# Michael Owen

Michael Owen is a Republican member of the Florida House for district 70.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Florida House, district 70
- Serving since: 2024-11-05
- Current term: FL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/fc683ed7-c458-46b4-a133-6ab6916237d0

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fc683ed7-c458-46b4-a133-6ab6916237d0 (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

Owen reported $153.6K in the 2026 cycle, in the top quarter of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.51 (standard error 0.04), from 304 donors and 222 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 76% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (FL 2025–26 session)

817 roll calls. Attendance 99.3% (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 21 bills: 21 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 35. 52.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Florida House 56.4%; rank 67 of 110).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 4061: Hillsborough County (became law, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB4061/
- HB 923: Recovery Residences (in committee, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB923/
- HB 741: Department of Commerce (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB741/
- HB 705: Causes of Action Based on Improvements to Real Property (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB705/
- HB 4029: Hillsborough County Charter (became law, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB4029/
- HB 609: Bingo Games (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB609/
- HB 4027: Hillsborough County Public Schools, Hillsborough County (became law, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB4027/
- HB 563: Repetitive Head Impact Prevention (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB563/
- HB 505: Virtual Currency Kiosks (became law, 2026-06-29) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB505/
- HB 489: Terminology Associated with Florida Housing Finance Corporation (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB489/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $153.6K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 90% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.flhouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/custom/details.aspx?MemberId=4919&LegislativeTermId=91
- Campaign site: https://votemichaelowen.com/ https://www.owenforflorida.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MichaelOwenFL/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/owenflorida70/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-owen-01235b37

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fc683ed7-c458-46b4-a133-6ab6916237d0