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D Florida House · District 44 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Rita Harris

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Total votes
2,056
all sessions
Attendance
98%
41 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
96%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
2%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
287
bills & resolutions
Higher than 91% of chamber peers
Committees
2
assignments
287 bills and resolutions

Sponsored bills

Total
287
Primary
52
Co-sponsor
235
This page
287
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Co-sponsor HB 11
Vetoed · Florida House · Co-sponsor
Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates

Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates; Requires municipality to charge customers receiving its utility services in another municipality same rates, fees, & charges as it charges consumers within its own municipal boundaries under certain circumstances.

Vetoed Jul 2, 2025 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor HB 181
Vetoed · Florida House · Co-sponsor
Parole

Parole; Requires Florida Commission on Offender Review to provide specified statistical analysis to Legislature; requires DOC to provide specified information to commission; requires commission to review specified information in certain circumstances.

Vetoed Jun 27, 2025 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor HB 295
Vetoed · Florida House · Co-sponsor
Comprehensive Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan

Comprehensive Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan; Requires DEP to develop comprehensive waste reduction & recycling plan, create & convene technical assistance group, & submit report to Legislature.

Vetoed Jun 27, 2025 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor HB 1545
Signed into law · Florida House · Co-sponsor
Parkinson's Disease

Parkinson's Disease; Establishes the Consortium for Parkinson's Disease Research within the University of South Florida; establishes the Parkinson's Disease Research Board; requires the board to direct the operations of the consortium and to annually adopt a plan for Parkinson's disease research; provides duties of the consortium director; provides research requirements for the plan.

Signed into law Jun 26, 2025 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor HB 907
Signed into law · Florida House · Co-sponsor
Florida Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases

Florida Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases; Establishes Florida Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases within FSU College of Medicine; & provides goals of institute; establishes Sunshine Genetics Pilot Program & Sunshine Genetics Consortium.

Signed into law Jun 26, 2025 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor HB 489
died · Florida House · Co-sponsor
Restoration of Voting Rights Database

Restoration of Voting Rights Database; Requires Florida Commission on Offender Review to develop & maintain database containing certain information for certain purpose; requires certain governmental entities to provide certain information to commission; requires DMS, acting through Florida Digital Service, to provide certain technical assistance to commission; requires commission to make database available to public on Internet website by certain date; requires commission to update database monthly & publish certain information on website; requires commission to provide comprehensive plan to Governor & Legislature by certain date; provides that person who takes certain actions in reasonable reliance on database may not be charged with certain violations of criminal law.

died Jun 16, 2025 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor HB 1317
died · Florida House · Co-sponsor
Elections Impacted by Emergencies

Elections Impacted by Emergencies; Requires counties & municipalities affected by emergency to provide specified information on their websites & through all means possible; provides that emergency contingency plan is public record & must be presented to Legislature in certain years; requires Secretary of State to consult with specified entities; provides voter rights with respect to participating in election in county that has been designated as being in state of emergency or eligible for individual or public assistance from Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); requires Division of Elections to take certain actions if election is scheduled within certain timeframe after emergency; requires division to maintain certain number of strategic elections equipment reserves in certain areas of this state; authorizes division to contract with certain vendors for provision of reserve equipment; specifies certain equipment be included in reserve equipment; requires election officials to take certain actions if county has been designated as being in state of emergency or eligible for individual or public assistance; specifies that certain criminal penalties do not apply if county has been designated as being in state of emergency or eligible for individual or public assistance; prohibits supervisor from requiring certain voters to use certain uniform statewide application.

died Jun 16, 2025 1 co-sponsor
Primary HB 6037
died · Florida House · Lead sponsor
Objections to Instructional Materials

Objections to Instructional Materials; Removes provisions authorizing parents & residents to object to instructional materials, requirements for certain meetings of committees related to such objections, provisions authorizing Commissioner of Education to appoint special magistrate, & district school board reporting requirements relating to such objections.

died Jun 16, 2025 0 co-sponsors
Co-sponsor HB 473
died · Florida House · Co-sponsor
Transportation Facility Designations

Transportation Facility Designations; Designates Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson Boulevard in Miami-Dade County; directs DOT to erect suitable markers.

died Jun 16, 2025 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor HB 511
died · Florida House · Co-sponsor
Specific Medical Diagnoses in Child Protective Investigations

Specific Medical Diagnoses in Child Protective Investigations; Provides exception to requirement that DCF immediately forward certain allegations to law enforcement agency; requires child protective investigator to inform subject of investigation of certain duty; requires Child Protection Teams to consult with licensed physician or APRN when evaluating certain reports; authorizes, under certain circumstance, parent or legal custodian from whom child was removed to request specified examinations of child; requires that certain examinations be paid for by parent or legal custodian making request or as otherwise covered by insurance or Medicaid.

died Jun 16, 2025 1 co-sponsor
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