Overview

• DeSantis signed Florida’s $115 billion state budget into law on June 30, capping a 105-day legislative session
• He wielded his line-item veto to remove roughly $600 million in spending, slimming the plan to $4 billion below the prior year’s level
• The plan secures a 2 percent raise for state employees and a 10 percent to 15 percent pay increase for law enforcement officers
• It delivers about $1.3 billion in tax relief by eliminating sales tax on business rentals and expanding sales tax exemptions for disaster-related and safety items
• The budget allocates $4 billion for private and religious school scholarships while directing $750 million to the rainy day fund and $250 million toward debt reduction