Florida Senate

Upper house of the Florida Legislature

Florida Senate

Florida Legislature
Type
Type|

Upper house

Term limits

| 2–3 terms (8 years)[a]
History
Founded| May 26, 1845; 180 years ago (1845-05-26)
Preceded by| Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida

New session started

| November 19, 2024; 6 months ago (2024-11-19)
Leadership

President

Ben Albritton (R)
since November 19, 2024

President pro tempore

Jason Brodeur (R)
since November 19, 2024

Majority Leader

Jim Boyd (R)
since November 19, 2024

Minority Leader

Lori Berman (D)
since April 24, 2025

Structure
Seats| 40

Political groups

| Majority

* Republican (27)

Minority

* Democratic (10)
* Independent (1)

Vacant

* Vacant (2)

Length of term

| 4 years[a]
Authority| Article III, Constitution of Florida
Salary| $29,697.00/year + per diem (Subsistence & Travel)[1]
Elections

Last election

| November 5, 2024
(20 seats)

Next election

| November 3, 2026
(20 seats)
Redistricting| Legislative control
Motto
In God We Trust
Meeting place
Senate Chamber
Florida Capitol
Tallahassee, Florida
Website
The Florida Senate
Constitution
Constitution of Florida
Rules
The Florida Senate Rules
Footnotes

1. ^ a b Every 10 years after redistricting, 20 senators are elected to 2 year terms.

Politics of Florida

Constitution and law

* 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)

Judiciary

* Supreme Court
* Chief Justice: Carlos G. Muñiz
* District courts of appeal
* Circuit courts
* County courts

Elections

* Political parties
* Democratic Party
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* Constitution Party
* Ecology Party
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* National minor parties
* Political party strength

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* Counties
* Municipalities

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)
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* 11: Daniel Webster (R)
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* 28: Carlos A. Giménez (R)

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The Florida Senate is the upper house of the Florida Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida, the Florida House of Representatives being the lower 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 Senate is composed of 40 members, each elected from a single-member district with a population of approximately 540,000 residents. The Senate Chamber is located in the State Capitol building.

The Republicans hold a supermajority in the chamber with 27 seats; Democrats are in the minority with 10 seats.[3] One seat is held by an independent, and two seats are vacant.

## Terms

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Article III of the Florida Constitution defines the terms for state legislators. The Constitution requires state senators from odd-numbered districts to be elected in the years that end in numbers that are multiples of four. Senators from even-numbered districts must be elected in even-numbered years, the numbers of which are not multiples of four.[4]

To reflect the results of the U.S. census and the redrawing of district boundaries, all seats are up for election in redistricting years, with some terms truncated as a result. Thus, senators in odd-numbered districts were elected to two-year terms in 2022 (following the 2020 census), and senators in even-numbered districts will be elected to two-year terms in 2032 (following the 2030 census).

### Term limits

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Candidates for re-election to the Florida Senate cannot appear on the ballot after serving for eight consecutive years. This was established by Amendment No. 9 (1992) affecting Article 6, Section 4 of the state Constitution.[4][5]

## Qualifications

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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.[2]

## Legislative session

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Coat of arms of the Florida Senate, adopted by the Florida Senate in 1972

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

### Regular legislative session

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The Florida Legislature meets in a 60-day regular legislative session each year. Regular 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 sessions at a time of its choosing.[4]

### Special session

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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 a special session, the Legislature may only address legislative business that is within the purpose or purposes stated in the proclamation calling the session.[4]

## Powers and process

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The Florida Statutes are the codified statutory laws of the state.[6]

### Leadership

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The Senate is headed by the Senate President, who controls the agenda along with the Speaker of the House and Governor.[citation needed]

* President: Ben Albritton (R)
* President Pro Tempore: Jason Brodeur (R)
* Majority Leader: Jim Boyd (R)
* Minority Leader: Lori Berman (D)

## Composition

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Affiliation  | Party

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

| Total  |

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|  |  |
Republican | Democratic | Independent | Vacant
End of 2020–22 legislature  | 23  | 16  | 0  | 39  | 1
Start of previous (2022–24) legislature  | 28  | 12  | 0  | 40  | 0
End of previous legislature
Start of current (2024–26) legislature  | 28  | 12  | 0  | 40  | 0
February 13, 2025[a] | 11  | 39  | 1
March 31, 2025[b] | 27  | 38  | 2
April 24, 2025[c] | 10  | 1
Latest voting share  | 71.1%  | 26.3%  | 2.6%  |

## Members, 2024–2026

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District | Name | Party | Residence | Counties represented | First elected[10] | Term up

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1 | Don Gaetz | Rep  | Crestview | Escambia, Santa Rosa, part of Okaloosa | 2024  | 2028
2 | Jay Trumbull | Rep  | Panama City | Bay, Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Walton Washington, part of Okaloosa | 2022  | 2026
3 | Corey Simon | Rep  | Tallahassee | Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Suwannee, Taylor, Wakulla | 2022  | 2028
4 | Clay Yarborough | Rep  | Jacksonville | Nassau, part of Duval | 2022  | 2026
5 | Tracie Davis | Dem  | Jacksonville | Part of Duval | 2022  | 2028
6 | Jennifer Bradley | Rep  | Fleming Island | Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Gilchrist, Union, part of Alachua | 2020  | 2026
7 | Tom Leek | Rep  | Ormond Beach | Flagler, Putnam, St. Johns, part of Volusia | 2024  | 2028
8 | Tom A. Wright | Rep  | New Smyrna Beach | Parts of Brevard and Volusia | 2018  | 2026
9 | Stan McClain | Rep  | Ocala | Alachua, Putnam, part of Marion | 2024  | 2028
10 | Jason Brodeur | Rep  | Sanford | Seminole, part of Orange | 2020  | 2026
11 | Blaise Ingoglia | Rep  | Spring Hill | Citrus, Hernando, Sumter, part of Pasco | 2022  | 2028
12 | Colleen Burton | Rep  | Lakeland | Part of Polk | 2022  | 2026
13 | Keith Truenow | Rep  | Tavares | Lake, part of Orange | 2024  | 2028
14 | Jay Collins | Rep  | Tampa | Part of Hillsborough | 2022  | 2026
15 | Vacant |  |  | Part of Orange |  | 2028
16 | Darryl Rouson | Dem  | St. Petersburg | Parts of Hillsborough and Pinellas | 2016  | 2026
17 | Carlos Guillermo Smith | Dem  | Orlando | Part of Orange | 2024  | 2028
18 | Nick DiCeglie | Rep  | Indian Rocks Beach | Part of Pinellas | 2022  | 2026
19 | Vacant |  |  | Part of Brevard |  | 2028
20 | Jim Boyd | Rep  | Bradenton | Parts of Hillsborough and Manatee | 2020  | 2026
21 | Ed Hooper | Rep  | Clearwater | Parts of Pasco and Pinellas | 2018  | 2028
22 | Joe Gruters | Rep  | Sarasota | Sarasota, part of Manatee | 2018  | 2026
23 | Danny Burgess | Rep  | Zephyrhills | Parts of Hillsborough and Pasco | 2020  | 2028
24 | Mack Bernard | Dem  | West Palm Beach | Part of Palm Beach | 2024*  | 2026
25 | Kristen Arrington | Dem  | Orlando | Osceola, part of Orange | 2024  | 2028
26 | Lori Berman | Dem  | Lantana | Part of Palm Beach | 2018*  | 2026
27 | Ben Albritton | Rep  | Wauchula | Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, parts of Lee and Polk | 2018  | 2028
28 | Kathleen Passidomo | Rep  | Naples | Collier, Hendry, part of Lee | 2016  | 2026
29 | Erin Grall | Rep  | Vero Beach | Glades, Highlands, Indian River, Okeechobee, part of St. Lucie | 2022  | 2028
30 | Tina Polsky | Dem  | Boca Raton | Parts of Broward and Palm Beach | 2020  | 2026
31 | Gayle Harrell | Rep  | Stuart | Martin, parts of Palm Beach and St. Lucie | 2018  | 2028
32 | Rosalind Osgood | Dem  | Fort Lauderdale | Part of Broward | 2022*  | 2026
33 | Jonathan Martin | Rep  | Fort Myers | Part of Lee | 2022  | 2028
34 | Shevrin Jones | Dem  | West Park | Part of Miami-Dade | 2020  | 2026
35 | Barbara Sharief | Dem  | Plantation | Part of Broward | 2024  | 2028
36 | Ileana Garcia | Rep  | Miami | Part of Miami-Dade | 2020  | 2026
37 | Jason Pizzo | Ind.  | North Miami Beach | Parts of Broward and Miami-Dade | 2018  | 2028
38 | Alexis Calatayud | Rep  | Miami | Part of Miami-Dade | 2022  | 2026
39 | Bryan Avila | Rep  | Hialeah | Part of Miami-Dade | 2022  | 2028
40 | Ana Maria Rodriguez | Rep  | Doral | Monroe, part of Miami-Dade | 2020  | 2026

*Elected in a special election.

## District map

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Districts and party composition of the Florida Senate after the 2024 elections

Democratic Party

Republican Party

## Past composition of the Senate

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Main article: Political party strength in Florida

## See also

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* Florida State Capitol
* Florida Senate Majority Office
* Government of Florida
* List of presidents of the Florida Senate
* List of Florida state legislatures
* Major parties:
* Florida Democratic Party
* Republican Party of Florida

## Notes

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1. ^ Democrat Geraldine Thompson (District 15) died.[7]
2. ^ Republican Randy Fine (District 19) resigned effective this date to run for Congress.[8]
3. ^ Jason Pizzo (District 37) changed party affiliation from Democrat to no party affiliation.[9]

## References

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1. ^ "The 2017 Florida Statutes F.S. 11.13 Compensation of members". Florida Legislature.
2. ^ a b "Florida Statutes". Florida Legislature. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
3. ^ "Senators". Florida Senate.
4. ^ a b c d "The Florida Constitution". Florida Legislature. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
5. ^ "Vote Yes On Amendment No. 9 To Begin Limiting Political Terms". Sun-Sentinel. October 27, 1992. Archived from the original on July 18, 2018. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
6. ^ "Statutes & Constitution: Online Sunshine". Florida Legislature. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
7. ^ Petro, Allison (February 13, 2025). "Florida State Senator Geraldine Thompson dies at 76, family says". WESH. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
8. ^ Berman, David (November 27, 2024). "Fine to run for Congress in Daytona Beach area; Mayfield seeks return to Florida Senate". Florida Today. Retrieved April 1, 2025.
9. ^ Ellenbogen, Romy (April 24, 2024). "Florida Senate Democratic leader drops party, switches to no-party affiliation". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved April 24, 2025.
10. ^ And previous terms of service, if any.

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Members of the Florida Senate

President
Ben Albritton (R)
President pro tempore
Jason Brodeur (R)
Majority Leader
Jim Boyd (R)
Minority Leader
Lori Berman (D)

1. ▌Don Gaetz (R)
2. ▌Jay Trumbull (R)
3. ▌Corey Simon (R)
4. ▌Clay Yarborough (R)
5. ▌Tracie Davis (D)
6. ▌Jennifer Bradley (R)
7. ▌Tom Leek (R)
8. ▌Tom A. Wright (R)
9. ▌Stan McClain (R)
10. ▌Jason Brodeur (R)
11. ▌Blaise Ingoglia (R)
12. ▌Colleen Burton (R)
13. ▌Keith Truenow (R)
14. ▌Jay Collins (R)
15. ▌Vacant
16. ▌Darryl Rouson (D)
17. ▌Carlos G. Smith (D)
18. ▌Nick DiCeglie (R)
19. ▌Vacant
20. ▌Jim Boyd (R)
21. ▌Ed Hooper (R)
22. ▌Joe Gruters (R)
23. ▌Danny Burgess (R)
24. ▌Mack Bernard (D)
25. ▌Kristen Arrington (D)
26. ▌Lori Berman (D)
27. ▌Ben Albritton (R)
28. ▌Kathleen Passidomo (R)
29. ▌Erin Grall (R)
30. ▌Tina Polsky (D)
31. ▌Gayle Harrell (R)
32. ▌Rosalind Osgood (D)
33. ▌Jonathan Martin (R)
34. ▌Shevrin Jones (D)
35. ▌Barbara Sharief (D)
36. ▌Ileana Garcia (R)
37. ▌Jason Pizzo (I)
38. ▌Alexis Calatayud (R)
39. ▌Bryan Avila (R)
40. ▌Ana Maria Rodriguez (R)

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