# Colleen Burton

Colleen Burton is a Republican member of the Florida Senate for district 12.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Florida Senate, district 12
- Serving since: 2022-11-08
- Current term: FL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/50d5881b-ceac-49a2-98db-87ef6e09438c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/50d5881b-ceac-49a2-98db-87ef6e09438c (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

79% of the 28 bills Burton sponsored got out of committee, in the top tenth of the Florida Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.58 (standard error 0.03), from 279 donors and 864 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 82% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (FL 2025–26 session)

909 roll calls. Attendance 97.4% (Florida Senate 95.0%). Party unity 97.6% (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 28 bills: 27 reached committee, 12 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 9. 78.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Florida Senate 50.9%; rank 4 of 36).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 1806: Florida Polytechnic University Day (introduced, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SR1806/
- SB 1668: Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association (became law, 2026-06-12) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1668/
- SB 1396: Litigation Financing Consumer Protection (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1396/
- SB 1404: Memory Care (became law, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1404/
- SB 1480: Temporary Certificates for Practice in Areas of Critical Need (in committee, 2026-03-06) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1480/
- SB 1346: Public Records/Department of Legal Affairs/Artificial Intelligence Violations (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1346/
- SB 1338: Charitable Giving (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1338/
- SB 1344: Companion Artificial Intelligence Chatbots (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1344/
- SB 594: Local Housing Assistance Plans (became law, 2026-06-29) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB594/
- SB 314: Payment Stablecoin (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB314/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $142.3K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.flsenate.gov/Senators/S12
- X: https://x.com/colleenlburton
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/repcolleenburton/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/colleenburton/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colleenburton

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/50d5881b-ceac-49a2-98db-87ef6e09438c