Jeff Brandes

DeSantis indicated the insurance session, which he is targeting for May, would try to “bring some sanity and stabilize and have a functioning market.”

Democratic Representative Kelly Skidmore of Boca Raton said property insurance "is the most pressing issue of any issue we should have dealt with."

It comes as many homeowners are losing coverage or seeing skyrocketing rates.

The session would address rising property insurance rates — which Sen. Jeff Brandes claims are “out of control.” Gov. DeSantis voiced his support.

The legislation will provide $70 million in funding for family and youth support through the Department of Children and Families and the Department of Juvenile Justice.

With lawmakers scheduled to return to Tallahassee on April 19 for a brief special session on congressional redistricting, Brandes announced Wednesday he would undertake the polling process to hold a special session on insurance if House Speaker Chris Sprowls, R-Palm Harbor, and Senate President Wilton Simpson, R-Trilby, failed to do so.

In a letter Wednesday to Senate President Wilton Simpson, R-Trilby, and House Speaker Chris Sprowls, R-Palm Harbor, Brandes said “Floridians are suffering from skyrocketing rate increases” and that he might use a provision in state law to try to spur a special session.

The legislature controversial legislation on abortion, immigration and a measure opponents say is intended to whitewash the teaching of history in schools and stifle workplace diversity training.

Examples are bills to phase out the rooftop solar industry and a new public records exemption to hide virtually every aspect of a Death Row execution in Florida.

The Senate proposed a change that schools must now make a “good faith” effort to find a new accreditor and choose from a predetermined list of organizations.

The statements come as the Florida Senate could vote Tuesday on legislation banning certain discussions about gender identity and sexual orientation in schools.

Sen. Jennifer Bradley of Fleming Island sponsored the bill, which she said provides more fairness than making all utility customers pay for solar users.