Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced April 18 that he will call state lawmakers back for a second special session in May “to bring some sanity and stabilize” the property insurance market.
In the past several years property insurance rates have soared in Florida and some owners have had their policies canceled, or have had difficulty finding insurers willing to issue a policy.
Members of the Florida Legislature have been scheduled to reconvene on April 19 in Tallahassee for a four-day special session DeSantis announced in March to address a different issue.
During this week’s meeting, DeSantis instructed lawmakers to come up with an acceptable map creating new boundaries for Congressional districts in the state. He vetoed the map they passed during their regular, two-month legislative session that wrapped up on March 14.