# Hillary Cassel

Hillary Cassel is a Democratic member of the Florida House for district 101.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Florida House, district 101
- Serving since: 2022-11-08
- Current term: FL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d38a5a91-afd4-46d2-9bd3-7ccaf7aa0d2b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d38a5a91-afd4-46d2-9bd3-7ccaf7aa0d2b (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

Cassel sits at −0.15 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 97% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.15 (standard error 0.01), from 559 donors and 450 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 97% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (FL 2025–26 session)

817 roll calls. Attendance 96.0% (Florida House 94.0%). Party unity 95.7% (94.7%). 7 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 20 bills: 20 reached committee, 7 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 12. 55.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Florida House 56.4%; rank 62 of 110).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1473: Pub. Rec./Terrorist Organizations (became law, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1473/
- HB 1471: Systems of Law and Terrorist Organizations (became law, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1471/
- HB 1349: Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1349/
- HB 1047: Activities of Special Districts (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1047/
- HB 1071: Education (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1071/
- HB 1015: Insurance Claims Payments to Health Care Providers (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1015/
- HB 831: Problem-solving Court Reports (in committee, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB831/
- HB 833: Private School Facilities (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB833/
- HB 527: Mandatory Human Reviews of Insurance Claim Denials (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB527/
- HB 119: Shari'a and Other Foreign Law (in committee, 2026-01-09) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB119/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $262.2K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 89% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/details.aspx?MemberId=4895&LegislativeTermId=90

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d38a5a91-afd4-46d2-9bd3-7ccaf7aa0d2b