Florida House of Representatives
Florida Legislature
Type
Type	Lower house
Term limits	4 consecutive terms (8 years)
History
Founded	May 26, 1843
Preceded by	Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida
New session started	March 4, 2025; 7 months ago (2025-03-04)
Leadership
Speaker	Daniel Perez (R) since November 19, 2024
Speaker pro tempore	Wyman Duggan (R) since November 19, 2024
Majority Leader	Tyler Sirois (R) since November 18, 2024
Minority Leader	Fentrice Driskell (D) since November 21, 2022
Structure
Seats	120
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Political groups	Majority  Republican (85) Minority  Democratic (32) Vacant   Vacant (3)
Length of term	2 years
Authority	Article III,Constitution of Florida
Salary	$18,000/year + per diem (Subsistence & Travel)[1]
Elections
Last election	November 5, 2024
Next election	November 3, 2026
Redistricting	Legislative control
Motto
In God We Trust
Meeting place
House of Representatives Chamber Florida Capitol Tallahassee, Florida
Website
Florida House of Representatives
Rules
Florida House of Representatives Rules

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Constitution andlaw United States Constitution Florida Constitution Florida law
Executive Governor:Ron DeSantis (R) Lieutenant Governor:Jeanette Nuñez (R) Cabinet Attorney General: Vacant Chief Financial Officer:Jimmy Patronis (R) Commissioner of Agriculture:Wilton Simpson (R) State agencies
Legislature Senate President:Ben Albritton (R) President pro Tempore:Jason Brodeur (R) Majority Leader:Jim Boyd (R) Minority Leader:Jason Pizzo (D) House Speaker:Daniel Perez (R) Speaker pro Tempore:Wyman Duggan (R) Majority Leader:Tyler Sirois (R) Minority Leader:Fentrice Driskell (D)
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Congressional delegation U.S. Senate Marco Rubio (R) Rick Scott (R) U.S. House of Representatives 1: vacant 2:Neal Dunn (R) 3:Kat Cammack (R) 4:Aaron Bean (R) 5:John Rutherford (R) 6:Mike Waltz (R) 7:Cory Mills (R) 8:Bill Posey (R) 9:Darren Soto (D) 10:Maxwell Frost (D) 11:Daniel Webster (R) 12:Gus Bilirakis (R) 13:Anna Paulina Luna (R) 14:Kathy Castor (D) 15:Laurel Lee (R) 16:Vern Buchanan (R) 17:Greg Steube (R) 18:Scott Franklin (R) 19:Byron Donalds (R) 20:Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D) 21:Brian Mast (R) 22:Lois Frankel (D) 23:Jared Moskowitz (D) 24:Frederica Wilson (D) 25:Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D) 26:Mario Díaz-Balart (R) 27:Maria Elvira Salazar (R) 28:Carlos A. Giménez (R)
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TheFlorida House of Representatives is thelower house of theFlorida Legislature, thestate legislature of theU.S. state ofFlorida, theFlorida Senate being theupper house. Article III, Section 1 of theConstitution of Florida, adopted in 1968, defines the role of the Legislature and how it is to be constituted.^[2] The House is composed of 120 members, each elected from asingle-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.

TheRepublicans hold a supermajority in the State House with 86 seats;Democrats are in the minority with 32 seats. Two seats are vacant.

House members are limited to four consecutive terms.^[3] 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.^[4]

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.^[5]

Each year during which the Legislature meets constitutes a new 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.^[5]

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.^[6]

*Elected in a special election.

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'sThe Florida Handbook (various years, published every two years for many years).

• C. A. Roberts (1903–1973), Florida state legislator

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