Some items that gained traction before the March session began were not passed. Here is a small list of legislative proposals that did not make it through the 2025 legislative session.
Cut In Property Taxes
At the beginning of the session, Gov. Ron DeSantis wanted the legislature to advance a measure to put an elimination of local property taxes on the 2026 Florida ballot. GOP lawmakers said no. Then the governor called for $5 billion of state surplus to be used to give tax rebates in the amount of $1,000 to homeowners. State GOP lawmakers also shot down that idea.
Deregulating Test Requirements
A proposal that would have abolished some testing mandates to graduate for students in public high schools. That’s dead.
A measure to ask voters yes or no on the 2026 ballot to require 8-year term limits on county commissioners and school board members died in the Florida Senate.
Immigration.
A popular issue among Republicans is that they support the state implementing an E-Verify system that would require small businesses to perform background checks on the current immigration status when hiring individuals. If passed, companies that didn’t follow state law would’ve been hit with heavy penalties. Didn’t happen. Another bill that died in the Florida Senate.
Expanding Gun Rights.
Gun Owners of America (GOA) Florida Director Luis Valdez told the Florida Daily that he was optimistic some pro-gun measures might move forward in this year’s legislature.
Nothing happened. Gun rights bill stalled in Senate committees. Movement to lower the gun buying age back to 18 from 21 never saw any light.
Other items that were talked about but didn’t go anywhere were banning cellphones in schools.
