# Heath Flora

Heath Flora is a Republican member of the California House for district 9.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: California House, district 9
- Serving since: 2022-12-05
- Current term: CA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c830a90c-8964-4c0f-b31b-729cab1144fd

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c830a90c-8964-4c0f-b31b-729cab1144fd (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

Flora missed 26% of 4,001 roll calls, attendance in the bottom 5% of the California House (average 92.3%).

## What Flora says (CA 2025–26 session)

41 classified statements: 41 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Flora | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 7.3% | 9.3% | 367 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 29.3% | 31.9% | 427 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 4.9% | 1.8% | 75 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 14.6% | 12.7% | 294 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Agriculture and Food 25% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Crime and Law Enforcement 17% (State House Republicans 11%); Economics and Public Finance 17% (State House Republicans 12%); Emergency Management 17% (State House Republicans 2.8%); Government Operations and Politics 17% (State House Republicans 18%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.19 (standard error 0.02), from 72 donors and 796 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 25% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (CA 2025–26 session)

4,001 roll calls. Attendance 74% (California House 92.3%). Party unity 94.1% (97.7%). 37 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-01 · voted yea · SB 195 Budget and Fiscal Review Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL · SB 195 Income taxes: exclusions: wildfire loss mitigation payments. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB195/
- 2026-09-01 · voted not voting · SB 1098 Pérez Senate Third Reading By Petrie-Norris · SB 1098 Public Utilities Commission: memorandum and balancing accounts. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1098/
- 2026-09-01 · voted not voting · SB 1370 Stern Senate Third Reading By Petrie-Norris · SB 1370 Covered wildfire mitigation projects: consolidated and expedited review. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1370/
- 2026-09-01 · voted yea · SB 1119 Padilla Senate Third Reading By Wicks · SB 1119 Companion chatbots: children's safety. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1119/
- 2026-09-01 · voted not voting · SB 931 Grove Third Reading Urgency By Krell · SB 931 Dolly Parton Day. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB931/
- 2026-09-01 · voted yea · SB 1079 Stern Senate Third Reading By Connolly · SB 1079 Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: Fire Innovation Unit. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1079/
- 2026-09-01 · voted nay · SB 1203 Smallwood-Cuevas Senate Third Reading By Haney · SB 1203 Security services. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1203/
- 2026-09-01 · voted nay · SB 193 Budget and Fiscal Review Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL · SB 193 Public resources: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: programs. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB193/
- 2026-09-01 · voted yea · SB 16 Blakespear Senate Third Reading By Krell · SB 16 Mental health: involuntary commitment. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB16/
- 2026-09-01 · voted yea · SB 186 Budget and Fiscal Review Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL · SB 186 Income taxes: film tax credits. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB186/

## Legislation (CA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 31 bills: 29 reached committee, 12 passed one chamber, 9 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 217. 61.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (California House 80.8%; rank 71 of 79).

Recent sponsored bills:

- ACR 179: Relative to Wildland-Urban Interface Preparedness and Resilience Day. (became law, 2026-06-18) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/ACR179/
- ACR 178: Relative to National Rendering Day. (became law, 2026-06-18) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/ACR178/
- AB 2584: Self-defense. (in committee, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2584/
- AB 2702: Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly on Faith-Based Lands Act of 2026. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2702/
- AB 2657: Prescriptions. (introduced, 2026-02-21) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2657/
- AB 2571: Reimbursement for pharmacist services. (passed both chambers, 2026-09-27) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2571/
- AB 2129: State employees: compensation: firefighters. (became law, 2026-09-27) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2129/
- AB 1939: Professional fiduciaries: corporate practice. (passed one chamber, 2026-08-13) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB1939/
- AB 1870: Private Attorneys General Act: penalties: reduction. (in committee, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB1870/
- AB 1215: Hospitals: medical staff membership. (in committee, 2026-02-02) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB1215/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $580.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% 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.

- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/HeathFloraCA, https://www.twitter.com/HeathFlora/status/2108603737023606867
- 2026-09-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/HeathFloraCA, https://www.twitter.com/HeathFlora/status/2104704986127208501
- 2026-09-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/HeathFloraCA, https://www.twitter.com/HeathFlora/status/2099642772563345604
- 2026-08-28 · Post on X · labels: bipartisanship · https://x.com/HeathFloraCA, https://www.twitter.com/HeathFlora/status/2093421374169919598
- 2026-07-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/HeathFloraCA, https://www.twitter.com/HeathFlora/status/2079300259168375039
- 2026-07-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/HeathFloraCA, https://www.twitter.com/HeathFlora/status/2075990649644744714
- 2026-06-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/HeathFloraCA, https://www.twitter.com/HeathFlora/status/2070640344505667625
- 2026-06-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/HeathFloraCA, https://www.twitter.com/HeathFlora/status/2067395773403377910
- 2026-06-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/HeathFloraCA, https://www.twitter.com/HeathFlora/status/2066899089003090184
- 2026-05-29 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/HeathFloraCA, https://www.twitter.com/HeathFlora/status/2060493959152251135

## Links

- Official site: https://ad09.asmrc.org/
- Campaign site: https://heathflora.com/
- X: https://x.com/HeathFloraCA
- X: https://x.com/HeathFlora
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeathFloraCA
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heath.flora.7
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/assemblyman_heath_flora
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heath-flora-24060a47/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c830a90c-8964-4c0f-b31b-729cab1144fd