# RaShon Young

RaShon Young is a Democratic member of the Florida House for district 40.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Florida House, district 40
- Serving since: 2025-09-02
- Current term: FL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ff372569-d6f5-4bd0-8d36-569a7458f3e2

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ff372569-d6f5-4bd0-8d36-569a7458f3e2 (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

58% of Young’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Florida, in the bottom quarter of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.44 (standard error 0.02), from 674 donors and 118 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 76% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (FL 2025–26 session)

412 roll calls. Attendance 95.3% (Florida House 94.0%). Party unity 88% (94.7%). 14 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-02 · voted nay · Passage, Third Reading · SB 4F Property Tax Administration · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026F/SB4F/
- 2026-05-12 · voted nay · Passage, Third Reading · HB 5501E Documentary Stamp Tax Distributions · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/HB5501E/
- 2026-05-12 · voted nay · Passage, Third Reading · HB 5001E General Appropriations Act · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/HB5001E/
- 2026-05-12 · voted nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 10 bills: 9 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 5. 30.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Florida House 56.4%; rank 94 of 110).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 8121: 70th Anniversary of the Tallahassee Bus Boycott (passed one chamber, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HR8121/
- HR 8129: 100th Anniversary of Black History Month (passed one chamber, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HR8129/
- HB 1419: Elections (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1419/
- HB 1519: Use of Substances Affecting Cognitive Function (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1519/
- HB 1223: Sexually Transmissible Diseases (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1223/
- HB 1021: Administration of Medications by Pharmacists (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1021/
- HB 873: Health Care Practitioner Maternal Mental Health Continuing Education Requirements (introduced, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB873/
- HB 779: Juvenile Justice (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB779/
- HB 715: School and Child Care Facility Emergency Alerts (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB715/
- HB 6523: Descendants and Estates of Charles Greenlee, Walter Irvin, Samuel Shepherd, and Ernest Thomas (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB6523/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $132.8K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 58% 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=5065&LegislativeTermId=91
- Campaign site: https://www.rashonyoung.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Representative-RaShon-Young/61575376304871/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rashonforfl/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rashonforflorida
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rashon-young-71ab48175/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ff372569-d6f5-4bd0-8d36-569a7458f3e2