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Welcome to the Florida Statues and Laws Subject Guide. This guide will provide you the research access to links to the current Florida Legislature, Florida Statues, Florida Laws, and the Florida Constitution. You will also find links to historical Florida Documents to provide a historic perspective on the evolution of Florida Law. This guide is merely for informational and research purposes, it is not intended to provide legal advice or interpretation of the law.

The Florida Legislature

The Florida Legislature is the legislature of the U.S. State of Florida. It is organized as a bicameral body composed of an upper chamber, the Senate, and a lower chamber, the House of Representatives. Article III, Section 1 of the Florida Constitution, adopted in 1968, defines the role of the legislature and how it is to be constituted. The legislature is composed of 160 state legislators (120 in the House and 40 in the Senate). The primary purpose of the legislature is to enact new laws and amend or repeal existing laws. It meets in the Florida State Capitol building in Tallahassee.

For more information on Florida Statutes, Florida Laws, and the Florida State Constitution see:

Florida Statues and Laws of Florida
Welcome to the Florida Statues and Laws Subject Guide. This guide will provide you the research access to links to the current Florida Legislature, Florida Statues, Florida Laws, and the Florida Constitution. You will also find links to historical Florida Documents to provide a historic perspective on the evolution of Florida Law.

Senate House of Representatives

The 2023 Regular Session runs from March 7th to May 5th, 2023

Online Sunshine - The Florida State Legislature
The Florida Senate
The Senate is composed of 40 members, each elected from single-member districts across the state. The Florida Legislature meets in session every year for sixty consecutive days. A regular session of the legislature shall convene on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March of each odd-numbered year, and on the second Tuesday after the first Monday in January of each even-numbered year. There are other ways in which the Legislature may be convened as outlined in Article III, Section 2, of the Florida Constitution, including special sessions, which may be called either by the Governor; or by a joint proclamation issued by the Senate President and House Speaker.
Senate Broadcast Schedule
Florida Senators by County
The Florida House of Representatives
The Florida House of Representatives is the lower house of the Florida Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida, the Florida Senate being the upper house. Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution of Florida, adopted in 1968, defines the role of the Legislature and how it is to be constituted.[2] The House is composed of 120 members, each elected from a single-member district with a population of approximately 157,000 residents. Legislative districts are drawn on the basis of population figures, provided by the federal decennial census. Representatives terms begin immediately upon their election.
House Broadcast Schedule
Florida Representatives

Additional Important Links:

Bill Citator
Current session reports are updated several times daily. All reports are in PDF format. House and Senate bills are numbered in serial order, with House bills odd-numbered and Senate bills even-numbered.
Florida Statutes
Provides links to the current state statutes and archived back to 1997 online.
Florida Constitution
This link provides access to an online copy of the Florida State Constitution.
Laws of Florida (Florida Department of State website)
A verbatim publication of the general and special laws enacted by the Florida Legislature in a given year and published each year following the regular session of the legislature. It presents the laws in the order in which they are numbered by the Secretary of State, as well as resolutions and memorials passed by the legislature. Source: Florida Senate Glossary
Lobbyist Information
There is ONE portal for BOTH lobbyist registrations and compensation reports.

Last updated on Sep 14, 2023 8:35 AM