Overview
- The final $115 billion budget is about $4 billion below current spending and nearly $600 million less than the Legislature’s original proposal after vetoes.
- It secures 2% raises for state employees, 10–15% pay hikes for law enforcement and allocates $4 billion for private and religious school scholarships.
- The plan delivers $1.3 billion in annual tax cuts for families and businesses, including a $900 million cut from ending the sales tax on business rentals and $300 million in consumer product exemptions along with permanent back-to-school holiday and sales tax exemptions for disaster and safety items.
- DeSantis directed $250 million toward early debt reduction and boosted the rainy day fund by $750 million to shore up state reserves.
- Roughly $567 million in line-item vetoes axed local initiatives such as wildlife corridor land purchases, a property tax study, public media grants and affordable housing projects, with many cuts hitting lawmakers who opposed the governor.