonville International Airport, DeSantis said his priority of placing a property tax amendment on the ballot could stretch the 2026 calendar well beyond the traditional 60 days in Tallahassee. If lawmakers don’t approve it during the Regular Session, he said, they may be called back for a Special Session squarely in the middle of campaign season.

“We really have to get it passed and on the ballot, you know, prior to the Primary cycle being done in August,” DeSantis said. “I’m not saying we’re going to wait that long, but, you know, we could potential

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