Behind closed doors: How Florida’s budget gets made

House Budget Chair Lawrence McClure, left, and Senate Budget Chair Ed Hooper, right, take questions from the press during last year's budget-making process on Friday, June 13, 2025. Douglas Soule/WUSF

WUSF | By Douglas Soule

Florida legislative leaders are negotiating next year’s state budget behind closed doors — a secretive process Gov. Ron DeSantis compared to selecting a pope.

Florida legislative leaders are negotiating behind closed doors on next year’s state budget.

The secrecy isn’t abnormal, but that doesn’t mean everyone is happy about it.

There’s currently a special session focused on getting the job done, and as Floridians wait to see a finished budget, Gov. Ron DeSantis even compared it to the selection of the pope.

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