The Florida Senate voted on HB 9B during a special legislative session that would give Gov. Ron DeSantis the ability to appoint a board to run Disney's special district.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks in Tampa, Fl., Aug. 24, 2022.Florida lawmakers on Friday approved a bill that would give Gov. Ron DeSantis the ability to appoint a board to run Disney's Reedy Creek Improvement District - theThe bill, HB 9B, passed 26-9 in the GOP-controlled state Senate while the Republican-controlled House approved the plan Thursday in a 82-31 vote. The bill now heads to DeSantis' desk for signing.
The changes come after Disney publicly criticized a controversial DeSantis-backed law banning discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in certain K-12 classrooms last year. "I think every business that's considering coming to Florida needs to be concerned," Democratic Sen. Geraldine Thompson said. "I think that private businesses need to be concerned that if they exercise their First Amendment rights to speak up on an issue that they're going to be punished by government. That's what this is.""It was Disney's decision to go from an apolitical safe 25,000 acres and try to be involved in public policy," Republican Sen.
"Florida is dissolving the Corporate Kingdom and beginning a new era of accountability and transparency," Bryan Griffin, DeSantis' press secretary, said in a statement.
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