Carlos Smith

State Senator · Senate District 17 · Party: Democratic

806 final-passage votes on record.

Amendment X · State powers

Official site ↗

Their job

A member of Florida's state Senate, which votes on the state's laws and budget.

Latest votes

Voted Yes on HB 5009 (Government Administration). It passed. Apr 17, 2025
Voted Yes on HB 5015 (State Group Insurance). It passed. Apr 17, 2025
Voted Yes on HB 5201 (State Financial Accounting). It passed. Apr 17, 2025

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Record at a glance

806

Final-passage votes

1125

All recorded votes

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OfficeDemocratic

Office: State Senator
District: Senate District 17
Party: Democratic
Term: Since 2024-11-05
Body: California State Legislature
Website: Official site ↗

SourceOct 9, 2026

Last verified Oct 9, 2026.

Official source ↗

Photo: Photo via Open States

No platform recorded yet

This tab shows Carlos Smith's platform in two parts. In their own words: a short excerpt, word for word, from their own Issues or Priorities page, with a link to the whole page, and statements their office submits, labeled as such. Commitments tracked: specific, checkable promises (signing a named bill, funding a program at a stated amount, finishing a project by a date), each quoted with its date and source and checked in code before it's published, with a status that changes only with evidence.

How the platform is recorded

Showing every recorded vote. Procedural, amendment, committee, and nomination votes are labeled.

HB 5009
Government Administration

Favorable with 1 amendment

Apr 17, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

Yes Source ↗
HB 5015
State Group Insurance

Favorable with 1 amendment

Apr 17, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

Yes Source ↗
HB 5201
State Financial Accounting

Favorable with 1 amendment

Apr 17, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

Yes Source ↗
HB 5203
Capitol Center

Favorable with 1 amendment

Apr 17, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

Yes Source ↗
SB 1292
Public Records/E-mail Addresses/DHSMV

Favorable

Apr 17, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

Yes Source ↗
SB 1160
Benefits for Certain Officers Injured in the Line of Duty

Favorable

Apr 17, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

Yes Source ↗
SB 26
Relief of Kristen and Lia McIntosh by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

Favorable

Apr 17, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

Yes Source ↗
HB 5501
Documentary Stamp Tax Distributions

Favorable with 1 amendment

Apr 17, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

Yes Source ↗
SB 1122
Florida Virtual School

Favorable

Apr 17, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

Yes Source ↗
HB 5013
State-funded Property Reinsurance Programs

Favorable with 1 amendment

Apr 17, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

Yes Source ↗
SB 1662
Transportation

Favorable with Committee Substitute

Apr 17, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

Yes Source ↗
SJR 174
Assessment of Homestead Property

Favorable

Apr 17, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

Yes Source ↗
SB 176
Assessment of Homestead Property

Favorable

Apr 17, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

Yes Source ↗
SB 600
Manufacturing

Favorable

Apr 17, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

Yes Source ↗
HB 1119
Health Care Patient Protection

Passage, Third Reading

Apr 16, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 253
Offenses Involving Motor Vehicles

Passage, Third Reading

Apr 16, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 1549
Financial Services

Passage, Third Reading

Apr 16, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 949
Wireless Communications Devices on School Grounds

Passage, Third Reading

Apr 16, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 1321
Higher Education

Passage, Third Reading

Apr 16, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 165
Tax Exemptions for Surviving Spouses of Quadriplegics

Passage, Third Reading

Apr 16, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 733
Brownfields

Passage, Third Reading

Apr 16, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 157
Service of Process

Third Reading

Apr 16, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HJR 679
Term Limits for Members of County Commissions and District School Boards

Passage, Third Reading

Apr 16, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 453
Pool/Spa Contractors

Passage, Third Reading

Apr 16, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 232
Debt Collection

Third Reading

Apr 16, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 4059
Sunbridge Stewardship District, Osceola County

Passage, Third Reading

Apr 16, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 4015
Broward County Narcotics and Dangerous Drug Intelligence and Enforcement Unit, Broward County

Passage, Third Reading

Apr 16, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 1553
Uterine Fibroid Research Database

Passage, Third Reading

Apr 16, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 710
Public Records/Crime Stoppers Organizations

Third Reading

Apr 16, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 4013
Citrus County

Passage, Third Reading

Apr 16, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 1353
Home Health Care Services

Passage, Third Reading

Apr 16, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 1374
School District Reporting Requirements

Third Reading

Apr 16, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 1161
Removal of Altered Sexual Depictions Posted without Consent

Passage, Third Reading

Apr 16, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 479
Leaving the Scene of a Crash Involving Only Damage to Vehicle or Property

Third Reading

Apr 16, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 1525
Prearranged Transportation Services

Passage, Third Reading

Apr 16, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 1133
Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

Passage, Third Reading

Apr 16, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 1367
School Attendance

Passage, Third Reading

Apr 16, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 569
Construction and Facilities

Passage, Third Reading

Apr 16, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 700
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

Third Reading

Apr 16, 2025 · Result: Passed

No Source ↗
SB 658
Waiver or Release of Liens

Third Reading

Apr 16, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 681
Apprenticeship and Preapprenticeship Program Funding

Passage, Third Reading

Apr 16, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 515
Uniform Commercial Code

Passage, Third Reading

Apr 16, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HJR 1325
Succession to Office of Governor, Auditing, and Government Efficiency

Passage, Third Reading

Apr 16, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 1559
Vexatious Litigants

Passage, Third Reading

Apr 16, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 903
Corrections

Passage, Third Reading

Apr 16, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 4023
Officers and Employees of North Springs Improvement District, Broward County

Passage, Third Reading

Apr 16, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 677
State Group Insurance Program Coverage of Standard Fertility Preservation Services

Passage, Third Reading

Apr 16, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 481
Anchoring Limitation Areas

Passage, Third Reading

Apr 16, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 768
Foreign Countries of Concern

Third Reading

Apr 16, 2025 · Result: Passed

Not voting Source ↗
HB 1195
Fentanyl Testing

Third Reading

Apr 16, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗

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