# Paula Stark

Paula Stark is a Republican member of the Florida House for district 47.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Florida House, district 47
- Serving since: 2022-11-08
- Current term: FL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0a0ec0a3-4f1d-4cd8-b790-d51bff717798

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0a0ec0a3-4f1d-4cd8-b790-d51bff717798 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Stark missed 18% of 817 roll calls, attendance in the bottom tenth of the Florida House (average 94.0%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.19 (standard error 0.02), from 111 donors and 412 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 25% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (FL 2025–26 session)

817 roll calls. Attendance 82% (Florida House 94.0%). Party unity 93.6% (94.7%). 8 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-02 · voted not voting · Passage, Third Reading · SB 4F Property Tax Administration · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026F/SB4F/
- 2026-05-12 · voted not voting · Passage, Third Reading · HB 5501E Documentary Stamp Tax Distributions · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/HB5501E/
- 2026-05-12 · voted not voting · Passage, Third Reading · HB 5001E General Appropriations Act · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/HB5001E/
- 2026-05-12 · voted not voting · Passage, Third Reading · HB 5003E Implementing the 2026-2027 General Appropriations Act · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/HB5003E/
- 2026-05-12 · voted not voting · Passage, Third Reading · SB 2508E State Agency Law Enforcement Radio System · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/SB2508E/
- 2026-05-12 · voted not voting · Passage, Third Reading · HB 5203E Government Administration · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/HB5203E/
- 2026-05-12 · voted not voting · Passage, Third Reading · HB 5601E Higher Education · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/HB5601E/
- 2026-05-12 · voted not voting · Passage, Third Reading · HB 5207E Department of Management Services · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/HB5207E/
- 2026-05-12 · voted not voting · Passage, Third Reading · HB 5201E Collective Bargaining · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/HB5201E/
- 2026-05-12 · voted not voting · Passage, Third Reading · HB 7031E Taxation · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/HB7031E/

## Legislation (FL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 11 bills: 11 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 37. 36.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Florida House 56.4%; rank 89 of 110).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 8117: Spina Bifida Awareness Week (passed one chamber, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HR8117/
- HB 1149: Recess Requirements for Middle School Students (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1149/
- HB 703: Mobile Home Park Lot Tenancies (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB703/
- HB 685: Fortification of Enriched Grain Products with Folic Acid (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB685/
- HB 661: Pub. Rec./Private Investigators (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB661/
- HB 267: Local Housing Assistance Plans (in committee, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB267/
- HB 1613: Prohibition of Considering Race or Ethnicity in Government Contracting (in committee, 2025-06-16) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2025/HB1613/
- HB 1273: Autism Spectrum Disorder Training for Law Enforcement Officers (in committee, 2025-06-16) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2025/HB1273/
- HB 1151: Classroom Teacher Mental Health Care (in committee, 2025-06-16) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2025/HB1151/
- HB 701: Local Housing Assistance Plans (passed one chamber, 2025-06-16) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2025/HB701/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $5,536 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 94% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/details.aspx?MemberId=4878&LegislativeTermId=90
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paula-stark-7a010734/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0a0ec0a3-4f1d-4cd8-b790-d51bff717798