# Jay Trumbull Jay Trumbull is a Republican member of the Florida Senate for district 2. - Party: Republican - Seat: Florida Senate, district 2 - Serving since: 2022-11-08 - Current term: FL 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/29c38853-2773-45d3-bc17-0979def1ab54 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/29c38853-2773-45d3-bc17-0979def1ab54 (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 0.5% of Trumbull’s statements criticize a policy, in the bottom quarter of State Senate Republicans (average 9.5%). ## What Trumbull says (FL 2025–26 session) 210 classified statements: 210 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Trumbull | State Senate Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 272 of 354 | | Policy criticism | 0.5% | 9.5% | 304 of 354 | | Policy discussion | 34.3% | 37.3% | 197 of 354 | | Bipartisanship | 0.9% | 2.3% | 210 of 354 | | Credit claiming | 19.5% | 15.4% | 119 of 354 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 354 | Most discussed policy areas: Education 21% (State Senate Republicans 14%); Emergency Management 17% (State Senate Republicans 3.1%); Health 13% (State Senate Republicans 9.1%); Transportation and Public Works 11% (State Senate Republicans 6.0%); Agriculture and Food 9.7% (State Senate Republicans 6.2%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.54 (standard error 0.03), from 345 donors and 387 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 77% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (FL 2025–26 session) 909 roll calls. Attendance 90.6% (Florida Senate 95.0%). Party unity 96.3% (90%). 3 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2026-06-02 · voted yea · Third Reading · SB 4F Property Tax Administration · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026F/SB4F/ - 2026-06-02 · voted yea · Third Reading · HJR 1F Save our Homes from Excessive Property Taxes · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026F/HJR1F/ - 2026-04-29 · voted yea · Third Reading · HB 1D Establishing the Congressional Districts of the State · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026D/HB1D/ - 2026-04-28 · voted yea · Third Reading · SB 4D Public Records/Investigations by the Department of Legal Affairs · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026D/SB4D/ - 2026-03-13 · voted yea · Returning Messages · SB 628 Transportation Facility Designations · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB628/ - 2026-03-13 · voted yea · Third Reading · HB 399 Land Use and Development Regulations · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB399/ - 2026-03-13 · voted yea · Third Reading · HB 1279 Education · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1279/ - 2026-03-13 · voted yea · Returning Messages · HB 1451 Utility Services · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1451/ - 2026-03-13 · voted yea · Returning Messages · HB 1389 Affordable Housing · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1389/ - 2026-03-13 · voted yea · Returning Messages · SB 7040 Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund/Executive Office of the Governor · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB7040/ ## Legislation (FL 2025–26 session) Sponsored 23 bills: 23 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 10. 69.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Florida Senate 50.9%; rank 7 of 36). Recent sponsored bills: - SB 2518E: Health (in committee, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/SB2518E/ - SB 1748: Evidence in Civil Actions Relating to Firearms (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1748/ - SB 1562: Motor Vehicle Manufacturers, Importers, and Distributors and Franchised Motor Vehicle Dealers (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1562/ - SB 1682: Local Administration of Vessel Restrictions (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1682/ - SB 1352: Motor Vehicles (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1352/ - SB 1358: Fees for Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles Services (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1358/ - SB 1156: Ambulatory Surgical Centers (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1156/ - SB 638: Condominium Associations (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB638/ - SB 386: Farm Equipment (became law, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB386/ - SB 374: Prescribing Authority (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB374/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $73.7K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 86% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Recent statements Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only. - 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/jaytrumbull/status/2111228496181645316 - 2026-10-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/jaytrumbull/status/2110012046616023416 - 2026-10-11 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/jaytrumbull/status/2109300664316706952 - 2026-10-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/jaytrumbull/status/2108176705835737368 - 2026-10-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/jaytrumbull/status/2108187082644504779 - 2026-10-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/jaytrumbull/status/2107947892111737051 - 2026-09-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/jaytrumbull/status/2102536870689161405 - 2026-09-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/jaytrumbull/status/2098383529260327288 - 2026-09-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/jaytrumbull/status/2094807421319336115 - 2026-08-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/jaytrumbull/status/2089514837252464758 ## Links - Official site: https://www.flsenate.gov/Senators/S2 - X: https://x.com/jaytrumbull - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jaytrumbulljr/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jaytrumbulljr/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/29c38853-2773-45d3-bc17-0979def1ab54