What Does the Florida House of Representatives Do

Lower firm of the Florida Legislature

Florida Business firm of Representatives
2020–22 Florida Legislature
Type
Blazon	Lower business firm of the Florida Legislature
Term limits	4 terms (8 years)
History
Founded	May 26, 1845
Preceded past	Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida
Leadership
Speaker	Chris Sprowls (R) since November 17, 2020
Speaker pro tempore	Bryan Avila (R) since November 17, 2020
Majority Leader	Michael Grant (R) since November xvi, 2020
Minority Leader	Evan Jenne (D) since Jan 11, 2022
Construction
Seats	120
Political groups	Majority Republican (78) Minority Autonomous (40)
Length of term	2 years
Say-so	Commodity III, Constitution of Florida
Salary	$29,697/year + per diem (Subsistence & Travel)[1]
Elections
Final ballot	Nov iii, 2020 (120 seats)
Next ballot	Nov 8, 2022 (120 seats)
Redistricting	Legislative control
Motto
In God Nosotros Trust
Meeting place
Firm of Representatives Sleeping accommodation Florida Capitol Tallahassee, Florida
Website
Official website

The Florida House of Representatives is the lower house of the Florida Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida, the Florida Senate being the upper house. Article 3, Section ane of the Constitution of Florida, adopted in 1968, defines the office of the Legislature and how it is to be constituted.^[2] The Business firm is composed of 120 members, each elected from a unmarried-member district with a population of approximately 157,000 residents. Legislative districts are drawn on the basis of population figures, provided by the federal decennial census. Representatives' terms brainstorm immediately upon their election. As of 2022, Republicans hold the majority in the State House with 78 seats; Democrats are in the minority with 40 seats. Two seats are vacant.

Titles [edit]

Members of the Business firm of Representatives are referred to as representatives. Because this shadows the terminology used to describe members of U.S. Business firm of Representatives, constituents and the news media, using The Associated Press Stylebook, often refer to members as land representatives to avert confusion with their federal counterparts.

Terms [edit]

Article III of the Florida Constitution defines the terms for state legislators.

The Constitution requires state representatives to be elected for two-year terms.

Upon election, legislators take office immediately.

Term limits [edit]

On November 3, 1992, almost 77 percent of Florida voters backed Amendment 9, the Florida Term Limits Amendment, which amended the state Constitution, to enact viii-year term limits on federal and state officials. Under the Subpoena, former members can exist elected again after a break.^[3] In 1995, the U.South. Supreme Court ruled that states could not enact congressional term limits, but ruled that the country level term limits remain.^[iv]

Qualifications [edit]

Florida legislators must be at to the lowest degree twenty-i years old, an elector and resident of their district, and must have resided in Florida for at least 2 years prior to election.^[5]

Legislative session [edit]

Each twelvemonth during which the Legislature meets constitutes a new legislative session.

Commission weeks [edit]

Legislators start Commission activity in September of the year prior to the regular legislative session. Because Florida is a role-time legislature, this is necessary to permit legislators fourth dimension to work their bills through the committee process, prior to the regular legislative session.^{[half dozen]}

Regular legislative session [edit]

The Florida Legislature meets in a 60-day regular legislative session each year. Regular legislative sessions in odd-numbered years must begin on the first Tuesday afterwards the first Monday in March. Under the state Constitution, the Legislature tin can begin even-numbered year regular legislative sessions at a time of its choosing.^[7]

Prior to 1991, the regular legislative session began in Apr. Senate Articulation Resolution 380 (1989) proposed to the voters a constitutional subpoena (canonical November 1990) that shifted the starting date of regular legislative session from Apr to February. After, Senate Joint Resolution 2606 (1994) proposed to the voters a constitutional amendment (canonical November 1994) shifting the start appointment to March, where it remains. The reason for the "first Tuesday later the first Monday" requirement stems back to the time when regular legislative session began in April. regular legislative session could start whatsoever solar day from April two through Apr 8, just never on April 1 – April Fool'south Day. In contempo years, the Legislature has opted to start in January in social club to allow lawmakers to be home with their families during school spring breaks, and to give more time ahead of the legislative elections in the Fall.^[8]

Organizational session [edit]

On the fourteenth solar day post-obit each general election, the Legislature meets for an organizational session to organize and select officers.

Special session [edit]

Special legislative sessions may be called by the governor, past a joint announcement of the Senate president and Business firm speaker, or by a 3-fifths vote of all legislators. During any special session the Legislature may only address legislative concern that is inside the purview of the purpose or purposes stated in the special session declaration.^[nine]

Powers and process [edit]

The Florida Firm is authorized past the Florida Constitution to create and improve the laws of the U.S. state of Florida, subject field to the governor's power to veto legislation. To practise so, legislators propose legislation in the forms of bills drafted by a nonpartisan, professional staff. Successful legislation must undergo committee review, iii readings on the floor of each business firm, with appropriate voting majorities, as required, and either be signed into law by the governor or enacted through a veto override canonical by two-thirds of the membership of each legislative business firm.^[10]

Its statutes, called "chapter laws" or generically equally "slip laws" when printed separately, are compiled into the Laws of Florida and are called "session laws".^[11] The Florida Statutes are the codification statutory laws of the state.^[11]

In 2009, legislators filed 2,138 bills for consideration. On boilerplate, the Legislature has passed nearly 300 bills into law annually.^[12]

In 2013, the Legislature filed virtually 2000 bills. Nigh 1000 of these are "fellow member bills." The remainder are bills by committees responsible for certain functions, such equally budget. In 2016, about fifteen% of the bills were passed.^[13] In 2017, 1,885 lobbyists registered to represent iii,724 entities.^[13]

The House besides has the power to advise amendments to the Florida Constitution. Additionally, the House has the exclusive power to impeach officials, who are and then tried by the Senate.

Leadership [edit]

The House is headed by a speaker, elected by the members of the House to a 2-year term. The speaker presides over the House, appoints committee members and commission chairs, influences the placement of bills on the calendar, and rules on procedural motions. The speaker pro tempore presides if the speaker leaves the chair or if there is a vacancy. The speaker, forth with the Senate president and governor of Florida, command most of the agenda of land business organisation in Florida.

The majority and minority caucus each elect a leader.

Position	Name	Political party	District
Speaker of the Business firm	Chris Sprowls	Republican	65
Speaker pro tempore	Bryan Avila	Republican	111
Majority leader	Michael J. Grant	Republican	75
Minority leader	Evan Jenne	Autonomous	99

Limerick [edit]

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Full
	Republican	Democratic		Vacant
End of 2016–18 legislature	75	41	116	4
Commencement of previous (2018–20) legislature	73	47	120	0
Stop of previous legislature	71	45	116	iv
Start of current (2020–22) legislature	78	42	120	0
January 10, 2022[14]		41	119	1
Jan eleven, 2022[fifteen]		40	118	two
Latest voting share	66.1%	33.9%

Members, 2020–2022 [edit]

District	Name	Party	Residence	Counties represented	Kickoff Elected[16]
ane	Michelle Salzman	Rep	Pensacola	Part of Escambia	2020
two	Alex Andrade	Rep	Pensacola	Parts of Escambia and Santa Rosa	2018
3	Jayer Williamson	Rep	Stride	Parts of Okaloosa and Santa Rosa	2016
4	Patt Maney	Rep	Destin	Function of Okaloosa	2020
five	Brad Drake	Rep	DeFuniak Springs	Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington, part of Bay	2014, 2008–12
half-dozen	Jay Trumbull	Rep	Panama City	Office of Bay	2014
seven	Jason Shoaf	Rep	Port St. Joe	Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Jefferson, Lafayette, Liberty, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla, part of Leon	2019*
8	Ramon Alexander	Dem	Tallahassee	Gadsden, part of Leon	2016
9	Allison Tant	Dem	Tallahassee	Role of Leon	2020
10	Chuck Brannan	Rep	Macclenny	Baker, Columbia, Hamilton, Suwannee, role of Alachua	2018
11	String Byrd	Rep	Neptune Beach	Nassau, part of Duval	2016
12	Clay Yarborough	Rep	Jacksonville	Part of Duval	2016
xiii	Tracie Davis	Dem	Jacksonville	Part of Duval	2016
14	Angie Nixon	Dem	Jacksonville	Part of Duval	2020
15	Wyman Duggan	Rep	Jacksonville	Role of Duval	2018
xvi	Jason Fischer	Rep	Jacksonville	Part of Duval	2016
17	Cyndi Stevenson	Rep	St. Augustine	Part of St. Johns	2015*
18	Sam Garrison	Rep	Orange Park	Role of Clay	2020
19	Bobby Payne	Rep	Palatka	Bradford, Putnam, Union, part of Clay	2016
20	Yvonne Hayes Hinson	Dem	Gainesville	Parts of Alachua and Marion	2020
21	Chuck Clemons	Rep	Newberry	Dixie, Gilchrist, part of Alachua	2016
22	Joe Harding	Rep	Williston	Levy, office of Marion	2020
23	Stan McClain	Rep	Belleview	Part of Marion	2016
24	Paul Renner	Rep	Palm Coast	Flagler, parts of St. Johns and Volusia	2015*
25	Tom Leek	Rep	Ormond Beach	Role of Volusia	2016
26	Elizabeth Fetterhoff	Rep	DeLand	Role of Volusia	2018
27	Webster Barnaby	Rep	Deltona	Role of Volusia	2020
28	David Smith	Rep	Winter Springs	Part of Seminole	2018
29	Scott Plakon	Rep	Longwood	Part of Seminole	2014, 2008–12
30	Joy Goff-Marcil	Dem	Maitland	Parts of Orange and Seminole	2018
31	Keith Truenow	Rep	Tavares	Parts of Lake and Orange	2020
32	Anthony Sabatini	Rep	Howey-in-the-Hills	Function of Lake	2018
33	Brett Hage	Rep	Oxford	Sumter, parts of Lake and Marion	2018
34	Ralph Massullo	Rep	Lecanto	Citrus, part of Hernando	2016
35	Blaise Ingoglia	Rep	Spring Loma	Office of Hernando	2014
36	Amber Mariano	Rep	Hudson	Part of Pasco	2016
37	Ardian Zika	Rep	Country o' Lakes	Part of Pasco	2018
38	Randy Maggard	Rep	Zephyrhills	Part of Pasco	2019*
39	Josie Tomkow	Rep	Polk City	Parts of Osceola and Polk	2018*
forty	Colleen Burton	Rep	Lakeland	Part of Polk	2014
41	Sam Killebrew	Rep	Wintertime Haven	Part of Polk	2016
42	Fred Hawkins	Rep	St. Cloud	Parts of Osceola and Polk	2020
43	Kristen Arrington	Dem	Kissimmee	Part of Osceola	2020
44	Geraldine Thompson	Dem	Orlando	Part of Orange	2018
45	Kamia Brown	Dem	Orlando	Function of Orangish	2016
46	Travaris McCurdy	Dem	Orlando	Part of Orange	2020
47	Anna Eskamani	Dem	Orlando	Part of Orange	2018
48	Daisy Morales	Dem	Orlando	Role of Orangish	2020
49	Carlos Guillermo Smith	Dem	Orlando	Part of Orange	2016
50	Rene Plasencia	Rep	Orlando	Parts of Brevard and Orange	2014
51	Tyler Sirois	Rep	Cocoa	Function of Brevard	2018
52	Thad Altman	Rep	Rockledge	Part of Brevard	2016, 2003–08
53	Randy Fine	Rep	Melbourne Beach	Function of Brevard	2016
54	Erin Grall	Rep	Vero Embankment	Indian River, part of St. Lucie	2016
55	Kaylee Tuck	Rep	Sebring	Glades, Highlands, Okeechobee, part of St. Lucie	2020
56	Melony Bong	Rep	Fort Meade	DeSoto, Hardee, part of Polk	2018
57	Mike Beltran	Rep	Lithia	Part of Hillsborough	2018
58	Lawrence McClure	Rep	Dover	Role of Hillsborough	2017*
59	Andrew Learned	Dem	Brandon	Function of Hillsborough	2020
threescore	Jackie Toledo	Rep	Tampa	Office of Hillsborough	2016
61	Dianne Hart	Dem	Tampa	Role of Hillsborough	2018
62	Susan Valdes	Dem	Tampa	Role of Hillsborough	2018
63	Fentrice Driskell	Dem	Tampa	Part of Hillsborough	2018
64	Traci Koster	Rep	Tampa	Parts of Hillsborough and Pinellas	2020
65	Chris Sprowls	Rep	Palm Harbor	Part of Pinellas	2014
66	Nick DiCeglie	Rep	Indian Rocks Beach	Part of Pinellas	2018
67	Chris Latvala	Rep	Clearwater	Part of Pinellas	2014
68	Ben Diamond	Dem	St. Petersburg	Part of Pinellas	2016
69	Linda Chaney	Rep	St. Pete Embankment	Part of Pinellas	2020
70	Michele Rayner	Dem	St. Petersburg	Parts of Hillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota	2020
71	Volition Robinson	Rep	Bradenton	Parts of Manatee and Sarasota	2018
72	Fiona McFarland	Rep	Sarasota	Parts of Sarasota	2020
73	Tommy Gregory	Rep	Sarasota	Parts of Manatee and Sarasota	2018
74	James Buchanan	Rep	Osprey	Part of Sarasota	2018
75	Michael J. Grant	Rep	Port Charlotte	Charlotte	2016, 2004–08
76	Adam Botana	Rep	Bonita Springs	Function of Lee	2020
77	Mike Giallombardo	Rep	Greatcoat Coral	Part of Lee	2020
78	Jenna Persons	Rep	Fort Myers	Function of Lee	2020
79	Spencer Roach	Rep	North Fort Myers	Part of Lee	2018
80	Lauren Melo	Rep	Naples	Hendry, part of Collier	2020
81	Kelly Skidmore	Dem	Boca Raton	Part of Palm Embankment	2006–ten, 2020
82	John Snyder	Rep	Palm Metropolis	Parts of Martin and Palm Beach	2020
83	Toby Overdorf	Rep	Palm City	Parts of Martin and St. Lucie	2018
84	Dana Trabulsy	Rep	Fort Pierce	Office of St. Lucie	2020
85	Rick Roth	Rep	Loxahatchee	Part of Palm Beach	2016
86	Matt Willhite	Dem	Wellington	Role of Palm Beach	2016
87	David Silvers	Dem	West Palm Beach	Part of Palm Beach	2016
88	Vacant [fourteen]			Part of Palm Beach
89	Mike Caruso	Rep	Delray Beach	Role of Palm Beach	2018
xc	Joseph Casello	Dem	Boynton Beach	Role of Palm Beach	2018
91	Emily Slosberg	Dem	Boca Raton	Part of Palm Beach	2016
92	Patricia Hawkins-Williams	Dem	Lauderdale Lakes	Function of Broward	2016
93	Chip LaMarca	Rep	Lighthouse Point	Function of Broward	2018
94	Vacant [15]			Role of Broward
95	Anika Omphroy	Dem	Lauderdale Lakes	Role of Broward	2018
96	Christine Hunschofsky	Dem	Parkland	Part of Broward	2020
97	Dan Daley	Dem	Coral Springs	Role of Broward	2019*
98	Michael Gottlieb	Dem	Davie	Office of Broward	2018
99	Evan Jenne	Dem	Hollywood	Function of Broward	2014
100	Joe Geller	Dem	Aventura	Parts of Broward and Miami-Dade	2014
101	Marie Woodson	Dem	Hollywood	Part of Broward	2020
102	Felicia Robinson	Dem	Miami Gardens	Parts of Broward and Miami-Dade	2020
103	Tom Fabricio	Rep	Miramar	Parts of Broward and Miami-Dade	2020
104	Robin Bartleman	Dem	Weston	Office of Broward	2020
105	David Borrero	Rep	Sweetwater	Parts of Broward, Collier, and Miami-Dade	2020
106	Bob Rommel	Rep	Naples	Part of Collier	2016
107	Christopher Benjamin	Dem	Miami Gardens	Part of Miami-Dade	2020
108	Dotie Joseph	Dem	North Miami	Part of Miami-Dade	2018
109	James Bush-league	Dem	Miami	Part of Miami-Dade	2018
110	Alex Rizo	Rep	Hialeah	Function of Miami-Dade	2020
111	Bryan Avila	Rep	Hialeah	Part of Miami-Dade	2014
112	Nicholas Duran	Dem	Miami	Part of Miami-Dade	2016
113	Mike Grieco	Dem	Miami Beach	Part of Miami-Dade	2018
114	Demi Busatta Cabrera	Rep	Coral Gables	Role of Miami-Dade	2020
115	Vance Aloupis	Rep	Miami	Role of Miami-Dade	2018
116	Daniel Perez	Rep	Miami	Part of Miami-Dade	2017*
117	Kevin Chambliss	Dem	Florida City	Part of Miami-Dade	2020
118	Anthony Rodriguez	Rep	Miami	Part of Miami-Dade	2018
119	Juan Fernandez-Barquin	Rep	Kendale Lakes	Part of Miami-Dade	2018
120	Jim Mooney	Rep	Islamorada	Monroe and part of Miami-Dade	2020

*Elected in a special ballot.

District map [edit]

Districts and political party composition of the Florida Business firm of Representatives after the 2022 elections

 Democratic Political party

 Republican Party

By composition of the House of Representatives [edit]

From 1874 to 1996, the Autonomous Party held majorities in the Florida Business firm of Representatives. Post-obit sizable GOP gains in the 1994 election, which significantly reduced the Autonomous Political party majority in the Florida Firm, Republicans captured a majority in the 1996 ballot. The Republican Party has been the majority party since that fourth dimension in the Business firm.

Additional data on the past composition of the Florida House of Representatives tin be found in Allen Morris's The Florida Handbook (various years, published every two years for many years).

See also [edit]

• Florida Autonomous Party
• Elections in Florida
• Florida Land Capitol
• Regime of Florida
• List of speakers of the Florida House of Representatives
• Republican Party of Florida
• The Florida Channel

References [edit]

1. ^ "The 2022 Florida Statutes F.S. 11.13 Compensation of members". Florida Legislature.
2. ^ "CONSTITUTION OF THE Country OF FLORIDA". Florida Legislature. Archived from the original on December eight, 2008. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
3. ^ "Vote Yes On Amendment No. 9 To Begin Limiting Political Terms". Sun-Sentinel.
4. ^ "Florida Backs Article 5 Convention for Constitutional Amendment on Congressional Term Limits". Sunshine State News.
5. ^ "CONSTITUTION OF THE Land OF FLORIDA". Florida Legislature.
6. ^ "Editorial:Advice to Legislature:Pursue express calendar". Florida Today.
7. ^ "CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA". Florida Legislature.
8. ^ Buzzacco-Foerster, Jenna (February eighteen, 2016). "Proposal to move 2022 session to January heads Business firm floor". Florida Politics . Retrieved February xviii, 2016.
9. ^ "The Florida Constitution". Florida Legislature.
10. ^ "The Florida Senate Handbook" (PDF). Florida Senate.
11. ^ ^{a b} "Statutes & Constitution: Online Sunshine". Florida Legislature. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
12. ^ Flemming, Paul (March 8, 2009). Capital Ideas: Lawmakers confront 2,138 proposals. Florida Today.
13. ^ ^{a b} Cotterell, Bill (March 7, 2017). "Legislative session by the numbers". Florida Today. Melbourne,Florida. pp. 5A.
14. ^ ^{a b} Democrat Omari Hardy (District 88) resigned effective this date to run for a special election in the 20th congressional commune. Man, Anthony (July 28, 2021). "Five elected officials have resigned so they tin can run for Congress in South Florida special election". South Florida Sun Sentinel . Retrieved January 11, 2022.
15. ^ ^{a b} Democrat Bobby DuBose (District 94) resigned effective this appointment to run for a special election in the 20th congressional commune. Human being, Anthony (July 28, 2021). "Five elected officials take resigned and then they tin run for Congress in South Florida special election". Due south Florida Sun Sentinel . Retrieved January 11, 2022.
16. ^ And previous terms of service, if any.

External links [edit]

• Official Site Florida House
• Official Site Florida Elections Division
• The Firm Journal, the official record of deportment taken by the House and its committees, total text online in the University of Florida's Digital Collections

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