# Susan Valdés

Susan Valdés is a Democratic member of the Florida House for district 64.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Florida House, district 64
- Serving since: 2022-11-08
- Current term: FL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/811dfa67-2615-4d45-9cf9-bd1a587a34fe

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/811dfa67-2615-4d45-9cf9-bd1a587a34fe (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

Valdés sits at −0.25 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 95% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.25 (standard error 0.01), from 133 donors and 912 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 95% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (FL 2025–26 session)

817 roll calls. Attendance 96.3% (Florida House 94.0%). Party unity 91.1% (94.7%). 14 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-02 · voted yea · Passage, Third Reading · SB 4F Property Tax Administration · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026F/SB4F/
- 2026-05-12 · voted yea · Passage, Third Reading · HB 5501E Documentary Stamp Tax Distributions · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/HB5501E/
- 2026-05-12 · voted yea · Passage, Third Reading · HB 5001E General Appropriations Act · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/HB5001E/
- 2026-05-12 · voted yea · 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 yea · Passage, Third Reading · HB 5203E Government Administration · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/HB5203E/
- 2026-05-12 · voted yea · Passage, Third Reading · HB 5601E Higher Education · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/HB5601E/
- 2026-05-12 · voted yea · Passage, Third Reading · HB 5207E Department of Management Services · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/HB5207E/
- 2026-05-12 · voted yea · Passage, Third Reading · HB 5201E Collective Bargaining · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/HB5201E/
- 2026-05-12 · voted yea · Passage, Third Reading · HB 7031E Taxation · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/HB7031E/

## Legislation (FL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 28 bills: 27 reached committee, 8 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 138. 53.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Florida House 56.4%; rank 64 of 110).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1549: Penalties for Driving Under the Influence (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1549/
- HB 1287: Labor Pool Act (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1287/
- HB 1149: Recess Requirements for Middle School Students (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1149/
- HB 977: Benefits for Obesity under the State Group Health Insurance Plan (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB977/
- HB 891: Pub. Rec./Office of the Corrections Ombudsman (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB891/
- HB 887: Medical Marijuana Use Registry Identification Cards for Veterans (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB887/
- HB 889: Office of the Corrections Ombudsman (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB889/
- HB 771: Interception and Disclosure of Oral Communications (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB771/
- HB 667: Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Device Regulations (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB667/
- HB 487: Repair of Mobility Devices (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB487/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $53.6K (State House Democrats median $5,075). 86% 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=4752&LegislativeTermId=90
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-valdes-a18a275a

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/811dfa67-2615-4d45-9cf9-bd1a587a34fe