Nonpartisan · Data from OpenStates / Plural Policy · Florida
Votes with Republicans
94%
on 52 party-line votes · Senate Republicans median 97%
Cast a vote
91%
Yea or Nay on 672 of 742 roll calls · Senate median 97%
Their bills that became law
3 of 19
as a primary sponsor, this session · Republicans median 3
Roll calls on record
742
2026 Regular Session
Votes and bills updated Oct 4, 2026 from LegiScan (CC BY 4.0), which republishes the legislature’s own records. Profile details from OpenStates / Plural Policy. Figures cover 2026 Regular Session.
How Corey Simon votes
A party-line vote is a roll call where most voting Democrats and most voting Republicans took opposite sides. Absences and not-voting are never counted. Same method as our Congress pages.
Where Corey Simon sits in the Senate
Each dot is one member of the Senate, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. Corey Simon is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
3 of 52 party-line votes.
S1296 · Public Employees Relations Commission
In plain English Revises rules for the Public Employees Relations Commission regarding subpoenas, employee organization registration, election procedures, bargaining unit petitions, and filing charges.
Senate: Third Reading RCS#33 · 2026-03-06 · Passed 20–14 · most Republicans voted the other way
S1298 · Public Records/Public Employees Relations Commission
Senate Fiscal Policy · 2026-03-02 · Failed 8–10 · most Republicans voted the other way
S1118 · Public Records/Data Centers
Senate Rules · 2026-02-17 · Passed 16–8 · most Republicans voted the other way
Closest votes they cast
Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.
S1298 · Public Records/Public Employees Relations Commission
Senate Fiscal Policy · 2026-03-02 · Failed 8–10
S1296 · Public Employees Relations Commission
In plain English Revises rules for the Public Employees Relations Commission regarding subpoenas, employee organization registration, election procedures, bargaining unit petitions, and filing charges.
Senate Fiscal Policy · 2026-03-02 · Failed 10–8
S1634 · Public Records/Chief of Domestic Security
Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice · 2026-02-25 · Passed 5–3
S1632 · Ideologies Inconsistent with American Principles
Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice · 2026-02-25 · Passed 5–3
S0536 · Criteria for Determining Criminal Gang Membership
Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice · 2026-02-25 · Passed 5–3
Democrats they vote with most
Share of contested roll calls (the losing side got at least 10%) where both voted and landed on the same side. Unanimous votes are left out, because on those everyone agrees.
Darryl RousonDemocrat · District 16 · 44 shared contested votes
50%
Mack BernardDemocrat · District 24 · 51 shared contested votes
49%
Shev JonesDemocrat · District 34 · 51 shared contested votes
37%
Their session, month by month
Dark bars are roll calls they were recorded on each month; the red part is the ones without a Yea or Nay (70 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Corey Simon was a primary sponsor of this session. Most bills from either party never leave committee; in Illinois many never get past the Assignments or Rules committee.
Introduced19
Out of committee7
Passed one chamber7
Passed both chambers3
Became law3
Never left committee5
For comparison, the median Republican member of the Senate has 3 bills that became law this session.
Extracurricular Activities
In plain English Allows school districts to fund extracurricular activities, changes student eligibility requirements, requires record-keeping, permits activity fees, and limits students from participating in such activities at two schools in one year unless meeting specified criteria.
Official synopsis: Authorizing district school boards to adopt policies for the use of certain funds to provide funding to specified persons relating to extracurricular activities; revising eligibility requirements for a student to participate in an interscholastic or intrascholastic extracurricular activity; requiring the athletic director or other appropriate…
Became lawChapter No. 2026-93 · 2026-05-26
Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Initiative
In plain English Requires the Department of Elderly Affairs to contract for developing and implementing an Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Initiative with specified requirements.
Official synopsis: Requiring the Department of Elderly Affairs to contract for the development and implementation of the Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Initiative; providing requirements for the initiative; providing requirements for the entity with which the department contracts to develop and implement the initiative, etc.
Became lawChapter No. 2026-83 · 2026-05-22
FSU Day at the Capitol
Commending Florida State University for its achievements as a national leader in academics, research, and student excellence and designating January 21, 2026, as "FSU Day at the Capitol", etc.
FailedDied, not introduced · 2026-03-13
Cooling Towers
Requiring owners of cooling towers to register their cooling tower, domestic water tank, or supplemental disinfection water system with the Department of Health; requiring owners of cooling towers, domestic water holding tanks, or supplemental disinfection systems to report, beginning on a specified date, specified information…
FailedDied in Health Policy · 2026-03-13
Practice of Chiropractic Medicine
Revising the definition of the term "practice of chiropractic medicine"; authorizing chiropractic physicians to possess, prescribe, and administer vitamins, nutrient preparations, homeopathic remedies, dietary supplements, and prescription epinephrine, by specified means; requiring chiropractic physicians to be certified by the Board of Chiropractic Medicine to administer…
FailedDied in Health Policy · 2026-03-13
Sealing of Criminal History Records
Providing that persons adjudicated guilty of certain misdemeanor offenses are eligible to petition a court to seal the criminal history record of such offenses; revising certain eligibility criteria to provide that a person is eligible to petition the court to seal a criminal history record…
FailedDied in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice · 2026-03-13
Public Records/Sealed Criminal History Records
Expanding an existing public records exemption to include sealed criminal history records of persons adjudicated guilty of certain acts or nonviolent misdemeanor offenses; authorizing disclosure of criminal history records to a state attorney for a specified purpose; providing for future review and repeal of the…
FailedDied in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice · 2026-03-13
Roofing Requirements for Property Insurance
Revising the definition of the term "authorized inspector" to include certain roof consultants and roof observers; prohibiting an insurer from refusing to issue or renew a property insurance policy, rather than a homeowner's policy, insuring a residential structure that has a roof less than a…
FailedDied in Banking and Insurance · 2026-03-13
Administrative Efficiency in Public Schools
Exempting district school boards from requirements for adopting certain rules; deleting a requirement for a district school board to employ an internal auditor in certain circumstances; revising requirements relating to district school board attendance policies for Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Programs; prohibiting a school from being…
FailedDied in Messages · 2026-03-13
Rural Communities
Requiring the state land planning agency to give preference for technical assistance funding to local governments located in a rural area of opportunity; revising the conditions required for a county to be considered a fiscally constrained county; creating the Office of Rural Prosperity within the…
FailedDied in Messages · 2026-03-13
State Lotteries
Revising the powers and duties of the Department of the Lottery; revising the information required to be provided to the department by persons who submit a bid, a proposal, or an offer to negotiate a contract for major procurement; authorizing the Division of Security's sworn…
FailedDied in Messages · 2026-03-13
Department of Law Enforcement
Authorizing the Department of Law Enforcement to adopt rules relating to the Florida Medal of Valor and the Florida Blue/Red Heart Medal; specifying the circumstances under which an appointment or reappointment to the Medical Examiners Commission is considered in force; requiring the commission, rather than…
FailedDied in returning Messages · 2026-03-13
Public Records/State Retirement Plan/Division of Retirement
Providing an exemption from public records requirements for all records identifying participants in any state retirement plan administered by the Division of Retirement of the Department of Management Services and held by the division or the State Board of Administration; providing for future legislative review…
FailedDied in Governmental Oversight and Accountability · 2026-03-13
Clerks of the Court
Authorizing the cumulative excess of funds to be used in the development of the total combined budgets of the clerks of the court; requiring that a court use certain sale procedures in a foreclosure action; providing that only a clerk of court may conduct a…
Not out of committeeLaid on Table, refer to CS/HB 925 · 2026-03-11
Forensic Services for Certain Defendants
Revising the definition of the term "forensic client" or "client", etc.
Not out of committeeLaid on Table, refer to HB 569 · 2026-03-04
“In plain English” lines are written by ThePolitibase with AI (Claude), from the official synopsis only; the synopsis is the authoritative text. Descriptions are the legislature’s own synopsis. Bill data from LegiScan, CC BY 4.0.
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S0628 · 2026-03-13
Transportation Facility Designations (Senate: Third Reading RCS#2)
H1389 · 2026-03-13
Affordable Housing (Senate: Third Reading RCS#3)
H1451 · 2026-03-13
Utility Services (Senate: Third Reading RCS#4)
H1279 · 2026-03-13
Education (Senate: Third Reading RCS#5)
S0484 · 2026-03-13
Data Centers (Senate: Third Reading RCS#6)
H0399 · 2026-03-13
Land Use and Development Regulations (Senate: Third Reading RCS#8)
H0399 · 2026-03-13
Land Use and Development Regulations (Senate: Third Reading RCS#9)
S0572 · 2026-03-12
Ethics for Public Officers and Employees (Senate: Third Reading RCS#3)
S0474 · 2026-03-12
Military Affairs (Senate: Third Reading RCS#6)
H0425 · 2026-03-12
Historic Cemeteries Program (Senate: Third Reading RCS#8)
H0991 · 2026-03-12
Elections (Senate: Third Reading RCS#4)
S0182 · 2026-03-12
Education (Senate: Third Reading RCS#5)
H0733 · 2026-03-12
Department of Health (Senate: Third Reading RCS#12)
S0288 · 2026-03-12
Rural Electric Cooperatives (Senate: Third Reading RCS#19)
S1062 · 2026-03-12
Speech and Debate Education (Senate: Third Reading RCS#7)
H0035 · 2026-03-12
Habitual Traffic Offender Designation (Senate: Third Reading RCS#10)
H0929 · 2026-03-12
Local Government Regulation of Chickees (Senate: Third Reading RCS#9)
S0118 · 2026-03-12
Assessments Levied on Recreational Vehicle Parks (Senate: Third Reading RCS#2)
S1452 · 2026-03-12
Department of Financial Services (Senate: Third Reading RCS#21)
S1246 · 2026-03-12
Linking Industry to Nursing Education Fund (Senate: Third Reading RCS#15)
S1668 · 2026-03-12
Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association (Senate: Third Reading RCS#18)
H1085 · 2026-03-12
Local Government Cyber Security (Senate: Third Reading RCS#20)
H0905 · 2026-03-12
Foreign Influence (Senate: Third Reading RCS#13)
H0851 · 2026-03-12
Professional Learning for Instructional and School Administrative Personnel (Senate: Third Reading RCS#17)
H0589 · 2026-03-11
Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal System Permits (Senate: Third Reading RCS#7)
H0925 · 2026-03-11
Clerks of the Court (Senate: Third Reading RCS#5)
H1085 · 2026-03-11
Local Government Cyber Security (Senate: Third Reading RCS#4)
H0679 · 2026-03-11
Registration of Trademarks (Senate: Third Reading RCS#6)
H0991 · 2026-03-11
Elections (Senate: Third Reading RCS#8)
H0355 · 2026-03-11
Health Care Patient Protection (Senate: Third Reading RCS#2)
H1121 · 2026-03-11
Aging and Disability Services (Senate: Third Reading RCS#10)
S0246 · 2026-03-11
Specialty License Plates (Senate: Third Reading RCS#15)
H1113 · 2026-03-11
Pub. Rec./Crime Victims (Senate: Third Reading RCS#3)
H4065 · 2026-03-11
West Palm Beach Firefighters Pension Fund, Palm Beach County (Senate: Third Reading RCS#48)
H4051 · 2026-03-11
Pace Fire Rescue District, Santa Rosa County (Senate: Third Reading RCS#41)
S1602 · 2026-03-11
Housing for Veterans (Senate: Third Reading RCS#21)
H4053 · 2026-03-11
Avalon Beach-Mulat Fire Protection District, Santa Rosa County (Senate: Third Reading RCS#42)
H4017 · 2026-03-11
Nassau County (Senate: Third Reading RCS#27)
H4091 · 2026-03-11
Sarasota and Manatee Counties (Senate: Third Reading RCS#57)
H4059 · 2026-03-11
Compensation for Health Care Services for Inmates in Polk County (Senate: Third Reading RCS#45)
S0628 · 2026-03-11
Transportation Facility Designations (Senate: Third Reading RCS#22)
H4007 · 2026-03-11
Martin County (Senate: Third Reading RCS#64)
H4081 · 2026-03-11
Eastpoint Water and Sewer District, Franklin County (Senate: Third Reading RCS#53)
H4043 · 2026-03-11
Citrus County Hospital Board, Citrus County (Senate: Third Reading RCS#37)
H4047 · 2026-03-11
Lee County Tourist Development Council, Lee County (Senate: Third Reading RCS#39)
H4079 · 2026-03-11
Marion County (Senate: Third Reading RCS#52)
H4037 · 2026-03-11
Pasco County Mosquito Control District, Pasco County (Senate: Third Reading RCS#34)
H4001 · 2026-03-11
Jefferson County (Senate: Third Reading RCS#61)
S0178 · 2026-03-11
Athletics in Public K-12 Schools (Senate: Third Reading RCS#14)
H4035 · 2026-03-11
Palm Beach County (Senate: Third Reading RCS#33)
H1451 · 2026-03-11
Utility Services (Senate: Third Reading RCS#11)
S0488 · 2026-03-11
Transportation (Senate: Third Reading RCS#17)
H4071 · 2026-03-11
Palm Beach County (Senate: Third Reading RCS#50)
H4029 · 2026-03-11
Hillsborough County Charter (Senate: Third Reading RCS#31)
H4087 · 2026-03-11
Highlands County Hospital District (Senate: Third Reading RCS#55)
H4019 · 2026-03-11
Compensation for Health Care Services for Inmates in Lake County (Senate: Third Reading RCS#28)
H4011 · 2026-03-11
St. Lucie County Mosquito Control District, St. Lucie County (Senate: Third Reading RCS#65)
H4095 · 2026-03-11
Headwaters Water Control District, Indian River County (Senate: Third Reading RCS#59)
H4067 · 2026-03-11
Plantation Acres Improvement District, Broward County (Senate: Third Reading RCS#49)
H1217 · 2026-03-11
Prohibited Governmental Policies Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Senate: Third Reading RCS#23)
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