Controversial vacation rentals bill vetoed by Gov. Ron DeSantis
Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed a much-debated bill dealing with vacation rentals, siding with groups such as Florida Realtors and local communities against the organization representing hotels and restaurants.
The bill continued an ongoing dispute over regulating companies such as Airbnb and Vrbo that has been waged in the halls of the Florida Capitol for the past decade. The legislation (SB 280) was one of the closest votes during the entire Session and only passed the House by nine votes.
The legislation would have limited local government’s ability to regulate vacation rentals and shifted some of the regulation to the state.
In his veto message, DeSantis said he could not support stripping loca...
