# Susan Plasencia

Susan Plasencia is a Republican member of the Florida House for district 37.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Florida House, district 37
- Serving since: 2022-11-08
- Current term: FL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a5af681e-9679-4fed-83a3-ed16405055cb

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a5af681e-9679-4fed-83a3-ed16405055cb (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

Plasencia missed 48% of 817 roll calls, attendance in the bottom 5% of the Florida House (average 94.0%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.36 (standard error 0.03), from 235 donors and 369 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 50% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (FL 2025–26 session)

817 roll calls. Attendance 52% (Florida House 94.0%). Party unity 96.3% (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 not voting · Passage, Third Reading · HB 5501E Documentary Stamp Tax Distributions · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/HB5501E/
- 2026-05-12 · voted not voting · Passage, Third Reading · HB 5001E General Appropriations Act · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/HB5001E/
- 2026-05-12 · voted not voting · Passage, Third Reading · HB 5003E Implementing the 2026-2027 General Appropriations Act · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/HB5003E/
- 2026-05-12 · voted not voting · Passage, Third Reading · SB 2508E State Agency Law Enforcement Radio System · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/SB2508E/
- 2026-05-12 · voted not voting · Passage, Third Reading · HB 5203E Government Administration · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/HB5203E/
- 2026-05-12 · voted not voting · Passage, Third Reading · HB 5601E Higher Education · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/HB5601E/
- 2026-05-12 · voted not voting · Passage, Third Reading · HB 5207E Department of Management Services · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/HB5207E/
- 2026-05-12 · voted not voting · Passage, Third Reading · HB 5201E Collective Bargaining · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/HB5201E/
- 2026-05-12 · voted not voting · Passage, Third Reading · HB 7031E Taxation · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/HB7031E/

## Legislation (FL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 10 bills: 10 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 57. 40.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Florida House 56.4%; rank 86 of 110).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 857: Student Support Services for K-12 Schools (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB857/
- HB 651: Electronic Monitoring Devices in Long-term Care Facilities (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB651/
- HB 6519: Relief/Sean Hurley/Orange County Sheriff's Office (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB6519/
- HB 369: Patient-directed Medical Orders (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB369/
- HB 4031: City of Oviedo, Seminole County (became law, 2025-07-08) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2025/HB4031/
- HB 351: Dangerous Excessive Speeding (became law, 2025-05-23) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2025/HB351/
- HB 353: Patient-directed Medical Orders (in committee, 2025-06-16) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2025/HB353/
- HB 223: Electronic Monitoring Devices in Long-term Care Facilities (in committee, 2025-06-16) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2025/HB223/
- HB 225: Subsidy Payments for the Home Care for the Elderly Program (in committee, 2025-06-16) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2025/HB225/
- HB 139: Pawnbroker Transaction Forms (in committee, 2025-04-29) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2025/HB139/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $8,000 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/details.aspx?MemberId=4872&LegislativeTermId=90

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a5af681e-9679-4fed-83a3-ed16405055cb