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State Affairs Committee, Florida House of Representatives

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The State Affairs Committee is a standing committee of the Florida House of Representatives. It was created with the 2011 session.

Per the House Rules, committees of the Florida House of Representatives are assigned by the Speaker of the House.[1] Standing committees are assigned before each regular session and shall expire on June 30 of odd-numbered years or, at the adjournment of a special or extended session.[2] The Speaker shall appoint the chair, vice-chair and co-chairs of all standing committees and subcommittees. After the Speaker has appointed the committee and subcommittee members, the Minority Leader can name a Minority Conference member or ranking member of any committee, subject to the approval of the Speaker.[1] The Speaker can appoint the Speaker Pro Tempore or the Majority Leader, or the Majority Whip to serve as an ex officio voting member on any committee or subcommittee.[3] A majority makes up a committee's quorum, but ex officio members are not counted for purposes of determining a quorum.[4]

DocumentIcon.jpg See rules: House Rules 2020-2022

Function

“ Oversight Powers and Responsibilities of Standing Committees and Subcommittees:
(a) Each standing committee or subcommittee is authorized to exercise all powers authorized for committees pursuant to s. 11.143, Florida Statutes, to carry out oversight responsibilities within its respective subject matter jurisdiction. For purposes of this rule, the Speaker shall determine the subject matter jurisdiction of each committee or subcommittee.
(b) Select committees shall exercise committee powers authorized by s. 11.143, Florida Statutes, whenever specifically authorized in writing by the Speaker.
(c) Each committee or subcommittee shall exercise other oversight powers and responsibilities vested in the House whenever specifically authorized by the Speaker.
(d) Each committee or subcommittee shall conduct other business as directed by the Speaker.[5][6]
 ”

Membership

2025-2026 legislative session

State Affairs Committee, 2025-2026
Democratic members (0) Republican members (1) Third-party members(0)

2015 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.

State Affairs Members, 2015
Democratic members (6)Republican members (12)
• Clovis Watson, Jr., Ranking member• Matt Caldwell, Chair
• John Cortes• Neil Combee, Vice chair
• Janet Cruz• Ben Albritton
• Amanda Hickman Murphy• Michael Bileca
• Irving Slosberg• W. Travis Cummings
• Dwayne Taylor• Brad Drake
• Matt Gaetz
• Tom Goodson
• Shawn Harrison
• Mike La Rosa
• Ray Pilon
• Jake Raburn

2013-2014

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.

2011-2012

The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Florida House of Representatives, "The Rules 2020-2022," accessed February 25, 2021(Rule 7.2)
  2. ↑ Florida House of Representatives, "The Rules 2020-2022," accessed February 25, 2021(Rule 7.5)
  3. ↑ Florida House of Representatives, "The Rules 2020-2022," accessed February 25, 2021(Rule 7.7)
  4. ↑ Florida House of Representatives, "The Rules 2020-2022," accessed February 25, 2021(Rule 7.12)
  5. ↑ Florida House of Representatives, "The Rules 2020-2022," accessed February 25, 2021(Rule 7.23)
  6. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.


Current members of the Florida House of Representatives
Leadership
Speaker of the House:Daniel Perez
Majority Leader:Tyler Sirois
Minority Leader:Fentrice Driskell
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Sam Greco (R)
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J.J. Grow (R)
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Nan Cobb (R)
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Danny Nix (R)
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Vacant
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Dan Daley (D)
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Alex Rizo (R)
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Republican Party (87)
Democratic Party (32)
Vacancies (1)


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