Nonpartisan · Data from OpenStates / Plural Policy · Florida
Votes with Democrats
89%
on 55 party-line votes · Senate Democrats median 94%
Cast a vote
94%
Yea or Nay on 665 of 709 roll calls · Senate median 97%
Their bills that became law
4 of 39
as a primary sponsor, this session · Democrats median 1
Roll calls on record
709
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 Shev Jones 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 Shev Jones 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. Shev Jones is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
6 of 55 party-line votes.
S0484 · Data Centers
In plain English Requires utilities to meet service standards for large data centers and restricts water permits for them under certain conditions, among other changes.
Senate: Third Reading RCS#6 · 2026-03-13 · Passed 31–6 · most Democrats voted the other way
H1451 · Utility Services
In plain English Requires municipalities to hold public meetings before providing utility services to other areas, and mandates reporting of utility service information to state regulators.
Senate: Third Reading RCS#4 · 2026-03-13 · Passed 30–6 · most Democrats voted the other way
H1451 · Utility Services
In plain English Requires municipalities to hold public meetings before providing utility services to other areas, and mandates reporting of utility service information to state regulators.
Senate: Third Reading RCS#11 · 2026-03-11 · Passed 29–6 · most Democrats voted the other way
H0429 · Criteria for Determining Criminal Gang Membership
In plain English Revises the definition of criminal gang member and defines gang-related language.
Senate: Third Reading RCS#11 · 2026-03-10 · Passed 29–9 · most Democrats voted the other way
S0086 · Commercial Motor Vehicles Operated by Unauthorized Aliens
Senate: Third Reading RCS#29 · 2026-03-06 · Passed 29–5 · most Democrats voted the other way
S7026 · OGSR/Trade Secret Held by an Agency
In plain English Modifies the exemption from public records requirements for trade secrets held by government agencies.
Senate Rules · 2026-02-03 · Passed 20–4 · most Democrats voted the other way
Closest votes they cast
Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.
S0354 · Blue Ribbon Projects
Senate Rules · 2026-03-03 · Failed 12–10
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
S1506 · Civil Litigation
Senate Rules · 2026-02-17 · Failed 11–13
S1320 · Tax Referenda
Senate Community Affairs · 2026-02-03 · Passed 5–3
Republicans 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.
Alexis CalatayudRepublican · District 38 · 42 shared contested votes
57%
Ileana GarciaRepublican · District 36 · 40 shared contested votes
45%
Joe GrutersRepublican · District 22 · 26 shared contested votes
38%
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 (44 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Shev Jones 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.
Introduced39
Out of committee4
Passed one chamber4
Passed both chambers4
Became law4
Never left committee1
For comparison, the median Democratic member of the Senate has 1 bills that became law this session.
Law Enforcement Officer Interactions with Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder
In plain English Requires the state to create a program helping law enforcement communicate with people with autism spectrum disorder, including developing an informational envelope and card, and establishing training for law enforcement.
Official synopsis: Requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to establish a program to improve communication between individuals with autism spectrum disorder and law enforcement officers under certain circumstances; requiring the department to develop and make available to individuals with autism spectrum disorder a certain…
Became lawChapter No. 2026-147 · 2026-06-17
Athletics in Public K-12 Schools
In plain English Requires high school athletic coaches to be allowed to use personal funds to support student welfare, with reporting to the athletic association.
Official synopsis: Requiring the Florida High School Athletic Association to adopt bylaws authorizing a head coach to support the welfare of a student by using personal funds to provide certain effects to the student; requiring the head coach to report such use of personal funds to the…
Became lawChapter No. 2026-90 · 2026-05-26
Education
In plain English Requires charter schools to keep students regardless of academic performance, mandates cursive writing instruction in certain grades, and establishes a teacher mentoring program, among other changes.
Official synopsis: Providing that students may not be dismissed from certain charter schools based on academic performance; requiring students in specified grades to receive instruction in cursive writing; requiring, subject to legislative appropriation, each district school board to adopt rules to require the display of portraits of…
Became lawChapter No. 2026-33 · 2026-04-21
Sickle Cell Disease Care Management and Treatment Continuing Education
Revising requirements for a continuing education course on prescribing controlled substances which health care practitioners are required to complete, etc.
Became lawChapter No. 2026-6 · 2026-03-30
Blood Testing Required Following Civilian-involved Shootings
Requiring a civilian to submit to a test of his or her blood within a certain timeframe after an incident if he or she discharges a firearm within this state resulting in an injury or a death; specifying the procedure for the testing; specifying consequences…
FailedDied in Criminal Justice · 2026-03-13
Official Records of Condominium Associations, Residential Cooperative Associations, and Homeowners' Associations
Revising the list of official records that a condominium association is required to maintain to include audio conference recordings; revising association meeting requirements and authorizing associations to use audioconferencing, in addition to videoconferencing, or to use both; revising the emergency powers of a condominium association…
FailedDied in Regulated Industries · 2026-03-13
Prohibitions Against Discriminatory Practices Relating to 340B Entities and 340B Drugs
Prohibiting drug manufacturers from engaging in certain acts relating to the acquisition of 340B drugs by and the delivery of such drugs to specified pharmacies; prohibiting health insurance issuers, pharmacy benefit managers, and other third-party payors, and agents thereof, from engaging in certain discriminatory acts…
FailedDied in Banking and Insurance · 2026-03-13
Serving as Personal Representative after a Felony Conviction
Creating an exception to allow a person convicted of a felony who is not currently incarcerated to serve as a personal representative if they have a specified relationship to the deceased in certain circumstances; requiring a court to consider certain criteria when determining if such…
FailedDied in Judiciary · 2026-03-13
Sexual Assault Education and Support
Citing this act as the "Safe Students and Survivors Act"; requiring school districts to appoint a districtwide sexual assault response liaison for specified purposes; establishing the Safe Students and Survivors Grant Program to be administered by the Department of Health; revising the required health instruction…
FailedDied in Education Pre-K – 12 · 2026-03-13
Pilot Program for Students with Reading Deficiencies
Creating the First Grade Summer Reading Immersion Pilot Program for a specified period of time; providing requirements for a student to be deemed at risk of having a reading deficiency; providing Department of Education and participating school district duties, etc.
FailedDied in Education Pre-K – 12 · 2026-03-13
Artificial Intelligence in Education
Requiring the State Board of Education to adopt statewide standards and policies for the use of artificial intelligence (AI); requiring the board to direct the department to provide specified teacher training; requiring the board to direct the department to review school district compliance with AI…
FailedDied in Education Pre-K – 12 · 2026-03-13
Business Development Incentives for Veterans and Military Spouses
Authorizing the Department of Revenue to provide specified state tax information to the Department of Veterans' Affairs and the Department of State under a specified condition; creating the "Florida Veterans and Military Spouses Business Development Act"; requiring the Department of State to waive all fees…
FailedDied in Finance and Tax · 2026-03-13
Universal Free School Breakfast and Lunch Program
Requiring the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, subject to the appropriation of funds by the Legislature, to establish and operate a program to provide universal free school breakfast and lunch meals to all public school students; deleting provisions requiring school districts to implement and…
FailedDied in Agriculture · 2026-03-13
Guardianship
Prohibiting a guardian from restricting the ability of an adult ward to maintain contact with a person except under certain circumstances; requiring a guardian to provide a ward with notice of a change in residential setting under certain circumstances; requiring that an initial guardianship plan…
FailedDied in Judiciary · 2026-03-13
Rental Agreements for Residential Tenancies
Prohibiting the imposition of certain fees, surcharges, and time periods in rental agreements; revising the time period for payment of rent from 3 days to 5 days; prohibiting landlords from imposing any fee or surcharge during such time period, etc.
FailedDied in Judiciary · 2026-03-13
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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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