(The Center Square) – Florida lawmakers are scheduled to vote on the state’s budget Monday night, convening at 7 p.m. and taking up the appropriations at 10 p.m.

The reason for the delay is the constitutionally-mandated 72-hours between budget drafting and a vote, known as the cooling off period. With the state’s budget deal reached at 10 p.m. on Friday by the conference committee, that is the soonest that a vote can be held.