{"id":70484,"date":"2025-12-04T02:32:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T02:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/70484\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T02:32:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T02:32:09","slug":"florida-democrats-propose-limiting-governors-emergency-powers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/70484\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Democrats propose limiting governor\u2019s emergency powers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV\/Gray Florida Capital Bureau) &#8211; Florida Democrats are pushing legislation to strip the governor\u2019s power to keep the state\u2019s immigration emergency in place indefinitely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The proposed bills would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flsenate.gov\/Session\/Bill\/2026\/704\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.flsenate.gov\/Session\/Bill\/2026\/704\">end Governor Ron DeSantis\u2019s current immigration emergency order<\/a>, which was issued nearly three years ago and has been extended for the 19th time. Democrats call the Biden-era emergency order outdated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The emergency order enabled the state to pay for migrant flights to Martha\u2019s Vineyard and California. The order also covers Alligator Alcatraz operations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Democratic bills would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flsenate.gov\/Session\/Bill\/2026\/700\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.flsenate.gov\/Session\/Bill\/2026\/700\">limit future emergency order extensions<\/a> to only one year unless a supermajority of the legislature agrees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-center article-text\">More on Florida Politics:<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWe have a governor who is in his last term, and I hope we have a legislature that understands that it is our responsibility to hold him accountable, especially as he\u2019s using our taxpayer money so freely,\u201d said Sen. Lori Berman, the Democratic minority leader.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">When asked about the proposals, the governor\u2019s office pointed to a social media post from the governor\u2019s communication director saying that the emergency order would continue until \u201cevery illegal alien is sent back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Another bill would require the Florida Immigration Board to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flsenate.gov\/Session\/Bill\/2026\/708\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.flsenate.gov\/Session\/Bill\/2026\/708\">create a database<\/a> of all people being detained by the state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">With a GOP supermajority, Democrats are working to gain Republican support for the legislation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2025 WCTV. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE, Fla. 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