Florida House of Representatives#Composition
{{Short description|Lower house of the Florida Legislature}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2011}}
{{Infobox legislature
| background_color = {{party color|Republican Party (US)}}
| name = Florida House of Representatives
| legislature = Florida Legislature
| coa_pic = Seal of the Florida House of Representatives.svg
| house_type = Lower house
| body =
| term_length = 2 years
| term_limits = 4 consecutive terms (8 years)
| foundation = May 26, 1845
| motto = In God We Trust
| preceded_by = Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida
| new_session ={{Start date and age|2025|03|04}}
| leader1_type = Speaker
| leader1 = Daniel Perez (R)
| election1 = November 19, 2024
| leader2_type = Speaker pro tempore
| leader2 = Wyman Duggan (R)
| election2 = November 19, 2024
| leader3_type = Majority Leader
| leader3 = Tyler Sirois (R)
| election3 = November 18, 2024
| leader4_type = Minority Leader
| leader4 = Fentrice Driskell (D)
| election4 = November 21, 2022
| members = 120
| structure1 = Florida House, March 27 2024.svg
| structure1_res = 250px
| structure1_alt = Composition of the Florida House of Representatives
| political_groups1 =
Majority
- {{nowrap|{{Color box|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}|border=darkgray}} Republican (87)}}
Minority
- {{nowrap|{{Color box|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}|border=darkgray}} Democratic (33)}}
| salary = $18,000/year + per diem (Subsistence & Travel){{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0000-0099/0011/Sections/0011.13.html |title= The 2017 Florida Statutes F.S. 11.13 Compensation of members.|publisher=Florida Legislature}}
| authority = Article III, Constitution of Florida
| last_election1 = November 5, 2024
(120 seats)
| next_election1 = November 3, 2026
(120 seats)
| meeting_place = House of Representatives Chamber
Florida Capitol
Tallahassee, Florida
| session_room = Florida House Chamber March 2012.jpg
| redistricting = Legislative control
| website = [https://www.myfloridahouse.gov Florida House of Representatives]
|rules=[https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?PublicationType=Reference&CommitteeId=&Session=2024&DocumentType=The+Rules+Of+The+House+of+Representatives&FileName=2022-2024+House+Rules+-+Edition+1.pdf Florida House of Representatives Rules]| footnotes =
}}
{{Politics of Florida}}
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 III, Section 1 of the Constitution of Florida, adopted in 1968, defines the role of the Legislature and how it is to be constituted.{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?Mode=Constitution&Submenu=3&Tab=statutes#A3S01|title=Constitution of the State of Florida|publisher=Florida Legislature|access-date=December 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208105533/http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?mode=constitution&submenu=3&tab=statutes#A3S01|archive-date=December 8, 2008|url-status=dead}} The House is composed of 120 members, each elected from a single-member district with a population of approximately 180,000 residents. Legislative districts are drawn on the basis of population figures, provided by the federal decennial census. Representatives' terms begin immediately upon their election.
The Republicans hold a supermajority in the State House with 87 seats; Democrats are in the minority with 33 seats.
Term limits
House members are limited to four consecutive terms.Fla. Const. Art. VI, § 4(c). In recent years in the Republican majority caucus, each entering class of House members elects a "Speaker-Designate" from the class whom the caucus as a whole commits to supporting as Speaker in six years time.{{cite book |last= Corcoran |first=Richard |author-link= |date=2024 |title=Storming the Ivory Tower: How a Florida College Became Ground Zero in the Struggle to Take Back Our Campuses |publisher= Bombadier Books|page=227 |isbn=979-8888458273}}
Qualifications
Florida legislators must be at least twenty-one years old, an elector and resident of their district, and must have resided in Florida for at least two years prior to election.{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?submenu=3|title=CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA|publisher=Florida Legislature}}{{Source-attribution}}
Legislative session
Each year during which the Legislature meets constitutes a new legislative session.
=Regular legislative session=
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 after the first Monday in March. Under the state Constitution, the Legislature can begin even-numbered year regular legislative sessions at a time of its choosing.
=Special session=
Special legislative sessions may be called by the governor, by a joint proclamation of the Senate president and House speaker, or by a three-fifths vote of all legislators. During any special session the Legislature may only address legislative business that is within the purview of the purpose or purposes stated in the special session proclamation.{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0000-0099/0011/Sections/0011.011.html|title=The Florida Constitution|publisher=Florida Legislature}}{{Source-attribution}}
Powers and process
=Leadership=
class="wikitable"
! Position !! Name !! Party !! District | |||
Speaker of the House | Daniel Perez | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | 116 |
Speaker pro tempore | Wyman Duggan | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | 12 |
Majority leader | Tyler Sirois | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | 31 |
Minority leader | Fentrice Driskell | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | 67 |
Composition
Members, 2024–2026
class="sortable wikitable" | |||||
District | Member | Party | Residence | Counties represented | First electedAnd previous terms of service, if any.
!Term-limited |
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1
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Part of Escambia |2020 |2028 | |||||
2
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Parts of Escambia and Santa Rosa |2018 |2026 | |||||
3
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Holt | Parts of Santa Rosa and Okaloosa | 2025* | 2034 | |||||
4
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Part of Okaloosa |2020 |2028 | |||||
5
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington |2022 |2030 | |||||
6
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Bay |2022 |2030 | |||||
7
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Dixie, Franklin, Gulf, Hamilton, Lafayette, Liberty, Suwannee, Taylor, Wakulla, parts of Jefferson and Leon |2019* |2028 | |||||
8
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic |2022 |2030 | |||||
9
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Madison, parts of Jefferson and Leon |2020 |2028 | |||||
10
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Baker, Bradford, Columbia, Union, part of Alachua |2018 |2026 | |||||
11
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Part of Clay |2020 |2028 | |||||
12
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Part of Duval |2018 |2026 | |||||
ic
| 13 | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Part of Duval |2020 |2028 | |||||
14
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Part of Duval |2022, |2030 | |||||
15
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |2022 |2030 | |||||
16
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Part of Duval |2022 |2030 | |||||
17
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Part of Duval |2022 |2030 | |||||
18
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Part of St. Johns |2024 |2032 | |||||
19
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |2024 |2032 | |||||
20
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Palatka | Putnam, parts of Clay, Marion and St. Johns |2024 |2032 | |||||
21
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic |2020 |2028 | |||||
22
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Newberry | Gilchrist, Levy, part of Alachua |2024 |2032 | |||||
23
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Lecanto |2024 |2032 | |||||
24
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Part of Marion |2023* |2032 | |||||
25
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Clermont | Part of Lake |2022 |2030 | |||||
26
| Nan Cobb | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Tavares | Part of Lake |2024 |2032 | |||||
27
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Ocala | Parts of Lake, Marion and Volusia |2024 |2032 | |||||
28
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Part of Volusia |2024 |2032 | |||||
29
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Deltona | Part of Volusia |2020 |2028 | |||||
30
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Parts of Brevard and Volusia |2022 |2030 | |||||
31
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Part of Brevard |2022 |2030 | |||||
32
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Part of Brevard | 2025* | 2034 | |||||
33
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Part of Brevard |2024 |2032 | |||||
34
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Indian River, part of Brevard |2022 |2030 | |||||
35
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |2024 |2032 | |||||
36
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Longwood | Part of Seminole |2022 |2030 | |||||
37
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Orlando | Parts of Orange and Seminole |2022 |2030 | |||||
38
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Part of Seminole |2018 |2026 | |||||
39
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Apopka | Parts of Orange and Seminole |2022 |2030 | |||||
40
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Ocoee | Part of Orange |2022 |2030 | |||||
41
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Orlando | Part of Orange |2022, |2030 | |||||
42
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Orlando | Part of Orange |2018 |2026 | |||||
43
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Orlando | Part of Orange |2022 |2030 | |||||
44
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Orlando | Part of Orange |2022 |2030 | |||||
45
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Gotha |2024 |2032 | |||||
46
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Part of Osceola |2024 |2032 | |||||
47
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |2022 |2030 | |||||
48
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Part of Polk |2024 |2032 | |||||
49
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Part of Polk |2024 |2032 | |||||
50
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Lakeland | Part of Polk |2022 |2030 | |||||
51
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Part of Polk |2018* |2026 | |||||
52
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Wildwood |2022 |2030 | |||||
53
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |2022 |2030 | |||||
54
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Part of Pasco |2019* |2028 | |||||
55
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Hudson | Part of Pasco |2022 |2030 | |||||
56
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Part of Pasco |2022 |2030 | |||||
57
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Part of Pinellas |2022 |2030 | |||||
58
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Part of Pinellas |2022, |2030 | |||||
59
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Seminole | Part of Pinellas |2022 |2030 | |||||
60
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Part of Pinellas |2022 |2030 | |||||
61
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Parts of Pinellas and Hillsborough (unpopulated) |2020 |2028 | |||||
62
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Parts of Hillsborough and Pinellas |2020 |2028 | |||||
63
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Tampa | Part of Hillsborough |2018 |2026 | |||||
64
| Susan Valdes{{Efn|Valdes was re-elected as a Democrat in the November 5, 2024 General Election. About a month later, she subsequently changed her party affiliation to Republican.{{cite web |last1=Matat |first1=Stephany |title=Florida lawmaker’s party switch increases Republican supermajority in the House |url=https://apnews.com/article/tampa-democrats-florida-republicans-supermajority-susan-valdes-a76f999b1e77358772ed13483885ce17 |website=AP News |access-date=16 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241230212139/https://apnews.com/article/tampa-democrats-florida-republicans-supermajority-susan-valdes-a76f999b1e77358772ed13483885ce17 |archive-date=2024-12-30 |date=2024-12-10 |url-status=live}}}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Tampa | Part of Hillsborough |2018 |2026 | |||||
65
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Tampa | Part of Hillsborough |2022 |2030 | |||||
66
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Tampa | Part of Hillsborough |2020 |2028 | |||||
67
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Tampa | Part of Hillsborough |2018 |2026 | |||||
68
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Dover | Part of Hillsborough |2017* |2026 | |||||
69
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Brandon | Part of Hillsborough |2022 |2030 | |||||
70
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Lithia | Parts of Hillsborough and Manatee |2024 |2032 | |||||
71
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Part of Manatee |2018 |2026 | |||||
72
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Part of Manatee |2024 |2032 | |||||
73
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Sarasota | Part of Sarasota |2020 |2028 | |||||
74
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Osprey | Part of Sarasota |2018 |2026 | |||||
75
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Parts of Charlotte and Sarasota |2024 |2032 | |||||
76
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | DeSoto, parts of Charlotte and Lee |2024 |2032 | |||||
77
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Part of Lee |2022 |2030 | |||||
78
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Part of Lee |2020 |2028 | |||||
79
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Part of Lee |2020 |2028 | |||||
80
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |2020 |2028 | |||||
81
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Naples | Part of Collier |2024 |2032 | |||||
82
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Naples |2020 |2028 | |||||
83
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Sebring | Glades, Hardee, Highlands, Okeechobee |2020 |2028 | |||||
84
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Part of St. Lucie |2020 |2028 | |||||
85
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Parts of Martin and St. Lucie |2018 |2026 | |||||
86
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Stuart | Parts of Martin and Palm Beach |2020 |2028 | |||||
87
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Part of Palm Beach |2018 |2026 | |||||
88
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Part of Palm Beach |2022* |2030 | |||||
89
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Part of Palm Beach |2024 |2032 | |||||
90
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Part of Palm Beach |2018 |2026 | |||||
91
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Part of Palm Beach |2022 |2030 | |||||
92
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Part of Palm Beach |2020, 2006–10, |2028 | |||||
93
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Part of Palm Beach |2024 |2032 | |||||
94
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Part of Palm Beach |2024 |2032 | |||||
95
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Parkland | Part of Broward |2020 |2028 | |||||
96
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Part of Broward |2019* |2028 | |||||
97
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Sunrise | Part of Broward |2022 |2030 | |||||
98
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Part of Broward |2024 |2032 | |||||
99
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Part of Broward |2022* |2030 | |||||
100
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Part of Broward |2018 |2026 | |||||
101
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Part of Broward |2022 |2030 | |||||
102
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Davie | Part of Broward |2018 |2026 | |||||
103
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Weston | Part of Broward |2020 |2028 | |||||
104
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Parts of Broward and Miami-Dade |2020 |2028 | |||||
105
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Part of Broward |2020 |2028 | |||||
106
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Part of Miami-Dade |2022 |2030 | |||||
107
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Part of Miami-Dade |2024 |2032 | |||||
108
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Part of Miami-Dade |2018 |2026 | |||||
109
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Miami | Part of Miami-Dade |2022 |2030 | |||||
110
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Part of Miami-Dade |2020 |2028 | |||||
111
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Part of Miami-Dade |2020 |2028 | |||||
112
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Hialeah | Part of Miami-Dade |2020 |2028 | |||||
113
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Miami | Part of Miami-Dade |2022 |2030 | |||||
114
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Part of Miami-Dade |2020 |2028 | |||||
115
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Miami | Part of Miami-Dade |2024 |2032 | |||||
116
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Miami | Part of Miami-Dade |2017* |2026 | |||||
117
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Part of Miami-Dade |2020 |2028 | |||||
118
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Miami | Part of Miami-Dade |2023* |2032 | |||||
119
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Miami | Part of Miami-Dade |2022 |2030 | |||||
120
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Monroe and part of Miami-Dade |2020 |2028 |
{{small|*Elected in a special election.}}
District map
[[File:Florida House of Representatives.png|thumb|400px|none|Districts and party composition of the Florida House of Representatives following the 2024 elections
{{legend|#b42d2d|Republican Party (86)}}{{legend|#263d7e|Democratic Party (34)}}]]
Past composition of the House of Representatives
{{main|Political party strength in Florida}}
From 1874 to 1996, the Democratic Party held majorities in the Florida House of Representatives. Following sizable GOP gains in the 1994 election, which significantly reduced the Democratic Party majority in the Florida House, Republicans captured a majority in the 1996 election. The Republican Party has been the majority party since that time in the House.
Additional information on the past composition of the Florida House of Representatives can be found in Allen Morris's The Florida Handbook (various years, published every two years for many years).
Notable people
- C. A. Roberts (1903–1973), Florida state legislator
See also
Notes
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References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category|Florida House of Representatives}}
- [https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/ Official Site Florida House]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090417203023/http://election.dos.state.fl.us/ Official Site Florida Elections Division]
- [http://ufdc.ufl.edu/fhrp The House Journal], the official record of actions taken by the House and its committees, full text online in the [http://ufdc.ufl.edu/ University of Florida's Digital Collections]
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