While local legislators saw about $8 million vetoed in local project, DeSantis approved $15.7 million to go forward.

Included in the veto list was money for childhood education and daycare, mental health and senior care, and veterans treatment court.

Ron DeSantis signed the state's 2025-26 budget after vetoing $567 million in programs and projects tucked in by state lawmakers, leaving a $117.4 billion spending plan for the year beginning July 1. DeSantis' office did not provide an itemized list of vetoes until several hours after he signed the budget June 30 at a ceremony in The Villages,