Jim Turner - News Service of Florida

Key components of a Florida tax package (HB 7063) include a 14-day period in which sales taxes would be lifted on hurricane supplies, common household items and pet supplies.

Florida’s low unemployment rate remained unchanged for a third straight month, with new jobs continuing in the fields of professional services, education and health, and hospitality.

It would allow landowners to continue active hunting, farming and cattle operations, while the land would be kept from residential and commercial development.

Production numbers for Florida’s orange crop continue to decline as the citrus industry’s storm-battered season nears an end.

Other bills include state inspecting Walt Disney World’s monorail system, and one designed to bolster the safety of amusement rides.

It includes a ban on social media platforms such as TikTok and WeChat on government devices. DeSantis said the legislation “makes it very clear we don't want the CCP (the Chinese Communist Party) in the Sunshine State.”

It includes a $1.3 billion tax package backed by Gov. DeSantis. Democrats say the session did not address issues such as high insurance rates, skyrocketing rent costs and unaffordable health care.

The bill, HB 1305, includes requiring the Department of Transportation to inspect Disney’s monorail system.

The plan for the fiscal year that will start July 1 would be more than $6 billion larger than the budget for the current year.

The Florida Senate moved forward with a package that would provide $973 million in tax breaks next fiscal year.