# Berny Jacques

Berny Jacques is a Republican member of the Florida House for district 59.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Florida House, district 59
- Serving since: 2022-11-08
- Current term: FL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8e396afa-17d2-404c-9024-7aa8d7e00e0d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8e396afa-17d2-404c-9024-7aa8d7e00e0d (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

Jacques sits at +0.73 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 93% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.73 (standard error 0.03), from 740 donors and 476 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 93% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (FL 2025–26 session)

817 roll calls. Attendance 99.6% (Florida House 94.0%). Party unity 99.3% (94.7%). 3 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 21 bills: 21 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 22. 61.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Florida House 56.4%; rank 48 of 110).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1307: Unauthorized Aliens (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1307/
- HB 1217: Prohibited Governmental Policies Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions (became law, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1217/
- HB 1159: Sexual Offenses (became law, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1159/
- HB 985: Voter Registration and Identification (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB985/
- HB 721: Foreign Students Enrolled in Public Postsecondary Educational Institutions (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB721/
- HB 663: Civil Remedies Pertaining to Abortions (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB663/
- HB 591: Gambling (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB591/
- HJR 583: Protection of Religious Expression in Public Schools (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HJR583/
- HB 485: Petitions for Injunction for Protection Against Domestic Violence Containing Allegations of Marriage Fraud (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB485/
- HB 455: Protection of Historic Monuments and Memorials (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB455/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $139.1K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 94% 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=4886&LegislativeTermId=90

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8e396afa-17d2-404c-9024-7aa8d7e00e0d