# Lori Berman

Lori Berman is a Democratic member of the Florida Senate for district 26.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Florida Senate, district 26
- Serving since: 2022-11-08
- Current term: FL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/762d321c-5bbe-4513-b9f0-7e3d8a6972f5

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/762d321c-5bbe-4513-b9f0-7e3d8a6972f5 (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

Berman has served since 2022.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.68 (standard error 0.02), from 77 donors and 770 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 46% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (FL 2025–26 session)

909 roll calls. Attendance 99.1% (Florida Senate 95.0%). Party unity 96.5% (90%). 54 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-02 · voted nay · Third Reading · SB 4F Property Tax Administration · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026F/SB4F/
- 2026-06-02 · voted nay · 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 nay · Returning Messages · SB 628 Transportation Facility Designations · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB628/
- 2026-03-13 · voted nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 43 bills: 43 reached committee, 8 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 43. 34.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Florida Senate 50.9%; rank 26 of 36).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1468: Advanced Wastewater Treatment (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1468/
- SB 1424: Voluntary Trial Resolution (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1424/
- SB 1058: Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1058/
- SB 786: Trusts (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB786/
- SB 780: Government Waste and Misconduct (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB780/
- SR 724: Amblyopia Awareness Month (passed one chamber, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SR724/
- SB 708: State Immigration Enforcement Action Database (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB708/
- SB 556: Requirements for a Standard High School Diploma (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB556/
- SB 296: Victims of Domestic Violence and Dating Violence (became law, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB296/
- SB 298: Public Records/Victims of Domestic and Dating Violence (became law, 2026-06-12) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB298/

## Campaign money (2022 cycle)

Itemized receipts $115.3K (State Senate Democrats median $64.8K). 94% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.flsenate.gov/Senators/S26
- X: https://x.com/loriberman
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/loribermanfla/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/762d321c-5bbe-4513-b9f0-7e3d8a6972f5