# Kevin Chambliss

Kevin Chambliss is a Democratic member of the Florida House for district 117.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Florida House, district 117
- Serving since: 2020-11-03
- Current term: FL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/313e81ee-19af-4d9d-9186-fbbca7e6d65d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/313e81ee-19af-4d9d-9186-fbbca7e6d65d (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

Chambliss voted against the majority of Florida House Democrats 22 times; party unity 84%, in the bottom tenth of the Florida House (average 94.7%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.40 (standard error 0.01), from 160 donors and 611 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 82% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (FL 2025–26 session)

817 roll calls. Attendance 88% (Florida House 94.0%). Party unity 84% (94.7%). 22 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-02 · voted nay · 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 yea · 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 14 bills: 14 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 32. 35.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Florida House 56.4%; rank 90 of 110).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1547: Conditional Geriatric Release (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1547/
- HB 1287: Labor Pool Act (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1287/
- HB 859: Exceptional Students and Video Cameras in Public Schools (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB859/
- HB 649: Property Insurer Financial Strength Ratings (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB649/
- HB 523: Virtual Learning (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB523/
- HB 471: Recruitment and Retention of Speech-language Pathologists (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB471/
- HB 391: Public Postsecondary Reports on Pell Grant Eligibility and Food Insecurity (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB391/
- HB 1621: Offenses Involving Firearms with Bump Stocks (in committee, 2025-06-16) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2025/HB1621/
- HB 1627: Warehouse Distribution Centers (in committee, 2025-06-16) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2025/HB1627/
- HB 1245: Hunger-Free Campus Pilot Program (in committee, 2025-06-16) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2025/HB1245/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $71.8K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 93% 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=4798&LegislativeTermId=90
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kevin.chambliss.12
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kevinchambliss/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-chambliss-sr-1b09ab26/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/313e81ee-19af-4d9d-9186-fbbca7e6d65d