# Sam Garrison

Sam Garrison is a Republican member of the Florida House for district 11.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Florida House, district 11
- Serving since: 2022-11-08
- Current term: FL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/965e180a-177f-49ac-baba-0f0c7fe9a836

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/965e180a-177f-49ac-baba-0f0c7fe9a836 (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

Garrison sits at +0.59 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 85% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.59 (standard error 0.03), from 329 donors and 719 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 85% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (FL 2025–26 session)

817 roll calls. Attendance 99.5% (Florida House 94.0%). Party unity 100% (94.7%). 0 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 6 bills: 6 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 2. 50.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Florida House 56.4%; rank 73 of 110).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HCR 1561: Joint Session for Purpose of Receiving Governor's Message (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HCR1561/
- HCR 1635: Extension of the 2025 Regular Session of the Legislature (passed both chambers, 2025-06-05) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2025/HCR1635/
- HCR 1633: Extension of the 2025 Regular Session of the Legislature (passed one chamber, 2025-06-16) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2025/HCR1633/
- HCR 1631: Extension of the 2025 Regular Session of the Legislature (passed both chambers, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2025/HCR1631/
- HCR 1289: Joint Session for Purpose of Receiving Governor's Message (in committee, 2025-03-04) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2025/HCR1289/
- HB 3C: Immigration (in committee, 2025-02-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2025C/HB3C/
- HB 5301: Medicaid Supplemental Payment Programs (passed both chambers, 2024-03-08) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2024/HB5301/
- HB 1617: Behavioral Health Teaching Hospitals (in committee, 2024-03-05) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2024/HB1617/
- HB 1365: Unauthorized Public Camping and Public Sleeping (became law, 2024-03-20) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2024/HB1365/
- HB 1195: Millage Rates (passed one chamber, 2024-03-08) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2024/HB1195/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $73.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 96% 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=4767&LegislativeTermId=90

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/965e180a-177f-49ac-baba-0f0c7fe9a836