Nonpartisan · Data from OpenStates / Plural Policy · Florida
Votes with Republicans
95%
on 22 party-line votes · Senate Republicans median 97%
Cast a vote
56%
Yea or Nay on 256 of 455 roll calls · Senate median 97%
Their bills that became law
3 of 17
as a primary sponsor, this session · Republicans median 3
Roll calls on record
455
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 Joe Gruters 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 Joe Gruters 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. Joe Gruters is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
1 of 22 party-line votes.
H0399 · Land Use and Development Regulations
Senate: Third Reading RCS#8 · 2026-03-13 · Failed 17–20 · most Republicans voted the other way
Closest votes they cast
Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.
H0399 · Land Use and Development Regulations
Senate: Third Reading RCS#8 · 2026-03-13 · Failed 17–20
S0632 · Transportation Network Company, Driver, and Vehicle Owner Insurance
Senate Banking and Insurance · 2026-02-11 · Passed 6–3
S0086 · Commercial Motor Vehicles Operated by Unauthorized Aliens
Senate Fiscal Policy · 2026-02-18 · Passed 13–6
S1756 · Medical Freedom
Senate: Third Reading RCS#4 · 2026-03-09 · Passed 23–15
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#34 · 2026-03-05 · Passed 21–13
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.
Shev JonesDemocrat · District 34 · 26 shared contested votes
38%
Darryl RousonDemocrat · District 16 · 24 shared contested votes
38%
Mack BernardDemocrat · District 24 · 26 shared contested votes
35%
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 (199 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Joe Gruters 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.
Introduced17
Out of committee4
Passed one chamber4
Passed both chambers3
Became law3
Never left committee3
For comparison, the median Republican member of the Senate has 3 bills that became law this session.
Citizens Property Insurance Corporation
In plain English Limits Citizens Property Insurance Corporation's new commercial coverage and requires it to establish a clearinghouse to help match personal insurance applicants with private insurers.
Official synopsis: Prohibiting the corporation from issuing new coverage for commercial residential and commercial nonresidential risks under certain circumstances; requiring the corporation to establish a personal lines clearinghouse for specified purposes; revising the rights and responsibilities the corporation has in establishing the program; requiring that certain risk…
Became lawChapter No. 2026-150 · 2026-06-17
Recovery Residences
In plain English Requires the Department of Children and Families to use a lower background screening level for certain individuals and allows licensed service providers to refuse admissions during probationary licensing under certain conditions.
Official synopsis: Requiring the Department of Children and Families to require only a level 2 background screening for certain individuals under certain circumstances; prohibiting the department from requiring certain existing licensed service providers to admit individuals for services during the probationary licensing period if certain requirements and…
Became lawChapter No. 2026-123 · 2026-06-12
Specialty License Plates
Requiring certain organizations that have an approved specialty license plate to submit within a specified timeframe certain financial information to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; prohibiting specialty license plate annual use fees or interest earned from such fees from being distributed to…
Became lawChapter No. 2026-30 · 2026-04-13
Licensure of Medical Spas
Creating the "Medical Spa Prescription Drug Oversight Act"; requiring medical spas to be licensed under certain circumstances; requiring the Board of Pharmacy to maintain a public database of licensed medical spas; providing that submission of an application for licensure by a medical spa constitutes permission…
FailedDied in Health Policy · 2026-03-13
Causes of Action Based on Improvements to Real Property
Revising the time in which an action founded on the design, planning, or construction of an improvement to real property shall be commenced; revising the date on which the statute of limitations period for such action begins; defining the terms "completion of the improvement" and…
FailedDied in Judiciary · 2026-03-13
Activities of Special Districts
Authorizing certain special districts meeting particular criteria to jointly enter into, participate in, establish, and control specified joint relationships or collaborations anywhere within the boundaries of either or all such special districts; establishing state action immunity; authorizing such districts to exercise such powers regardless of…
FailedDied in Community Affairs · 2026-03-13
Trust Funds/Florida Cryptocurrency Reserve
Creating the Florida Cryptocurrency Reserve, a trust fund, within the office of the Chief Financial Officer; providing for the source of funds and the purpose of the reserve; providing for future review and termination or re-creation of the reserve, etc.
FailedDied in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government · 2026-03-13
Florida Strategic Cryptocurrency Reserve
Creating the "Florida Strategic Cryptocurrency Reserve Act"; authorizing the Chief Financial Officer to take certain actions in administering and managing the Florida Strategic Cryptocurrency Reserve; authorizing payment of the reasonable cost of administering and managing the reserve from a specified source; authorizing the Chief Financial…
FailedDied in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government · 2026-03-13
Florida Kratom Consumer Protection Act
Requiring that finished kratom products sold to consumers at certain establishments meet certain requirements; requiring that kratom products be manufactured only by a processor who holds a certain permit issued by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; providing requirements for finished kratom products produced…
FailedDied in Commerce and Tourism · 2026-03-13
Smoking in Public Places
Defining the term "public place"; revising the definition of the terms "smoking" and "vape" or "vaping"; prohibiting smoking or vaping a marijuana product in public places in this state, with exceptions, etc.
FailedDied in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government · 2026-03-13
Community Association Management
Requiring certain community associations to contract with a community association management firm or a community association manager certified by the Community Association Managers International Certification Board as a Certified Manager of Community Associations or by the Community Associations Institute as an Association Management Specialist or…
FailedDied in Judiciary · 2026-03-13
Public Accountancy
Authorizing the Board of Accountancy to competitively procure contracted services with certain corporations not for profit for the performance of certain duties assigned to the Division of Certified Public Accounting of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation; revising the education and work experience requirements…
FailedDied in Messages · 2026-03-13
Relief of L.P. by the Department of Children and Families
Providing for the relief of L.P., a minor, by the Department of Children and Families; providing an appropriation to compensate L.P. for injuries and damages sustained due to the negligence of employees and caseworkers of the department; providing a limitation on compensation and the payment…
FailedDied in Special Master on Claim Bills · 2026-03-13
Relief of H.H. by the Department of Children and Families
Providing for the relief of H.H. by the Department of Children and Families; providing an appropriation to compensate H.H. for injuries and damages sustained as a result of the negligence of the department; providing legislative intent; providing a limitation on compensation and the payment of…
FailedDied in Special Master on Claim Bills · 2026-03-13
Legal Tender
Ratifying specified rules relating to legal tender for the sole and exclusive purpose of satisfying any condition on effectiveness pursuant to chapter 2025-100, Laws of Florida, etc.
Not out of committeeLaid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 1311 · 2026-03-06
“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)
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 455 total roll-call votes this session).
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