because they have breached their fiduciary duty. messing around with how we educate kids has nothing to do with the business disney is in and it s unfortunate they ve chosen to do that. reporter: if this law goes into effect, it won t take effect until next june, so disney has time to push back against it. we haven t heard back from them, but the surrounding counties around disney, osio la and orange counties remains to be seen if debt from disney would be translated into those counties that can hike up taxes. it s not the intention to punish surrounding counties and the residents because a lot of people there are actually employed by disney. that s something that s still a big question mark how this would play out. but lawmakers are saying that this right now is just the first step and they say it s long overdue. maura, disney meanwhile
everyone will love. is this wagging? - good right? right now florida s republican-led state house is holding a special session where today they re expected to pass a bill that would strip the walt disney company of its special self-governing status, including an exemption to pay certain taxes. the state senate passed the measure yesterday. the move comes after governor ron desantis began targeting disney after it publicly opposed florida s new law, limiting instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity in public schools. joining us is mara barrett. what do we expect today? how is this playing out. this is playing out extremely quickly.
the bill was just introduced this week and is expected to pass along party lines in the house today. governor desantis in florida could sign it into law as early as tomorrow. to give you a sense of the speed, it came directly in correlation with disney spoke out about the don t say gay bill. disney said the company would stop donating to florida lawmakers and politics in general. you see the direct correlation between a company speaking out about social and political issues and facing this backlash. i spoke with rephrase the question randy fine this week and he said this is what happens when disney chooses to kick the hornet s nest. i think companies should stay in their lane. i m a terrible politician. was a a pretty good businessman and i didn t get into this stuff. my job was to create products and services to create shareholder value. disney will face a massive lawsuit, a massive lawsuit
employs tens of thousands of people there in central florida. maura barrett it has sorry, go ahead. i was going to say it s going to have a huge impact because disney brings so much of the economy to florida, it employs tens of thousands of people and it s going to have a ripple effect when it comes to what happens with that city that disney built, what happens to its emergency services, utilities, and infrastructure, and the process how it can build up its kingdom and the theme park going forward and whether this relationship that has existed so happily in the past will continue. maura barrett, thank you very much, appreciate it. breaking news from the administration this morning. president biden just said that there is no decision on extending the title 42 expulsion