DeSantis called for the session to support President Donald Trump‘s deportation efforts, but state Republicans were hesitant to convene an extra session, questioning whether convening lawmakers early would be of any benefit.

Florida’s Republican legislative leadership, including state House Speaker Daniel Perez and state Senate President Ben Albritton, pushed back on DeSantis’s call for the special session earlier this month, saying it was “premature.” Ahead of the start of the session on Monday, there is uncertainty over how much will be accomplished after the tepid response by legislative leaders to being called back into session.

The governor outlined his priorities for the session in his declaration, including funding and resources to aid deportation efforts, condominium regulations, hurricane relief, and regulations for ballot initiative petitions. DeSantis has not backed down from his call for a special session, despite the pushback, warning it would be “very, very hazardous politically” for lawmakers to defy his order for action on the matters.

“I’m not just going to wait six months for something to eventually stick,” DeSantis said on Thursday. “We’ve been waiting four years to be able to have a partner in Washington, D.C., on this issue. We have a sense of urgency. We’ve got to get the job done. No more dragging your feet.” 

Perez and Albritton initially called it “completely irresponsible to get out ahead of” Trump’s action on deportations and remarked that DeSantis had not released “any actual bill language or even meaningful details for legislators and our constituents to consider,” shortly after the session was announced on Jan. 13. As Trump has taken office and begun deportations, the two leaders have been largely quiet on their intentions with the special session.

DeSantis outlined his preferred legislation for lawmakers to take up during the session, including actions to rescind in-state college tuition for illegal immigrants, require law enforcement to cooperate with deportation efforts, and make changes to the ballot measure process.

Lawmakers in both chambers began filing bills on those subjects on Sunday, but how the bills will be considered is yet to be seen. The legislature is scheduled to convene at 10:30 a.m., but the state Senate has yet to announce any committee hearings on its schedule regarding the filed proposals.

DeSantis had regularly gotten his way with the state legislature when he was expected to run and when he eventually ran for president in 2024, but now as a governor with two years left on his final term, the state legislature is pushing back on his plans.

Trump backed up DeSantis’s calls for a special session shortly after it was announced, possibly softening resistance from state lawmakers and giving the governor an important ally in the twilight of his post at the top of the state.

“Thank you Ron, hopefully other Governors will follow!” Trump said in a post on Truth Social earlier this month.