# Shane Abbott Shane Abbott is a Republican member of the Florida House for district 5. - Party: Republican - Seat: Florida House, district 5 - Serving since: 2022-11-08 - Current term: FL 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/c844e345-f2a8-42fa-9ef9-d278bcb8fa4c Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c844e345-f2a8-42fa-9ef9-d278bcb8fa4c (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 Abbott sits at +0.61 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 87% of State House Republicans. ## What Abbott says (FL 2025–26 session) 92 classified statements: 92 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 | Abbott | State House Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 | | Policy criticism | 3.3% | 9.3% | 537 of 791 | | Policy discussion | 46.7% | 31.9% | 175 of 791 | | Bipartisanship | 3.3% | 1.8% | 151 of 791 | | Credit claiming | 39.1% | 12.7% | 22 of 791 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 | Most discussed policy areas: Education 26% (State House Republicans 15%); Crime and Law Enforcement 16% (State House Republicans 11%); Health 16% (State House Republicans 10%); Economics and Public Finance 14% (State House Republicans 12%); Taxation 14% (State House Republicans 8.1%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.61 (standard error 0.03), from 564 donors and 470 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 87% of State House Republicans score lower. ## Votes (FL 2025–26 session) 817 roll calls. Attendance 99.8% (Florida House 94.0%). Party unity 99.3% (94.7%). 2 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 23 bills: 22 reached committee, 7 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 14. 69.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Florida House 56.4%; rank 32 of 110). Recent sponsored bills: - HB 5207E: Department of Management Services (passed both chambers, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/HB5207E/ - HB 5207: Department of Management Services (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB5207/ - HB 4057: City of DeFuniak Springs, Walton County (became law, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB4057/ - HB 849: Department of Law Enforcement (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB849/ - HB 723: Rural Counties (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB723/ - HB 731: Extracurricular Activities (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB731/ - HB 663: Civil Remedies Pertaining to Abortions (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB663/ - HB 369: Patient-directed Medical Orders (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB369/ - HJR 207: Assessed Home Value Homestead Exemption of Non-school Property Tax (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HJR207/ - HB 217: Land Use Regulations (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB217/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $86.9K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 77% 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. - 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/shaneabbottfl/status/2114535700452212762 - 2026-10-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/shaneabbottfl/status/2109797535724478891 - 2026-09-29 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/shaneabbottfl/status/2104934625806082278 - 2026-09-02 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/shaneabbottfl/status/2095137220671742060 - 2026-07-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/shaneabbottfl/status/2073361369236140450 - 2026-06-24 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/shaneabbottfl/status/2069822136634499131 - 2026-06-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/shaneabbottfl/status/2068650354229612872 - 2026-05-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/shaneabbottfl/status/2058885861802901597 - 2026-05-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/shaneabbottfl/status/2057877832701731261 - 2026-05-22 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/shaneabbottfl/status/2057925189162209783 ## Links - Official site: https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/details.aspx?MemberId=4864&LegislativeTermId=90 - X: https://x.com/shaneabbottfl - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abbottforflorida/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c844e345-f2a8-42fa-9ef9-d278bcb8fa4c