DeSantis signals veto of House-backed bill to increase sovereign immunity payouts

LEGISLATURE
DeSantis signals veto of House-backed bill to increase sovereign immunity payouts
Jim Saunders – Jun 29, 2026

The Florida Justice Reform Institute, a business-backed group that lobbies to curb lawsuits, said in a June 9 letter urging DeSantis to veto the bill that “now is not the time to increase sovereign immunity limits as cities and counties attempt to absorb the impacts of tax reform that will reduce their coffers.”

“Local governments cannot simultaneously be expected to absorb reduced revenue flexibility and materially greater tort exposure without consequences for budgets, services, or taxpayers,” William Large, the group’s president, wrote in the letter.

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