Florida Senate

Florida Senate
2018–2020 Florida Legislature
Type
Type	Upper house of the Florida Legislature
Term limits	2 terms (8 years)
History
Founded	May 26, 1845
Preceded by	Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida
Leadership
President	Bill Galvano (R) since Nov. 20, 2018[1]
President pro tempore	David Simmons (R) since Nov. 20, 2018[2]
Majority Leader	Kathleen Passidomo (R) since Nov. 26, 2018[3]
Minority Leader	Audrey Gibson (D) since Nov. 19, 2018[4]
Structure
Seats	40
Political groups	Majority   Republican (23) Minority   Democratic (17)
Length of term	4 years
Authority	Article III, Constitution of Florida
Salary	$29,697.00/year + per diem (Subsistence & Travel)[5]
Elections
Last election	November 6, 2018 (22 seats)
Next election	November 2, 2020 (21 seats)
Redistricting	Legislative control
Motto
In God We Trust
Meeting place
Senate Chamber Florida Capitol Tallahassee, Florida
Website
Official website

The Florida Senate is the upper house of the Florida Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida, the Florida House of Representatives being the lower house.^[6] The Senate is made of 40 members, each elected from a single-member district with a population of about 470,000 residents.

As of 2018, Republicans hold the majority in the chamber with 23 seats; Democrats are in the minority with 17 seats.^[7]

1. ↑ "Bill Galvano of Bradenton elected president of Florida Senate". Bradenton Herald.
2. ↑ "Sen. David Simmons, named Florida Senate president pro tempore, plans to continue education efforts". Tampa Bay Times.
3. ↑ "Passidomo named majority leader, Benacquisto retains chairmanship in Florida Senate". Fort Myers News-Press.
4. ↑ "Senate Democrats select Audrey Gibson as 2018-20 leader". Florida Politics.
5. ↑ "The 2017 Florida Statutes F.S. 11.13 Compensation of members". Florida Legislature.
6. ↑ "CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA". Florida Legislature. Archived from the original on December 8, 2008. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
7. ↑ "Senators". Florida Senate.