TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Lawmakers have started to file proposed budget earmarks for local projects as they return to the Capitol to prepare for the 2026 legislative session.

Only a handful of budget proposals have been submitted for the session that begins Jan. 13, but that will rapidly increase over the next few months as legislative leaders say another tight budget year lays ahead. The House and Senate on Tuesday will start the first of a series of committee weeks in advance of the session.

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About 1,600 of such spending proposals, worth more than $2 billion, made it into a 2025-2026 budget that lawmakers sent to Gov. Ron DeSantis. He vetoed about 600 of the proposals.

As of Monday, six proposals had been filed in the House for the 2026 session, collectively seeking jus

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