House Speaker Daniel Perez airs more frustration over missing property tax proposal

House Speaker Daniel Perez takes questions on the House floor after his chamber approved eight bills on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, the third day of Florida's legislative session. Douglas Soule/ WUSF

WUSF | By Douglas Soule

Florida lawmakers are headed back for a special session next week. On the agenda: redistricting, AI regulations and vaccine exemptions. Missing: property tax cuts — something Gov. Ron DeSantis and lawmakers have talked endlessly about.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has called a special session for next week, wanting lawmakers to consider redistricting, artificial intelligence regulations and expanding school vaccine exemptions.

A notable omission from the agenda: a property tax reduction plan.

This has long been a source of frustration for House Speaker Daniel Perez, who continued to vent over the weekend on WPLG’s “This Week in South Florida.”

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