List of Florida state legislatures

The legislature of the U.S. state of Florida has convened many times since statehood became effective on March 3, 1845.

Politics of Florida

Constitution and law

* United States Constitution
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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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* Supreme Court
* Chief Justice: Carlos G. Muñiz
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* Marco Rubio (R)
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* 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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History of Florida

Map of Florida et Regiones Vicinae from ca. 1640

Topics

* Cities

* Bartow
* Fort Lauderdale
* Gainesville
* Key West
* Sarasota
* St. Augustine
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* Ybor City

* Counties

* Brevard County
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* Politics

* Women's suffrage in Florida

Timeline

* Pre-history, until 1497
* Spanish Rule, 1513–1763
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* American Revolutionary War, 1775–1783
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* War of 1812, 1811–1814
* First Seminole War, 1817–1818
* U.S. Territorial Period, 1822–1845:
* Capitol moved to Tallahassee, 1824
* Second Seminole War, 1835–1842
* Constitutional convention, 1838
* Statehood, 1845–present:
* Third Seminole War, 1855–1858
* Ordinance of Secession, 1861
* Civil War, 1861–1865
* 3rd Constitution, 1865
* Reconstruction, 1865–1868
* 4th Constitution, 1868
* 5th Constitution, 1885
* Great Migration, 1910–1930
* Land Boom, 1925–1929
* 6th Constitution, 1968
* Gore v. Harris, Presidential Election, 2000
* COVID-19 pandemic, 2020–2022

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## Legislatures

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Name[1] | Start date[2] | End date  | Last election

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Florida Constitution of 1838[citation needed]
?  | 1845[3] |  |
Florida Constitution of 1861[citation needed]
12th General Assembly[3] | 1862  | 1863  |
Florida Constitution of 1868[citation needed]
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Florida Constitution of 1885[citation needed]
1887-1888 Florida Legislature  |  |  | November 1886
1889-1890 Florida Legislature  |  |  | November 1888
1891-1892 Florida Legislature  |  |  | November 1890
1893-1894 Florida Legislature  |  |  | November 1892
1895-1896 Florida Legislature  |  |  | November 1894
1897-1898 Florida Legislature  |  |  | November 1896
1899-1900 Florida Legislature  | April 1, 1899[4] |  | November 1898
1901-1902 Florida Legislature  | April 1901[5] |  | November 1900
1903-1904 Florida Legislature  | April 1903  |  | November 1902
1905-1906 Florida Legislature  | April 1905  |  | November 1904
1907-1908 Florida Legislature  | April 1907  |  | November 1906
1909-1910 Florida Legislature  | April 1909  |  | November 1908
1911-1912 Florida Legislature  | April 1911  |  | November 1910
1913-1914 Florida Legislature  | April 1913  |  | November 1912
1915-1916 Florida Legislature  | April 1915  |  | November 1914
1917-1918 Florida Legislature  | April 1917  |  | November 1916
1919-1920 Florida Legislature  | April 1919  |  | November 1918
1921-1922 Florida Legislature  | April 1921  |  | November 1920
1923-1924 Florida Legislature  | April 1923  |  | November 1922
1925-1926 Florida Legislature  | April 1925  |  | November 1924
1927-1928 Florida Legislature  | April 1927  |  | November 1926
1929-1930 Florida Legislature  | April 1929  |  | November 1928
1931-1932 Florida Legislature  | April 1931  |  | November 1930
1933-1934 Florida Legislature  | April 1933  |  | November 1932
1935-1936 Florida Legislature  | April 1935  |  | November 1934
1937-1938 Florida Legislature  | April 1937  |  | November 1936
1939-1940 Florida Legislature  | April 1939  |  | November 1938
1941-1942 Florida Legislature  | April 1941  |  | November 1940
1943-1944 Florida Legislature  | April 1943  |  | November 1942
1945-1946 Florida Legislature  | April 1945[6] |  | November 1944
1947-1948 Florida Legislature  | April 1947  |  | November 1946
1949-1950 Florida Legislature  | April 1949[6] |  | November 1948
1951-1952 Florida Legislature  | April 1951[6] |  | November 1950
1953-1954 Florida Legislature  | April 1953[6] |  | November 1952
1955-1956 Florida Legislature  | April 1955[7] |  | November 1954
1957-1958 Florida Legislature  | April 1957  |  | November 1956
1959-1960 Florida Legislature  | April 1959  |  | November 1958
1961-1962 Florida Legislature  | April 1961  |  | November 1960
1963-1964 Florida Legislature  | April 1963  |  | November 1962
1965-1966 Florida Legislature  | April 1965  |  | November 1964
1967-1968 Florida Legislature  | April 1967  |  | November 1966
Florida Constitution of 1968[citation needed]
1969-1970 Florida Legislature[8] | April 1969  |  | November 1968
1971-1972 Florida Legislature[8] | April 1971  |  | November 1970
1973-1974 Florida Legislature[8] | April 1973  |  | November 1972
1975-1976 Florida Legislature[8] | April 1975  |  | November 1974
1977-1978 Florida Legislature[8] | April 1977  |  | November 1976
1979-1980 Florida Legislature[8] | April 1979  |  | November 1978[9]
1981-1982 Florida Legislature[8] | April 1981  |  | November 1980[9]
1983-1984 Florida Legislature[8] | April 1983  |  | November 1982[9]
1985-1986 Florida Legislature[8] | April 1985  |  | November 1984[9]
1987-1988 Florida Legislature[8] | April 1987  |  | November 1986[9]
1989-1990 Florida Legislature[8] | April 1989  |  | November 1988[9]
1991-1992 Florida Legislature[8] | March 1991  |  | November 1990[9]
1993-1994 Florida Legislature[8] | March 1993  |  | November 1992[9]
1995-1996 Florida Legislature[8] | March 1995  |  | November 1994[9]
1997-1998 Florida Legislature[8] | March 1997[10] |  | November 1996[9]
1999-2000 Florida Legislature[8] | March 1999  |  | November 1998[9]
2001-2002 Florida Legislature[8] | March 2001[11] |  | November 2000[9]
2003-2004 Florida Legislature[8] | March 2003  |  | November 2002[9]
2005-2006 Florida Legislature[8] | March 2005  |  | November 2004[9]
2007-2008 Florida Legislature[8] | March 2007  |  | November 2006[9]
2009-2010 Florida Legislature[8] | March 2009  |  | November 2008[9]
2011-2012 Florida Legislature[8] | March 2011  |  | November 2010[12][9]
2013-2014 Florida Legislature[8] | March 2013  |  | November 2012:[12][9] House
2015-2016 Florida Legislature[8] | March 2015  |  | November 2014:[12][9] House
2017-2018 Florida Legislature[8] | March 2017[12] |  | November 2016:[12][9] House
2019-2020 Florida Legislature[8] | March 2019[12] |  | November 2018:[12] House, Senate
2021-2022 Florida Legislature[8] | March 2021  |  | November 2020:[12] House, Senate
2023-2024 Florida Legislature[8] | March 2023  |  | November 2022:[12] House, Senate
2025-2026 Florida Legislature  | March 2025  |  | November 2024:[12] House, Senate

## See also

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* List of speakers of the Florida House of Representatives
* List of presidents of the Florida Senate
* List of governors of Florida
* Florida State Capitol
* Timeline of Florida history
* Lists of United States state legislative sessions

## References

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1. ^ "Membership of the Florida House of Representatives by County 1845-2024" (PDF), myfloridahouse.gov, retrieved August 16, 2024
2. ^ William C. Havard (1957), Your Florida legislature, Civic Information Series, University of Florida - via HathiTrust
3. ^ a b "Session Laws: Florida". HeinOnline. New York: William S. Hein & Co., Inc. Retrieved March 23, 2019. (subscription required)
4. ^ "Florida: Legislative Session", Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events...1899 - via HathiTrust
5. ^ "States and territories: general information", Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1901, New York, p. 407 - via Internet Archive, "Annual elections"
6. ^ a b c d Rules and committees of the House of Representatives of the State of Florida - via HathiTrust. 1945-1953
7. ^ Florida's government and the ... legislature 1955 - via HathiTrust
8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab "Senate Handbooks", flsenate.gov, retrieved August 16, 2024. 1970-2024
9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Election Results Archive", dos.fl.gov, Florida Department of State, retrieved August 16, 2024. 1978-present
10. ^ "Online Sunshine: The Official Guide to the State of Florida Legislature", leg.state.fl.us, archived from the original on October 10, 1997 - via Wayback Machine
11. ^ "Online Sunshine: The Official Guide to the State of Florida Legislature", leg.state.fl.us, archived from the original on November 20, 2002 - via Wayback Machine
12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Florida State Legislature". Ballotpedia.org. Retrieved August 6, 2024.

## Further reading

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* Pat Murphy (1917), Legislative blue book, 1917. "Through green glasses," being a historical sketch of legislatures of Florida for thirty years - via Internet Archive
* Sessions of the Florida Senate: From Statehood, 1845 - Present, 2013

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Florida Legislature.

* Florida Legislature. House journals, 1820s-present
* HathiTrust. Assorted items related to the Florida Legislature
* Florida Department of State, Division of Library and Information Services. Legislative History
* "Florida Legislative History". University of Florida Levin College of Law. (library guide)
* "Florida Resources: Statutes & Legislation". Research Guides: U.S. States. Georgetown University Law Library.
* "Guide to Law Online: U.S. Florida: Legislative", guides.loc.gov, Washington DC: Library of Congress
* Digital Public Library of America. Assorted materials related to Florida Legislature

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