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State Rep. Mike Caruso outlines wins and fights from 2025 legislative session
Summary
Florida Rep. Mike Caruso reviewed legislation passed and blocked in the 2025 session, highlighting repeal of the commercial lease tax, expansion of condo safety grants and immigration and voting reforms; he warned municipalities to watch for future bills affecting home-rule and professional licensing.
Representative Mike Caruso, the state lawmaker for the district that includes Palm Beach Gardens, briefed the City Council on the 2025 Florida legislative session, saying the year was dominated more by blocking bills than championing new initiatives.
Caruso said the regular and special sessions included “chaos” and “misguided priorities,” and he stressed that much of his time was spent opposing measures he viewed as harmful. "This session...was more about stopping bad legislation than it was about championing the best of legislation," he said.
Caruso listed measures the Legislature killed or changed and steps he supported: the Legislature rejected a high-profile…
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