House Speaker Danny Perez and Senate President Ben Albritton pushed back in a way the governor hasn’t seen before.

In a special session on Monday, leaders seemed to be declaring their independence from a governor who has wielded so much power that legislative sessions have become largely predictable rubber stamps.

In a rare show of bipartisan defiance of Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), the Florida legislature on Monday rejected his call for new immigration laws, quickly ending a special session he had ordered without considering his proposals.