Nonpartisan · Data from OpenStates / Plural Policy · Florida
Republican
· Representative
Lauren Melo
Represents District 82 in the House of Representatives.
Votes with Republicans
100%
on 96 party-line votes · House Republicans median 99%
Cast a vote
93%
Yea or Nay on 498 of 535 roll calls · House median 95%
Their bills that became law
0 of 7
as a primary sponsor, this session · Republicans median 2
Roll calls on record
535
2026 Regular Session
Votes and bills updated Oct 10, 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 Lauren Melo 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 Lauren Melo sits in the House
Each dot is one member of the House, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. Lauren Melo is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
0 of 96 party-line votes.
They voted with most Republicans on every party-line vote this session.
Closest votes they cast
Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.
H0923 · Recovery Residences
House Human Services Subcommittee · 2026-02-12 · Passed 10–4
H0221 · Minimum Wage Requirements
House Careers & Workforce Subcommittee · 2026-02-04 · Passed 11–5
H0529 · Community-based Care Lead Agency and Subcontractor Liability
House Human Services Subcommittee · 2026-02-12 · Passed 11–4
H1279 · Education
In plain English Requires disclosure of free alternatives for blind services, changes vocational rehabilitation registration to application process, adjusts therapy licensing dates, revises virtual instruction requirements, redefines educational emergencies, and makes various other education policy changes.
House Careers & Workforce Subcommittee · 2026-01-28 · Passed 12–5
H0375 · Autonomous Practice by a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
House Health & Human Services Committee · 2026-01-21 · Passed 16–8
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.
Kim DanielsDemocrat · District 14 · 57 shared contested votes
79%
Jose AlvarezDemocrat · District 46 · 86 shared contested votes
50%
Debra TendrichDemocrat · District 89 · 70 shared contested votes
41%
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 (37 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Lauren Melo 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.
Introduced7
Out of committee1
Passed one chamber1
Passed both chambers0
Became law0
Never left committee3
For comparison, the median Republican member of the House has 2 bills that became law this session.
Veterinary Medicine
Defines "veterinary professional associate"; increases amount of time for which prescriptions based solely on veterinary telehealth evaluation may be issued for certain drugs; revises applicability of certain exemptions; provides requirements for veterinary professional associates to receive certificates of registration from DBPR; requires department to make…
FailedDied in Rules · 2026-03-13
Noncriminal Traffic Infractions Resulting in Vehicle Crashes
Provides specified penalties & requires hearing for certain infractions which resulted in crash with another vehicle; requires persons convicted of certain infractions which resulted in crash with another vehicle to carry higher bodily injury or death coverage limits for specified time period; provides exception.
FailedDied in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee · 2026-03-13
Prohibited Sex-reassignment Prescriptions and Procedures
Prohibits person from knowingly aiding or abetting health care practitioner to participate in specified violation; authorizes Attorney General to conduct investigation & bring civil action against health care practitioner or other person; provides for damages, injunctive relief, & civil penalties; provides that any damages collected…
Not out of committeeDied on Second Reading Calendar · 2026-03-13
Ave Maria Stewardship Community District, Collier County
Revises boundaries of district; revises provisions relating to revenue collections & to systems, facilities, & services.
FailedDied in Ways & Means Committee · 2026-03-13
Public Adjuster Contracts
Authorizes certain persons to rescind contract for public adjuster services; clarifies acts that may subject public adjuster or public adjuster apprentice to discipline.
FailedDied in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee · 2026-03-13
Blue Ribbon Projects
Requires that development project meet certain requirements to qualify as blue ribbon project; requires blue ribbon project to have blue ribbon plan; requires project to receive dollar-for-dollar credits from local government; provides that certain easements or property must be granted without charge; requires landowner to…
Not out of committeeDied on Second Reading Calendar · 2026-03-13
Unlicensed Practice of Engineering
Provides penalties for persons found to have repeatedly engaged in unlicensed practice of engineering.
Not out of committeeLaid on Table, refer to CS/CS/SB 800 · 2026-03-11
Descriptions are the legislature’s own synopsis. Bill data from LegiScan, CC BY 4.0.
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S1668 · 2026-03-13
Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association (House: Third Reading RCS#852)
H0905 · 2026-03-13
Foreign Influence (House: Third Reading RCS#853)
H0399 · 2026-03-13
Land Use and Development Regulations (House: Third Reading RCS#858)
H1279 · 2026-03-13
Education (House: Third Reading RCS#855)
S7040 · 2026-03-13
Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund/Executive Office of the Governor (House: Third Reading RCS#860)
H1087 · 2026-03-12
Pub. Rec./Office of Financial Regulation (House: Third Reading RCS#830)
H1329 · 2026-03-12
Local Government Finances (House: Third Reading RCS#831)
H0925 · 2026-03-12
Clerks of the Court (House: Third Reading RCS#822)
H1443 · 2026-03-12
Parkinson's Disease Registry (House: Third Reading RCS#835)
H1417 · 2026-03-12
Department of Environmental Protection (House: Third Reading RCS#826)
H7031 · 2026-03-12
Internal Revenue Code (House: Third Reading RCS#840)
H1503 · 2026-03-12
Computer Science Education and Certification (House: Third Reading RCS#816)
H1085 · 2026-03-12
Local Government Cyber Security (House: Third Reading RCS#817)
H1073 · 2026-03-12
Public Education (House: Third Reading RCS#836)
H0145 · 2026-03-12
Claims Against the Government (House: Third Reading RCS#823)
H0755 · 2026-03-12
Areas of Critical State Concern (House: Third Reading RCS#827)
H0757 · 2026-03-12
School Safety (House: Third Reading RCS#834)
H0245 · 2026-03-12
Child Pornography Terminology (House: Third Reading RCS#824)
H0273 · 2026-03-12
Special District Funding (House: Third Reading RCS#832)
H1471 · 2026-03-12
Systems of Law and Terrorist Organizations (House: Third Reading RCS#820)
H1515 · 2026-03-12
Pub. Rec./Uterine Fibroid Research Database (House: Third Reading RCS#839)
H1031 · 2026-03-12
Customer Service Callback Queues (House: Third Reading RCS#833)
H0625 · 2026-03-12
Justice Administrative Commission (House: Third Reading RCS#825)
H1473 · 2026-03-12
Pub. Rec./Terrorist Organizations (House: Third Reading RCS#821)
S0628 · 2026-03-12
Transportation Facility Designations (House: Third Reading RCS#844)
H0589 · 2026-03-12
Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal System Permits (House: Third Reading RCS#829)
H1389 · 2026-03-12
Affordable Housing (House: Third Reading RCS#846)
H0803 · 2026-03-12
Building Permits and Inspections (House: Third Reading RCS#841)
H1451 · 2026-03-12
Utility Services (House: Third Reading RCS#845)
H0327 · 2026-03-12
Uterine Fibroid Research Database (House: Third Reading RCS#838)
H0505 · 2026-03-12
Virtual Currency Kiosks (House: Third Reading RCS#842)
H0697 · 2026-03-12
Drug Prices and Coverage (House: Third Reading RCS#837)
H1019 · 2026-03-12
Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (House: Third Reading RCS#828)
S0474 · 2026-03-12
Military Affairs (House: Third Reading RCS#849)
S0182 · 2026-03-12
Education (House: Third Reading RCS#850)
H0991 · 2026-03-12
Elections (House: Third Reading RCS#847)
S0598 · 2026-03-12
Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services (House: Third Reading RCS#848)
S0688 · 2026-03-11
Naturopathic Medicine (House: Third Reading RCS#783)
S0156 · 2026-03-11
Criminal Offenses Against Law Enforcement Officers and Other Personnel (House: Third Reading RCS#781)
S0182 · 2026-03-11
Education (House: Third Reading RCS#791)
S0800 · 2026-03-11
Engineering (House: Third Reading RCS#794)
S0212 · 2026-03-11
Sexual Offenders and Sexual Predators (House: Third Reading RCS#796)
S0014 · 2026-03-11
Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County (House: Third Reading RCS#807)
S1568 · 2026-03-11
Use of Digital Currency by the Department of Financial Services (House: Third Reading RCS#808)
S0288 · 2026-03-11
Rural Electric Cooperatives (House: Third Reading RCS#813)
S1580 · 2026-03-11
Illegal Gaming (House: Third Reading RCS#788)
S1220 · 2026-03-11
Transportation (House: Third Reading RCS#785)
S1690 · 2026-03-11
Child Care and Early Learning Services (House: Third Reading RCS#800)
S0484 · 2026-03-11
Data Centers (House: Third Reading RCS#809)
S0052 · 2026-03-11
Security Services at Places of Worship (House: Third Reading RCS#795)
S0962 · 2026-03-11
Affordable Housing (House: Third Reading RCS#786)
S0686 · 2026-03-11
Agricultural Enclaves (House: Third Reading RCS#792)
S1062 · 2026-03-11
Speech and Debate Education (House: Third Reading RCS#784)
S0578 · 2026-03-11
Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Initiative (House: Third Reading RCS#803)
S0386 · 2026-03-11
Farm Equipment (House: Third Reading RCS#797)
S0848 · 2026-03-11
Stormwater Treatment (House: Third Reading RCS#805)
S0124 · 2026-03-11
Florida Virtual School (House: Third Reading RCS#811)
S1452 · 2026-03-11
Department of Financial Services (House: Third Reading RCS#799)
S0844 · 2026-03-11
Sickle Cell Disease Care Management and Treatment Continuing Education (House: Third Reading RCS#814)
S1614 · 2026-03-11
Enforcement of the Florida Building Code (House: Third Reading RCS#789)
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 535 total roll-call votes this session).
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District Office
📍Harmon Turner Building 3299 Tamiami Trail E., Suite 212, Naples, FL 34112
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