# Jim Boyd Jim Boyd is a Republican member of the Florida Senate for district 20. - Party: Republican - Seat: Florida Senate, district 20 - Serving since: 2022-11-08 - Current term: FL 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/c70f231f-92e2-4a55-a59b-fcf113ab51af Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c70f231f-92e2-4a55-a59b-fcf113ab51af (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 The policy areas Boyd talks about and legislates on agree at 0.27 on a 0–1 scale, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Republicans. ## What Boyd says (FL 2025–26 session) 520 classified statements: 520 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Boyd | State Senate Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.2% | 2.3% | 182 of 354 | | Policy criticism | 0.2% | 9.5% | 306 of 354 | | Policy discussion | 27.3% | 37.3% | 241 of 354 | | Bipartisanship | 1.5% | 2.3% | 175 of 354 | | Credit claiming | 13.5% | 15.4% | 179 of 354 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 354 | Most discussed policy areas: Crime and Law Enforcement 13% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Emergency Management 13% (State Senate Republicans 3.1%); Education 12% (State Senate Republicans 14%); Health 12% (State Senate Republicans 9.1%); Economics and Public Finance 9.9% (State Senate Republicans 12%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.50 (standard error 0.02), from 319 donors and 627 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 71% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (FL 2025–26 session) 909 roll calls. Attendance 97.0% (Florida Senate 95.0%). Party unity 100% (90%). 1 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2026-06-02 · voted yea · Third Reading · SB 4F Property Tax Administration · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026F/SB4F/ - 2026-06-02 · voted yea · Third Reading · HJR 1F Save our Homes from Excessive Property Taxes · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026F/HJR1F/ - 2026-04-29 · voted yea · Third Reading · HB 1D Establishing the Congressional Districts of the State · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026D/HB1D/ - 2026-04-28 · voted yea · 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 yea · Returning Messages · SB 628 Transportation Facility Designations · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB628/ - 2026-03-13 · voted yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 1 bills: 1 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 12. Recent sponsored bills: - SR 1774: Moffitt Cancer Center (passed one chamber, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SR1774/ - SR 1812: Sunshine Day (passed one chamber, 2024-02-01) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2024/SR1812/ - SB 330: Behavioral Health Teaching Hospitals (became law, 2024-03-22) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2024/SB330/ - SB 1716: Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (in committee, 2024-03-06) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2024/SB1716/ - SB 902: Motor Vehicle Retail Financial Agreements (became law, 2024-05-07) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2024/SB902/ - SB 868: Transportation Facility Designations (in committee, 2024-03-01) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2024/SB868/ - SB 870: Unsolicited Proposals for Public-private Partnerships (in committee, 2024-03-04) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2024/SB870/ - SB 890: Taxation (in committee, 2024-03-08) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2024/SB890/ - SB 674: United States-produced Iron and Steel in Public Works Projects (became law, 2024-06-27) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2024/SB674/ - SB 514: Mortgage Brokering (in committee, 2024-03-04) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2024/SB514/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $140.8K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 98% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Recent statements Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only. - 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/jimboydfl/status/2114023935289262486 - 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/jimboydfl/status/2113460863508124060 - 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/jimboydfl/status/2113661993651487125 - 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/jimboydfl/status/2113262148734353471 - 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/jimboydfl/status/2113366096979833009 - 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/jimboydfl/status/2112968963164368999 - 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/jimboydfl/status/2113038953964314628 - 2026-10-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/jimboydfl/status/2111442838823018811 - 2026-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/jimboydfl/status/2111210524839215384 - 2026-10-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/jimboydfl/status/2110020752762134769 ## Links - Official site: https://www.flsenate.gov/Senators/S20 - X: https://x.com/jimboydfl - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jim.boyd.14019 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-boyd-27770b29/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c70f231f-92e2-4a55-a59b-fcf113ab51af