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.
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chamber could be heard after the gavel. let s listen. this motion is not debatable and requires a majority vote. show a motion of passes. we will now proceed to call the previous question. both of those bills now head to governor ron desantis s test where he is expected to sign them into law. and joining me is mora barrett. tell us more. reporter: katy, prior to all of this, disney and florida had a great relationship, right? it brings in millions dollars, and it s a punishment because of the don t say gay bill, and desantis is already fundraising
today, florida republicans passed a new congressional map that dismantled the largely black district in northern florida and gives republicans a major edge if future elections. florida democrats led by black members, voiced their opposition by staging a sit-in on the house floor over the new map. chanting and shouting as the final vote was taken. this motion is not debatable and requirs a majority vote. show of motion passes. we will proceed to call to previous question. no! at that same session, republicans made good on their threat to retaliate against disney, stripping them of their self-governing status, a privilege disney has held for 55 years. the move comes after disney caused political donations in the state and condemned the new don t say gay law.
we re following two big pieces of breaking news out of florida this afternoon. the florida house just voted in favor of two pieces of legislation passed by the senate yesterday. lawmakers there stripped disney of its special self governing status, a punishment over its opposition of the state s don t say gay law, and that s how it s known. it would dismantle two districts currently held by black lawmakers, and that passed even after democrats shutdown the session. the votes happened in rapid succession and shouting in the