Florida cities and counties face new limits after DeSantis signs DEI, climate bills

Gov. Ron DeSantis displays bills after signing them during a media gathering in Jacksonville on April 22, 2026. Gov. Ron DeSantis/Facebook

WUSF | By Douglas Soule

Florida cities and counties are facing new limits after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed laws targeting DEI programs and some climate policies. Here’s what changed.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed two measures significantly limiting what Florida’s cities and counties can do with diversity, equity and inclusion and environmental initiatives.

He said the measures prevent local governments from paying for and being involved in progressive programs.

“This is concerning issues that a lot of people have been concerned about for a long time, kind of growing out of the ideology of the last five or six years that we fought more successfully than anybody,” DeSantis said.

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