TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis has dismissed a series of proposed constitutional amendments released last week by the Florida House to cut property taxes.
DeSantis, who has made a top priority of asking voters in the 2026 elections to slash property taxes for homeowners, said in an online post that the House approach was a “political game.” The House proposed seven measures for the ballot.
“Placing more than one property tax measure on the ballot represents an attempt to kill anything on property taxes,” DeSantis said late Wednesday on X . “It’s a political game, not a serious attempt to get it done for the people.”
DeSantis’ comment came in response to a post by Maria Peiro, who called the House proposals “half measures” and “confusing.”
Peiro unsuccessfully ran for the Republica