TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The last day of the state legislative session is two days away, but it likely will not end on time because of the ongoing back and forth over Florida's state budget.

And lawmakers are still making their way through bills up for consideration.

On Wednesday, lawmakers discussed a bill that would enhance school safety. It’s sponsored by Sen. Danny Burgess, R-Zephyrhills.

It would require school security guards to be approved by a sheriff.

The house also discussed a bill that would allow grant funds to be used for screenings and treatment referrals for kids with autism.

And another bill would ban attempts to change weather or climate.

As lawmakers continue those discussions, both the House and Senate have not agreed on a state budget to send to the governor.

Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke about the state budget during a press conference on Wednesday, where he confirmed the budget would not arrive on time. 

“You are not going to see a budget passed by the end of session, which is Friday," Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday. "they just don’t have enough time to do it. I’ll leave it to the leaders of the House and Senate to provide the update on where they are, but my sense it they haven’t been close to doing it.

“This will be the first time that we may not have a budget, I mean, they’ve been late a couple days in the past since I’ve been governor. The last two years I know they were out an noon on Friday, and they got it done. That’s not gonna happen. There will not be a budget passed in the legislature when the legislative session expires on Friday. How that then gets resolved, we will work through it."

Lawmakers are planning on ending the session this week, and continuing the work until the budget is complete. 

“Please plan on going home this Friday. There will be an announcement within the next day or two about when we should expect to return back to Tallahassee. But June, May and June is a lovely time to be in Tallahassee. We all look forward to being here,” State Sen. Ed Hooper said.

Meanwhile, lawmakers have till about July 1 to strike a deal.

Otherwise, the state just might face a government shutdown.

The sticking point is how to give Floridians tax relief.

The House and Senate proposals have a $4.4 billion gap to figure out.

The House wants a permanent sales tax cut from 6% to 5-1/4%.

The Senate is in favor of eliminating sales tax on items less than $75.

Meanwhile, the governor supports a plan to hand out $1,000 property tax rebates to Florida homeowners.

Legislators supporting property tax rebates say the COVID-19 pandemic drove up housing prices and it’s about time homeowners got relief.

“I believe that the pandemic really reflected this almost dramatic increase in property values,” said State Rep. Vicki Lopez, R-Miami. “Which has driven up property taxes, and it’s just unsustainable.”

Meanwhile, those against say forced tax cuts could impact local law enforcement and schools.

“There’s some real consequences of eliminating property taxes in the context of everyday essential services like public education, police and fire,” said State Rep. Anna Eskamani, D-Orlando.

It is not clear if lawmakers will go home and return later to pass a budget or if they will stay in session until one is agreed on.