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Lower business firm of the Florida Legislature

Florida Business firm of Representatives
2020–22 Florida Legislature
Type
Type	Lower house of the Florida Legislature
Term limits	4 terms (8 years)
History
Founded	May 26, 1845
Preceded by	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 sixteen, 2020
Minority Leader	Evan Jenne (D) since January 11, 2022
Structure
Seats	120
Political groups	Majority Republican (78) Minority Democratic (twoscore)
Length of term	2 years
Authority	Article III, Constitution of Florida
Salary	$29,697/year + per diem (Subsistence & Travel)[ane]
Elections
Last election	November iii, 2020 (120 seats)
Next election	November eight, 2022 (120 seats)
Redistricting	Legislative command
Motto
In God We Trust
Meeting identify
Firm of Representatives Sleeping room 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 Iii, Section 1 of the Constitution of Florida, adopted in 1968, defines the role of the Legislature and how it is to be constituted.^[2] The Firm is composed of 120 members, each elected from a single-fellow member district with a population of approximately 157,000 residents. Legislative districts are fatigued on the ground of population figures, provided by the federal decennial census. Representatives' terms begin immediately upon their election. As of 2022, Republicans hold the bulk in the State House with 78 seats; Democrats are in the minority with twoscore seats. Two seats are vacant.

Titles [edit]

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

Terms [edit]

Commodity 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, nearly 77 percent of Florida voters backed Subpoena 9, the Florida Term Limits Amendment, which amended the state Constitution, to enact eight-yr term limits on federal and state officials. Under the Amendment, erstwhile members can be elected again afterward a break.^[3] In 1995, the U.South. Supreme Court ruled that states could not enact congressional term limits, just ruled that the state level term limits remain.^[4]

Qualifications [edit]

Florida legislators must be at least 20-one years former, an elector and resident of their district, and must have resided in Florida for at least two years prior to ballot.^[5]

Legislative session [edit]

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

Committee weeks [edit]

Legislators start Committee action in September of the year prior to the regular legislative session. Because Florida is a part-time legislature, this is necessary to permit legislators time 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-mean solar day regular legislative session each year. Regular legislative sessions in odd-numbered years must begin on the get-go Tuesday later on the first Monday in March. Under the state Constitution, the Legislature can begin fifty-fifty-numbered year regular legislative sessions at a time of its choosing.^[vii]

Prior to 1991, the regular legislative session began in April. Senate Joint Resolution 380 (1989) proposed to the voters a ramble subpoena (approved November 1990) that shifted the starting engagement of regular legislative session from April to February. Subsequently, Senate Joint Resolution 2606 (1994) proposed to the voters a constitutional amendment (approved November 1994) shifting the start date to March, where information technology remains. The reason for the "first Tuesday later the beginning Monday" requirement stems back to the time when regular legislative session began in April. regular legislative session could start whatever day from April 2 through April 8, just never on April 1 – April Fool's Day. In recent years, the Legislature has opted to outset in January in lodge to allow lawmakers to be abode with their families during school bound breaks, and to give more time alee of the legislative elections in the Fall.^[8]

Organizational session [edit]

On the fourteenth 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 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 announcement.^[9]

Powers and process [edit]

The Florida Business firm is authorized by the Florida Constitution to create and ameliorate the laws of the U.S. land of Florida, subject to the governor'southward power to veto legislation. To do so, legislators propose legislation in the forms of bills drafted past a nonpartisan, professional staff. Successful legislation must undergo committee review, three readings on the floor of each house, with advisable voting majorities, as required, and either be signed into law by the governor or enacted through a veto override approved by ii-thirds of the membership of each legislative house.^[10]

Its statutes, chosen "affiliate laws" or generically as "sideslip laws" when printed separately, are compiled into the Laws of Florida and are called "session laws".^[11] The Florida Statutes are the codified statutory laws of the country.^[xi]

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

In 2013, the Legislature filed nigh 2000 bills. Well-nigh chiliad of these are "fellow member bills." The remainder are bills by committees responsible for sure functions, such every bit budget. In 2016, about fifteen% of the bills were passed.^[thirteen] In 2017, 1,885 lobbyists registered to stand for 3,724 entities.^[13]

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

Leadership [edit]

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

The majority and minority caucus each elect a leader.

Position	Proper noun	Party	Commune
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	Democratic	99

Composition [edit]

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total
	Republican	Democratic		Vacant
Cease of 2016–18 legislature	75	41	116	4
Start of previous (2018–xx) legislature	73	47	120	0
End of previous legislature	71	45	116	iv
Kickoff of electric current (2020–22) legislature	78	42	120	0
January ten, 2022[fourteen]		41	119	one
Jan xi, 2022[15]		40	118	two
Latest voting share	66.1%	33.9%

Members, 2020–2022 [edit]

District	Name	Party	Residence	Counties represented	Start Elected[16]
one	Michelle Salzman	Rep	Pensacola	Office of Escambia	2020
2	Alex Andrade	Rep	Pensacola	Parts of Escambia and Santa Rosa	2018
iii	Jayer Williamson	Rep	Pace	Parts of Okaloosa and Santa Rosa	2016
4	Patt Maney	Rep	Destin	Function of Okaloosa	2020
5	Brad Drake	Rep	DeFuniak Springs	Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington, office of Bay	2014, 2008–12
6	Jay Trumbull	Rep	Panama Urban center	Role of Bay	2014
7	Jason Shoaf	Rep	Port St. Joe	Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Jefferson, Lafayette, Freedom, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla, part of Leon	2019*
8	Ramon Alexander	Dem	Tallahassee	Gadsden, part of Leon	2016
9	Allison Tant	Dem	Tallahassee	Part of Leon	2020
10	Chuck Brannan	Rep	Macclenny	Baker, Columbia, Hamilton, Suwannee, part of Alachua	2018
xi	Cord Byrd	Rep	Neptune Beach	Nassau, part of Duval	2016
12	Clay Yarborough	Rep	Jacksonville	Part of Duval	2016
13	Tracie Davis	Dem	Jacksonville	Part of Duval	2016
14	Angie Nixon	Dem	Jacksonville	Part of Duval	2020
15	Wyman Duggan	Rep	Jacksonville	Part of Duval	2018
16	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	Part of Dirt	2020
19	Bobby Payne	Rep	Palatka	Bradford, Putnam, Union, function 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, part 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 Embankment	Part of Volusia	2016
26	Elizabeth Fetterhoff	Rep	DeLand	Part of Volusia	2018
27	Webster Barnaby	Rep	Deltona	Function of Volusia	2020
28	David Smith	Rep	Winter Springs	Part of Seminole	2018
29	Scott Plakon	Rep	Longwood	Part of Seminole	2014, 2008–12
thirty	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	Part of Lake	2018
33	Brett Hage	Rep	Oxford	Sumter, parts of Lake and Marion	2018
34	Ralph Massullo	Rep	Lecanto	Citrus, office of Hernando	2016
35	Blaise Ingoglia	Rep	Spring Hill	Office of Hernando	2014
36	Bister Mariano	Rep	Hudson	Function of Pasco	2016
37	Ardian Zika	Rep	State o' Lakes	Part of Pasco	2018
38	Randy Maggard	Rep	Zephyrhills	Function of Pasco	2019*
39	Josie Tomkow	Rep	Polk City	Parts of Osceola and Polk	2018*
twoscore	Colleen Burton	Rep	Lakeland	Part of Polk	2014
41	Sam Killebrew	Rep	Winter Haven	Part of Polk	2016
42	Fred Hawkins	Rep	St. Deject	Parts of Osceola and Polk	2020
43	Kristen Arrington	Dem	Kissimmee	Function of Osceola	2020
44	Geraldine Thompson	Dem	Orlando	Part of Orangish	2018
45	Kamia Brown	Dem	Orlando	Part of Orange	2016
46	Travaris McCurdy	Dem	Orlando	Part of Orange	2020
47	Anna Eskamani	Dem	Orlando	Part of Orangish	2018
48	Daisy Morales	Dem	Orlando	Part of Orangish	2020
49	Carlos Guillermo Smith	Dem	Orlando	Office of Orange	2016
50	Rene Plasencia	Rep	Orlando	Parts of Brevard and Orangish	2014
51	Tyler Sirois	Rep	Cocoa	Office of Brevard	2018
52	Thad Altman	Rep	Rockledge	Part of Brevard	2016, 2003–08
53	Randy Fine	Rep	Melbourne Beach	Part of Brevard	2016
54	Erin Grall	Rep	Vero Beach	Indian River, office of St. Lucie	2016
55	Kaylee Constrict	Rep	Sebring	Glades, Highlands, Okeechobee, part of St. Lucie	2020
56	Melony Bell	Rep	Fort Meade	DeSoto, Hardee, office of Polk	2018
57	Mike Beltran	Rep	Lithia	Office of Hillsborough	2018
58	Lawrence McClure	Rep	Dover	Part of Hillsborough	2017*
59	Andrew Learned	Dem	Brandon	Part of Hillsborough	2020
60	Jackie Toledo	Rep	Tampa	Part of Hillsborough	2016
61	Dianne Hart	Dem	Tampa	Function of Hillsborough	2018
62	Susan Valdes	Dem	Tampa	Part of Hillsborough	2018
63	Fentrice Driskell	Dem	Tampa	Office of Hillsborough	2018
64	Traci Koster	Rep	Tampa	Parts of Hillsborough and Pinellas	2020
65	Chris Sprowls	Rep	Palm Harbor	Role of Pinellas	2014
66	Nick DiCeglie	Rep	Indian Rocks Beach	Part of Pinellas	2018
67	Chris Latvala	Rep	Clearwater	Role of Pinellas	2014
68	Ben Diamond	Dem	St. Petersburg	Part of Pinellas	2016
69	Linda Chaney	Rep	St. Pete Beach	Part of Pinellas	2020
70	Michele Rayner	Dem	St. Petersburg	Parts of Hillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota	2020
71	Will 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	Cape Coral	Office of Lee	2020
78	Jenna Persons	Rep	Fort Myers	Part of Lee	2020
79	Spencer Roach	Rep	North Fort Myers	Part of Lee	2018
80	Lauren Melo	Rep	Naples	Hendry, function of Collier	2020
81	Kelly Skidmore	Dem	Boca Raton	Part of Palm Beach	2006–x, 2020
82	John Snyder	Rep	Palm City	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	Function of Palm Beach	2016
86	Matt Willhite	Dem	Wellington	Part of Palm Beach	2016
87	David Silvers	Dem	West Palm Beach	Part of Palm Beach	2016
88	Vacant [14]			Office of Palm Beach
89	Mike Caruso	Rep	Delray Beach	Part of Palm Embankment	2018
90	Joseph Casello	Dem	Boynton Beach	Part 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	Flake LaMarca	Rep	Lighthouse Point	Part of Broward	2018
94	Vacant [15]			Function of Broward
95	Anika Omphroy	Dem	Lauderdale Lakes	Office of Broward	2018
96	Christine Hunschofsky	Dem	Parkland	Part of Broward	2020
97	Dan Daley	Dem	Coral Springs	Part of Broward	2019*
98	Michael Gottlieb	Dem	Davie	Part of Broward	2018
99	Evan Jenne	Dem	Hollywood	Part 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	Part of Broward	2020
105	David Borrero	Rep	Sweetwater	Parts of Broward, Collier, and Miami-Dade	2020
106	Bob Rommel	Rep	Naples	Function of Collier	2016
107	Christopher Benjamin	Dem	Miami Gardens	Part of Miami-Dade	2020
108	Dotie Joseph	Dem	North Miami	Office of Miami-Dade	2018
109	James Bush	Dem	Miami	Part of Miami-Dade	2018
110	Alex Rizo	Rep	Hialeah	Part 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	Role of Miami-Dade	2018
114	Demi Busatta Cabrera	Rep	Coral Gables	Part of Miami-Dade	2020
115	Vance Aloupis	Rep	Miami	Part of Miami-Dade	2018
116	Daniel Perez	Rep	Miami	Office of Miami-Dade	2017*
117	Kevin Chambliss	Dem	Florida Urban center	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 election.

District map [edit]

Districts and political party limerick of the Florida Business firm of Representatives subsequently the 2022 elections

 Democratic Party

 Republican Party

Past composition of the House of Representatives [edit]

From 1874 to 1996, the Democratic Party held majorities in the Florida House of Representatives. Post-obit sizable GOP gains in the 1994 election, which significantly reduced the Democratic Party majority in the Florida Business firm, 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).

See also [edit]

• Florida Democratic Party
• Elections in Florida
• Florida State Capitol
• Regime of Florida
• List of speakers of the Florida Firm of Representatives
• Republican Party of Florida
• The Florida Channel

References [edit]

1. ^ "The 2022 Florida Statutes F.S. 11.13 Bounty of members". Florida Legislature.
2. ^ "CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA". Florida Legislature. Archived from the original on December eight, 2008. Retrieved Dec 7, 2017.
3. ^ "Vote Yes On Amendment No. 9 To Brainstorm Limiting Political Terms". Sun-Scout.
4. ^ "Florida Backs Article Five Convention for Constitutional Amendment on Congressional Term Limits". Sunshine State News.
5. ^ "CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA". Florida Legislature.
6. ^ "Editorial:Advice to Legislature:Pursue limited agenda". Florida Today.
7. ^ "CONSTITUTION OF THE State OF FLORIDA". Florida Legislature.
8. ^ Buzzacco-Foerster, Jenna (February 18, 2016). "Proposal to move 2022 session to January heads Firm flooring". Florida Politics . Retrieved February 18, 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, Beak (March seven, 2017). "Legislative session by the numbers". Florida Today. Melbourne,Florida. pp. 5A.
14. ^ ^{a b} Democrat Omari Hardy (District 88) resigned constructive this date to run for a special election in the 20th congressional district. Man, Anthony (July 28, 2021). "Five elected officials accept resigned so they can run for Congress in South Florida special election". Southward Florida Lord's day Sentinel . Retrieved Jan 11, 2022.
15. ^ ^{a b} Democrat Bobby DuBose (Commune 94) resigned effective this appointment to run for a special ballot in the 20th congressional district. Man, Anthony (July 28, 2021). "Five elected officials accept resigned so they can run for Congress in South Florida special election". S Florida Sun Sentry . Retrieved January 11, 2022.
16. ^ And previous terms of service, if any.

External links [edit]

• Official Site Florida House
• Official Site Florida Elections Sectionalisation
• The Firm Journal, the official tape of actions taken by the House and its committees, full text online in the University of Florida's Digital Collections

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_House_of_Representatives

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