# Richard Gentry

Richard Gentry is a Republican member of the Florida House for district 27.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Florida House, district 27
- Serving since: 2024-11-05
- Current term: FL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c95a0c72-09d5-40dc-8df8-a865051b9ea0

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c95a0c72-09d5-40dc-8df8-a865051b9ea0 (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

100% of Gentry’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Florida, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.47 (standard error 0.04), from 146 donors and 225 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 70% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (FL 2025–26 session)

817 roll calls. Attendance 99.5% (Florida House 94.0%). Party unity 98.6% (94.7%). 4 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 21 bills: 21 reached committee, 7 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 11. 57.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Florida House 56.4%; rank 58 of 110).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1461: Advanced Nuclear Reactors (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1461/
- HB 1139: Impact Fees (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1139/
- HB 1083: Private Insurance Coverage for Credit Union Accounts (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1083/
- HB 1067: Battery Collection and Disposal (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1067/
- HB 929: Local Government Regulation of Chickees (became law, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB929/
- HB 7011: OGSR/Aquaculture Records (became law, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB7011/
- HB 623: Felony Battery (in committee, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB623/
- HB 7003: OGSR/Conviction Integrity Unit Reinvestigation Information (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB7003/
- HB 167: Former Phosphate Mining Lands (became law, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB167/
- HB 99: Reinsurance Intermediary Managers (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB99/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $106.9K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.flhouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/details.aspx?MemberId=4911&LegislativeTermId=91
- Campaign site: https://voterichardgentry.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RichardGentryforFL/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richgentry

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c95a0c72-09d5-40dc-8df8-a865051b9ea0