Florida House of Representatives

The Florida House of Representatives is the lower house of the Florida Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida, the Florida Senate being the upper house. Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution of Florida, adopted in 1968, defines the role of the Legislature and how it is to be constituted. The House is composed of 120 members, each elected from a single-member district with a population of approximately 180,000 residents. Legislative districts are drawn on the basis of population figures, provided by the federal decennial census. Representatives' terms begin immediately upon their election.

Term limits

House members are limited to four consecutive terms. In recent years in the Republican majority caucus, each entering class of House members elects a "speaker-designate" from the class whom the caucus as a whole commits to supporting as Speaker in six years time. ==Qualifications==

Qualifications

Florida legislators must be at least twenty-one years old, an elector and resident of their district, and must have resided in Florida for at least two years prior to election. ==Legislative session==

Legislative session

Each year during which the Legislature meets constitutes a new legislative session. Regular legislative session The Florida Legislature meets in a 60-day regular legislative session each year. Regular legislative sessions in odd-numbered years must begin on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March. Under the state Constitution, the Legislature can begin even-numbered year regular legislative sessions at a time of its choosing. ==Powers and process==

District map

== Past composition of the House of Representatives ==

Past composition of the House of Representatives

From 1874 to 1996, the Democratic Party held majorities in the Florida House of Representatives. Following sizable GOP gains in the 1994 election, which significantly reduced the Democratic Party majority in the Florida House, Republicans captured a majority in the 1996 election. The Republican Party has been the majority party since that time in the House. Additional information on the past composition of the Florida House of Representatives can be found in Allen Morris's The Florida Handbook (various years, published every two years for many years). ==Notable former members==

Notable former members

• Howell Lancaster (1911–1972), leader of the Pork Chop Gang • E. Bert Riddle (1893–1979), expelled member of the Florida House • C. A. Roberts (1903–1973), Lake Butler City Council member and first commissioner elected to the Board of Union County, Florida • F. Eugene Tubbs (1935–1978), co-creator of Gatorade ==See also==

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