# Adam Botana

Adam Botana is a Republican member of the Florida House for district 80.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Florida House, district 80
- Serving since: 2022-11-08
- Current term: FL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c94b1151-5034-482b-8d7b-f91f9bb5f951

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c94b1151-5034-482b-8d7b-f91f9bb5f951 (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

Botana sits at +0.55 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 81% of State House Republicans.

## What Botana says (FL 2025–26 session)

82 classified statements: 82 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 | Botana | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.2% | 2.9% | 370 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 735 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 7.3% | 31.9% | 723 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 1.2% | 12.7% | 702 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Energy 33% (State House Republicans 4.1%); Taxation 33% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Crime and Law Enforcement 17% (State House Republicans 11%); Government Operations and Politics 17% (State House Republicans 18%); Housing and Community Development 17% (State House Republicans 3.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.55 (standard error 0.03), from 441 donors and 719 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 81% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (FL 2025–26 session)

817 roll calls. Attendance 96.8% (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 13 bills: 12 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 8. 69.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Florida House 56.4%; rank 33 of 110).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1163: Risk Retention Groups (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1163/
- HB 1161: Big Cypress Basin (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1161/
- HB 1053: Insurers (introduced, 2026-01-06) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1053/
- HB 975: Capitol Center and Complex (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB975/
- HB 737: Persons Disqualified from Being Appointed as a Guardian (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB737/
- HB 691: Agricultural Enclaves (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB691/
- HB 4013: Lee County (became law, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB4013/
- HB 4005: City of Naples Airport Authority, Collier County (became law, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB4005/
- HB 103: Local Business Taxes (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB103/
- HB 1079: Students Enrolled in Dropout Retrieval Programs (in committee, 2025-04-29) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2025/HB1079/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $63.2K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 87% 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.

- 2026-10-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/headboatwasher/status/2107526015887053059
- 2026-09-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/headboatwasher/status/2103913336668577795
- 2026-09-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/headboatwasher/status/2100323042022813984
- 2026-09-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/headboatwasher/status/2097122070614233542
- 2026-08-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/headboatwasher/status/2093359687601451357
- 2026-08-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/headboatwasher/status/2092657840666108001
- 2026-08-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/headboatwasher/status/2086965091673469080
- 2026-07-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/headboatwasher/status/2080736967428280806
- 2026-07-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/headboatwasher/status/2076820077354070389
- 2026-06-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/headboatwasher/status/2070261418998235384

## Links

- Official site: https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/details.aspx?MemberId=4782&LegislativeTermId=90
- X: https://x.com/headboatwasher
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/adambotanafl/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/headboatwasher/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-botana-73769625/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c94b1151-5034-482b-8d7b-f91f9bb5f951