2025 Florida legislative session
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| 2025 Florida legislative session |
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| General information |
| Scheduled session start: March 4, 2025 Scheduled session end: June 16, 2025 |
| Leadership |
| Senate President Ben Albritton (R) House Speaker |
| Elections |
| Next Election: November 3, 2026 Last Election: November 5, 2024 |
| Previous legislative sessions |
| 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 |
| Other 2025 legislative sessions |
In 2025, the Florida State Legislature was scheduled to convene on March 4 and adjourn on June 16.
The legislators serving in this session took office following the 2024 elections. Republicans won a 28-12 majority in the Senate and a 85-35 majority in the House. The party also controlled the governorship, creating a Republican state government trifecta. At the start of the 2025 session, Florida was one of 20 state legislatures where Republicans had a veto-proof supermajority in both chambers.
Leadership in 2025
Florida State Senate
- Senate president: Ben Albritton (R)
- Majority leader: Jim Boyd (R)
- Minority leader: Jason Pizzo (D)
Florida House of Representatives
- Speaker of the House: Daniel Perez (R)
- Majority leader: Tyler Sirois (R)
- Minority leader: Fentrice Driskell (D)
Partisan control in 2025
- See also: State government trifectas
Florida was one of 23 Republican state government trifectas at the start of 2025 legislative sessions. A state government trifecta occurs when one political party holds the governor's office, a majority in the state Senate, and a majority in the state House. For more information about state government trifectas, click here.
Florida was also one of 20 state legislatures where Republicans had a veto-proof supermajority in both chambers. Veto overrides occur when a legislature votes to reverse a veto issued by an executive such as a governor or the president. If one party has a majority in a state legislature that is large enough to override a gubernatorial veto without any votes from members of the minority party, it is called a veto-proof majority or, sometimes, a supermajority. To read more about veto-proof supermajorities in state legislatures, click here.
The following tables show the partisan breakdown of the Florida State Legislature in the 2025 legislative session.
Florida State Senate
| Party | As of January 2025 | |
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| Democratic Party | 12 | |
| Republican Party | 28 | |
| Total | 40 | |
Florida House of Representatives
| Party | As of January 2025 | |
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| Democratic Party | 35 | |
| Republican Party | 85 | |
| Total | 120 | |
Regular session
The list below shows up to 25 pieces of legislation in the 2025 legislative session that most recently passed both chambers of the legislature, were signed by the governor, or were approved by the legislature in a veto override. If no bills are displayed below, no legislation has met these criteria yet in 2025. This information is provided by BillTrack50.
Legislation trackers
- See also: Legislation Trackers
Ballotpedia’s legislation trackers are your go-to resource for staying on top of key legislative topics. We capture any bill introduced on the topic across all of the 50 state legislatures, and we track the movement of the bill every step of the way. We provide real-time updates and translate legislative legalese into easily understandable language. As of the 2025 session, Ballotpedia provided tracking on the following topics. Click on the links below to view related bills from the 2025 session:
Standing legislative committees
A standing committee of a state legislature is a committee that exists on a more-or-less permanent basis, from legislative session to session, that considers and refines legislative bills that fall under the committee's subject matter.
At the beginning of the 2025 legislative session, there were 34 standing committees in Florida's state government, including five joint legislative committees, 19 state Senate committees, and 10 state House committees.
Joint legislative committees
- Collective Bargaining Committee
- Joint Administrative Procedures Committee
- Joint Committee on Public Counsel Oversight
- Joint Legislative Auditing Committee
- Joint Legislative Budget Commission
Senate committees
- Agriculture Committee
- Banking and Insurance Committee
- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Committee
- Commerce and Tourism Committee
- Community Affairs Committee
- Criminal Justice Committee
- Education Committee
- Environment and Natural Resources Committee
- Ethics and Elections Committee
- Finance and Tax Committee
- Governmental Oversight and Accountability Committee
- Health Policy Committee
- Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security
- Reapportionment Committee
- Regulated Industries Committee
- Senate Appropriations Committee
- Senate Judiciary Committee
- Senate Rules Committee
- Transportation Committee
House committees
- Commerce Committee
- Education & Employment Committee
- Health & Human Services Committee
- House Appropriations Committee
- House Judiciary Committee
- House Rules Committee
- Pandemics & Public Emergencies Committee
- Public Integrity & Elections Committee
- State Affairs Committee
- Ways and Means Committee
Legislatively referred constitutional amendments
In every state but Delaware, voter approval is required to enact a constitutional amendment. In each state, the legislature has a process for referring constitutional amendments before voters. In 18 states, initiated constitutional amendments can be put on the ballot through a signature petition drive. There are also many other types of statewide measures.
The methods by which the Florida Constitution can be amended:
The Florida Constitution provides five mechanisms for amending the state's constitution—a citizen-initiated process, a legislative process, a state constitutional convention process, and a commission-referral process with two commissions that have the power to refer amendments. Florida requires 60% supermajority vote for voters to approve constitutional amendments.
Article XI of the Florida Constitution provides for amendments to the constitution.
Initiative
- See also: Initiated constitutional amendment
An initiated constitutional amendment is a citizen-initiated ballot measure that amends a state's constitution. Eighteen (18) states allow citizens to initiate constitutional amendments.
In Florida, the number of signatures required for an initiated constitutional amendment is equal to 8% of the votes cast in the last presidential election. Proponents must obtain signatures equaling at least 8% of the district-wide vote in the most recent presidential election in at least half (14) of the state's 27 congressional districts. A 60% vote is required for voter approval. In 2006, voters passed an amendment for the 60% vote requirement.
Legislature
A 60% vote is required during one legislative session for the Florida State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 72 votes in the Florida House of Representatives and 24 votes in the Florida State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot. Amendments on the ballot must be approved by 60% of voters to pass.
Convention
According to Section 4 of Article XI of the Florida Constitution, a constitutional convention can be called through an initiative petition. Proponents must collect signatures equal to 15% of the total number of votes cast in the last presidential election.
Commission-referred constitutional amendments
- See also: Commission-referred ballot measure
According to Article XI of the Florida Constitution, the Florida Constitution Revision Commission can refer constitutional amendments to the ballot. The Constitution Revision Commission convenes every 20 years, beginning in 1977. The Florida Taxation and Budget Reform Commission is also empowered to refer constitutional amendments related to taxation and the state budget to the ballot. The Taxation and Budget Reform Commission convenes every 20 years beginning in 2007. Florida is the only state with commissions empowered to refer constitutional amendments to the ballot.
Historical partisan control
The table below depicts the historical trifecta status of Florida.
Florida Party Control: 1992-2024
One year of a Democratic trifecta • Twenty-six years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.
| Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
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| Governor | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | I | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| Senate | D | S | S | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| House | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
Historical Senate control
Republicans won control of the Florida State Senate in 1994. In 2024, they won a 28-12 majority.
The table below shows the partisan history of the Florida Senate following every general election from 1992 to 2024. All data from 2006 or earlier comes from Michael Dubin's Party Affiliations in the State Legislatures (McFarland Press, 2007). Data after 2006 was compiled by Ballotpedia staff.
Florida State Senate election results: 1992-2024
| Year | '92 | '94 | '96 | '98 | '00 | '02 | '04 | '06 | '08 | '10 | '12 | '14 | '16 | '18 | '20 | '22 | '24 |
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| Democrats | 20* | 19 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 12 |
| Republicans | 20* | 21 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 28 | 28 |
Before 1992
Democrats had controlled the Florida State Senate since the 1876 elections, which came in the aftermath of the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Historical House control
Republicans won control of the Florida House of Representatives in 1996. In 2024, they won an 85-35 majority.
The table below shows the partisan history of the Florida House following every general election from 1992 to 2024. All data from 2006 or earlier comes from Michael Dubin's Party Affiliations in the State Legislatures (McFarland Press, 2007). Data after 2006 was compiled by Ballotpedia staff.
Florida House of Representatives election results: 1992-2024
| Year | '92 | '94 | '96 | '98 | '00 | '02 | '04 | '06 | '08 | '10 | '12 | '14 | '16 | '18 | '20 | '22 | '24 |
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| Democrats | 71 | 63 | 59 | 48 | 43 | 39 | 36 | 41 | 44 | 39 | 46 | 37 | 41 | 47 | 42 | 35 | 35 |
| Republicans | 49 | 57 | 61 | 72 | 77 | 81 | 84 | 79 | 76 | 81 | 74 | 82 | 79 | 73 | 78 | 85 | 85 |
Before 1992
Before 1996, Democrats had controlled the Florida House of Representatives since the 1874 elections, which came in the aftermath of the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Analysis
Adopted legislation, 2013-2024
- See also: The State Legislative Decade - Florida
In 2024, Ballotpedia released analysis of bills enacted in each state in the preceding decade. The charts and table below detail legislation passed each year by party sponsorship.
See also
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