# Ileana Garcia

Ileana Garcia is a Republican member of the Florida Senate for district 36.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Florida Senate, district 36
- Serving since: 2022-11-08
- Current term: FL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3b65ecb0-8a3d-469c-9db4-b70c8724610f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3b65ecb0-8a3d-469c-9db4-b70c8724610f (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

Garcia voted against the majority of Florida Senate Republicans 26 times; party unity 66%, in the bottom tenth of the Florida Senate (average 90%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.23 (standard error 0.02), from 287 donors and 686 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 30% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (FL 2025–26 session)

909 roll calls. Attendance 87% (Florida Senate 95.0%). Party unity 66% (90%). 26 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 nay · Third Reading · HB 1D Establishing the Congressional Districts of the State · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026D/HB1D/
- 2026-04-28 · voted nay · 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 not voting · Returning Messages · SB 628 Transportation Facility Designations · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB628/
- 2026-03-13 · voted not voting · Third Reading · HB 399 Land Use and Development Regulations · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB399/
- 2026-03-13 · voted not voting · Third Reading · HB 1279 Education · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1279/
- 2026-03-13 · voted not voting · Returning Messages · HB 1451 Utility Services · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1451/
- 2026-03-13 · voted not voting · Returning Messages · HB 1389 Affordable Housing · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1389/
- 2026-03-13 · voted not voting · 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 46 bills: 46 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 21. 28.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Florida Senate 50.9%; rank 30 of 36).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 2512E: Judges (passed both chambers, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/SB2512E/
- SB 1648: Access to Applied Behavior Analysis Services (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1648/
- SB 1490: Required Notice of Intent to Contact a Victim (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1490/
- SB 1422: Coral Reefs (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1422/
- SB 1428: Redesignations of State University and Florida College System Institution Roads (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1428/
- SB 1516: Caller Identification Information (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1516/
- SB 1486: Structure and Legislative Oversight of Executive Agencies (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1486/
- SB 1356: Handling of Animals (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1356/
- SB 1354: Small Employer Health Insurance (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1354/
- SB 1126: Prohibited Contracting with Covered Foreign Entities (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1126/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $292.1K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 94% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.flsenate.gov/Senators/S36
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ileanagarciausa/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ileana-garcia-54097224/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3b65ecb0-8a3d-469c-9db4-b70c8724610f