Legislature passes bill to retroactively cancel Disney agreement kneecapping new board
The Legislature has passed a bill seeking to retroactively invalidate Disney’s agreement with its outgoing board — a contract now at the center of an ongoing civil lawsuit.
Senators approved SB 1604 with a 27-13 vote Thursday evening. The bill is seeking to roll back an agreement Disney made with its old Reedy Creek Improvement Board in the weeks before the state fired those members and Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed his own board members in their place.
Sen. Joe Gruters, a Republican from Sarasota who previously voted against the bill requiring Disney World’s monorail to be subjected to state inspections, broke ranks again and voted against SB 1604.
Republican lawmakers pushed the amendment ta...
