Three Main Powers of the House of Representatives

Lower firm of the Florida Legislature

Florida House of Representatives
2020–22 Florida Legislature
Type
Blazon	Lower house of the Florida Legislature
Term limits	iv terms (eight years)
History
Founded	May 26, 1845
Preceded past	Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida
Leadership
Speaker	Chris Sprowls (R) since Nov 17, 2020
Speaker pro tempore	Bryan Avila (R) since Nov 17, 2020
Majority Leader	Michael Grant (R) since Nov 16, 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
Say-so	Article 3, Constitution of Florida
Bacon	$29,697/year + per diem (Subsistence & Travel)[1]
Elections
Final ballot	November 3, 2020 (120 seats)
Adjacent election	November 8, 2022 (120 seats)
Redistricting	Legislative command
Motto
In God We Trust
Meeting place
House of Representatives Chamber Florida Capitol Tallahassee, Florida
Website
Official website

The Florida Business firm of Representatives is the lower firm of the Florida Legislature, the country legislature of the U.S. state of Florida, the Florida Senate existence the upper house. Article Iii, Section i of the Constitution of Florida, adopted in 1968, defines the role of the Legislature and how information technology is to exist constituted.^[2] The House is composed of 120 members, each elected from a unmarried-fellow member commune with a population of approximately 157,000 residents. Legislative districts are fatigued on the basis of population figures, provided by the federal decennial census. Representatives' terms begin immediately upon their election. As of 2022, Republicans hold the majority in the State House with 78 seats; Democrats are in the minority with forty seats. Two seats are vacant.

Titles [edit]

Members of the House of Representatives are referred to every bit 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 as land representatives to avoid confusion with their federal counterparts.

Terms [edit]

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

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

Upon ballot, legislators take office immediately.

Term limits [edit]

On Nov three, 1992, almost 77 percent of Florida voters backed Amendment 9, the Florida Term Limits Amendment, which amended the state Constitution, to enact 8-yr term limits on federal and state officials. Nether the Amendment, one-time members can exist elected again afterwards a break.^[iii] In 1995, the U.Southward. Supreme Court ruled that states could not enact congressional term limits, but ruled that the country level term limits remain.^[4]

Qualifications [edit]

Florida legislators must be at least twenty-i years old, an elector and resident of their district, and must have resided in Florida for at least ii years prior to ballot.^[five]

Legislative session [edit]

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

Committee weeks [edit]

Legislators first Commission action in September of the twelvemonth prior to the regular legislative session. Considering Florida is a role-time legislature, this is necessary to allow legislators time to work their bills through the committee procedure, prior to the regular legislative session.^[vi]

Regular legislative session [edit]

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

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

Organizational session [edit]

On the fourteenth 24-hour interval following each general election, the Legislature meets for an organizational session to organize and select officers.

Special session [edit]

Special legislative sessions may be chosen by the governor, by a joint proclamation of the Senate president and Business firm 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.^[nine]

Powers and process [edit]

The Florida House is authorized by the Florida Constitution to create and amend the laws of the U.S. state of Florida, subject to the governor's power to veto legislation. To practice 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 firm, with appropriate voting majorities, as required, and either exist signed into law by the governor or enacted through a veto override approved by two-thirds of the membership of each legislative house.^[x]

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".^[eleven] The Florida Statutes are the codified statutory laws of the land.^[11]

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 near 2000 bills. About yard of these are "fellow member bills." The residue are bills by committees responsible for certain functions, such as budget. In 2016, nigh 15% of the bills were passed.^[13] In 2017, one,885 lobbyists registered to stand for iii,724 entities.^[thirteen]

The House also has the power to propose amendments to the Florida Constitution. Additionally, the House has the exclusive power to impeach officials, who are then tried past the Senate.

Leadership [edit]

The House is headed past a speaker, elected past the members of the House to a two-yr term. The speaker presides over the Firm, appoints committee members and committee 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, along with the Senate president and governor of Florida, control most of the agenda of state business organization in Florida.

The majority and minority conclave each elect a leader.

Position	Name	Party	District
Speaker of the 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

Limerick [edit]

Amalgamation	Party (Shading indicates bulk caucus)		Full
	Republican	Democratic		Vacant
End of 2016–18 legislature	75	41	116	iv
Start of previous (2018–20) legislature	73	47	120	0
End of previous legislature	71	45	116	four
Get-go of current (2020–22) legislature	78	42	120	0
January 10, 2022[14]		41	119	one
January 11, 2022[fifteen]		40	118	two
Latest voting share	66.1%	33.nine%

Members, 2020–2022 [edit]

District	Name	Party	Residence	Counties represented	First Elected[16]
1	Michelle Salzman	Rep	Pensacola	Role of Escambia	2020
2	Alex Andrade	Rep	Pensacola	Parts of Escambia and Santa Rosa	2018
3	Jayer Williamson	Rep	Pace	Parts of Okaloosa and Santa Rosa	2016
4	Patt Maney	Rep	Destin	Office 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 Urban center	Office of Bay	2014
seven	Jason Shoaf	Rep	Port St. Joe	Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Jefferson, Lafayette, Freedom, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla, office of Leon	2019*
8	Ramon Alexander	Dem	Tallahassee	Gadsden, part of Leon	2016
nine	Allison Tant	Dem	Tallahassee	Office of Leon	2020
ten	Chuck Brannan	Rep	Macclenny	Baker, Columbia, Hamilton, Suwannee, part of Alachua	2018
eleven	Cord Byrd	Rep	Neptune Beach	Nassau, part of Duval	2016
12	Dirt Yarborough	Rep	Jacksonville	Part of Duval	2016
13	Tracie Davis	Dem	Jacksonville	Part of Duval	2016
xiv	Angie Nixon	Dem	Jacksonville	Part of Duval	2020
15	Wyman Duggan	Rep	Jacksonville	Office 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	Office of Dirt	2020
19	Bobby Payne	Rep	Palatka	Bradford, Putnam, Union, part of Dirt	2016
xx	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	Role of Marion	2016
24	Paul Renner	Rep	Palm Declension	Flagler, parts of St. Johns and Volusia	2015*
25	Tom Leek	Rep	Ormond Embankment	Office of Volusia	2016
26	Elizabeth Fetterhoff	Rep	DeLand	Office of Volusia	2018
27	Webster Barnaby	Rep	Deltona	Part of Volusia	2020
28	David Smith	Rep	Winter Springs	Function 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, part of Hernando	2016
35	Blaise Ingoglia	Rep	Spring Loma	Part of Hernando	2014
36	Bister Mariano	Rep	Hudson	Part of Pasco	2016
37	Ardian Zika	Rep	Land o' Lakes	Function of Pasco	2018
38	Randy Maggard	Rep	Zephyrhills	Part of Pasco	2019*
39	Josie Tomkow	Rep	Polk City	Parts of Osceola and Polk	2018*
40	Colleen Burton	Rep	Lakeland	Office of Polk	2014
41	Sam Killebrew	Rep	Winter 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 Orangish	2018
45	Kamia Brown	Dem	Orlando	Role of Orange	2016
46	Travaris McCurdy	Dem	Orlando	Part of Orangish	2020
47	Anna Eskamani	Dem	Orlando	Function of Orangish	2018
48	Daisy Morales	Dem	Orlando	Office of Orange	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	Part 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, part of St. Lucie	2016
55	Kaylee Tuck	Rep	Sebring	Glades, Highlands, Okeechobee, office of St. Lucie	2020
56	Melony Bell	Rep	Fort Meade	DeSoto, Hardee, function of Polk	2018
57	Mike Beltran	Rep	Lithia	Role of Hillsborough	2018
58	Lawrence McClure	Rep	Dover	Function of Hillsborough	2017*
59	Andrew Learned	Dem	Brandon	Function of Hillsborough	2020
lx	Jackie Toledo	Rep	Tampa	Role of Hillsborough	2016
61	Dianne Hart	Dem	Tampa	Part of Hillsborough	2018
62	Susan Valdes	Dem	Tampa	Part 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	Role of Pinellas	2018
67	Chris Latvala	Rep	Clearwater	Part of Pinellas	2014
68	Ben Diamond	Dem	Leningrad	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	Part 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, part of Collier	2020
81	Kelly Skidmore	Dem	Boca Raton	Part of Palm Beach	2006–10, 2020
82	John Snyder	Rep	Palm City	Parts of Martin and Palm Beach	2020
83	Toby Overdorf	Rep	Palm Metropolis	Parts of Martin and St. Lucie	2018
84	Dana Trabulsy	Rep	Fort Pierce	Function of St. Lucie	2020
85	Rick Roth	Rep	Loxahatchee	Part of Palm Embankment	2016
86	Matt Willhite	Dem	Wellington	Role of Palm Embankment	2016
87	David Silvers	Dem	Westward Palm Beach	Part of Palm Beach	2016
88	Vacant [14]			Office of Palm Beach
89	Mike Caruso	Rep	Delray Beach	Function of Palm Beach	2018
90	Joseph Casello	Dem	Boynton Embankment	Part of Palm Beach	2018
91	Emily Slosberg	Dem	Boca Raton	Part of Palm Beach	2016
92	Patricia Hawkins-Williams	Dem	Lauderdale Lakes	Role of Broward	2016
93	Chip LaMarca	Rep	Lighthouse Point	Part of Broward	2018
94	Vacant [fifteen]			Role of Broward
95	Anika Omphroy	Dem	Lauderdale Lakes	Office of Broward	2018
96	Christine Hunschofsky	Dem	Parkland	Role of Broward	2020
97	Dan Daley	Dem	Coral Springs	Part of Broward	2019*
98	Michael Gottlieb	Dem	Davie	Function of Broward	2018
99	Evan Jenne	Dem	Hollywood	Role 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	Dem	Miami	Part of Miami-Dade	2018
110	Alex Rizo	Rep	Hialeah	Role 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	Office of Miami-Dade	2020
115	Vance Aloupis	Rep	Miami	Part 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 party composition of the Florida Firm of Representatives afterwards the 2022 elections

 Democratic Party

 Republican Party

Past composition of the Firm of Representatives [edit]

From 1874 to 1996, the Democratic Political 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 Firm, Republicans captured a bulk in the 1996 election. The Republican Party has been the majority party since that time in the Firm.

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

See also [edit]

• Florida Democratic Political party
• Elections in Florida
• Florida State Capitol
• Government 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 STATE OF FLORIDA". Florida Legislature. Archived from the original on December 8, 2008. Retrieved Dec 7, 2017.
3. ^ "Vote Yes On Subpoena No. 9 To Brainstorm Limiting Political Terms". Sun-Sentinel.
4. ^ "Florida Backs Article V Convention for Constitutional Subpoena on Congressional Term Limits". Sunshine Land 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 motion 2022 session to Jan heads Business 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). Uppercase Ideas: Lawmakers face 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 (Commune 88) resigned effective this appointment to run for a special election in the 20th congressional district. Man, Anthony (July 28, 2021). "V elected officials accept resigned and so they can run for Congress in South Florida special election". S Florida Dominicus Sentinel . Retrieved January eleven, 2022.
15. ^ ^{a b} Democrat Bobby DuBose (District 94) resigned effective this date to run for a special election in the 20th congressional district. Man, Anthony (July 28, 2021). "Five elected officials have resigned so they can run for Congress in Southward Florida special election". Southward Florida Sun Sentinel . Retrieved January 11, 2022.
16. ^ And previous terms of service, if whatever.

External links [edit]

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

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