“Governor DeSantis’ State of the State” This is Something to Think About 03.05.25

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“Governor DeSantis’ State of the State”

Bill Bunkley’s “This Is Something to Think About”

Air Date Wednesday, March 5, 2025

At the start of the annual 60-day Legislative Session, the Governor must officially update the legislature regarding the previous year and notify of any changes to the Executive branch for the coming year by order of the Florida State Constitution, Article IV Section 1, Subsection e. The other notable constitutional requirement is that the legislature pass a balanced annual budget.

DeSantis State of the State touted immigration reform that has been implemented. He proposes insurance reform with rate reductions for homes and autos, creating a Florida DOGE, and repealing the Business Rent Tax. He proposes tax-free holidays for back-to-school, Freedom Summer for recreational items, a Tool Time holiday, a boating fuel tax holiday, and a Second Amendment tax holiday for guns and ammo. 

We’ll see what the legislature thinks about his list. 

Bill Bunkley is a 19-year veteran Salem Media talk show host based in Tampa. The Bill Bunkley Show airs weekdays across central Florida from 3 to 6 pm. Bill is also President of the Florida Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and the legislative consultant to the Florida Baptist State Convention (Southern Baptist Convention Churches), among other churches and entities. He has served as the legislative consultant to the Florida Baptist State Convention for the last 29 years at the state capitol in Tallahassee. By the Grace of his Lord Jesus, he is today a cancer survivor diagnosed in 2018 with AML Leukemia, having successfully undergone a bone marrow transplant that same year. His wife is Toni, son is Zac, and they attend Idlewild Baptist Church. 

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