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Sarasota, FL 34240
(941) 378-6309
Senate VOIP: 42300
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Victoria Brill and GeeDee KerrTallahassee Office
404 South Monroe Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1100
(850) 487-5023
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Florida Senate Service
- 2020-2022
- 2018-2020
2020-2022
Senator Joe Gruters
Party: Republican
Committee Assignments
- Education, Chair
- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, Vice Chair
- Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
- Banking and Insurance
- Commerce and Tourism
- Regulated Industries
- Rules
- Joint Select Committee on Collective Bargaining
District 23
- Letter Size (pdf)
- Poster Size (pdf)
Consists of Sarasota county and part of Charlotte county
Bills Introduced
Introduced in 2022
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S 76
Relief of Jamiyah Mitchell, Latricia Mitchell, and Jerald Mitchell/South Broward Hospital District
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Special Master on Claim Bills -
S 84
Relief of Victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Mass Casualty Incident/School Board of Broward County
Last Action: 10/20/2021 Withdrawn prior to introduction -SJ 8 -
S 222
Swimming Pool Specialty Contracting Services
Last Action: 5/6/2022 Chapter No. 2022-90 -
S 224
Regulation of Smoking in Public Places
Last Action: 3/2/2022 Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 105 -SJ 513 -
S 242
Racial and Sexual Discrimination
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Judiciary -
S 244
Partisan Elections for Members of District School Boards
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Education -
S 546
Consumer Finance Loans
Last Action: 5/20/2022 Approved by Governor -
S 566
Mental Health Professional Licensure
Last Action: 4/8/2022 Chapter No. 2022-29 -
S 734
Vaccinations During Public Health Emergencies
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Health Policy -
S 774
Communicable and Infectious Diseases
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability -
S 802
School Safety
Last Action: 3/3/2022 Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/CS/HB 1421 -SJ 568 -
S 808
Sales Tax Holiday for Disaster Preparedness Supplies
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security -
S 824
Private Vendor License Plate Sales
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Transportation -
S 934
Public Records/Homelessness Counts and Information Systems
Last Action: 4/8/2022 Chapter No. 2022-33 -
S 946
Entertainment Industry
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Finance and Tax -
S 952
Taxation
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Appropriations -
S 974
Sovereign Immunity
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Appropriations -
S 1004
Recall of County Officers and Commissioners
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Community Affairs -
S 1034
William L. Boyd, IV, Effective Access to Student Education Grant Program
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education -
S 1076
Florida Kratom Consumer Protection Act
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Appropriations -
S 1082
Alcohol Purchases by Veterans’ Service Organizations
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Regulated Industries -
S 1086
Exceptional Student Due Process Hearings
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Education -
S 1090
Corporate Income Tax
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Appropriations -
S 1124
Preemption of Local Government Wage Mandates
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Commerce and Tourism -
S 1132
Valuation of Timeshare Real Property
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Regulated Industries -
S 1246
Benchmark Replacements for the London Interbank Offered Rate
Last Action: 3/2/2022 Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 925 -SJ 506 -
S 1248
Local Government Land Development Actions
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Community Affairs -
S 1250
Sales Tax Refunds for Building Mitigation Retrofit Improvements
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Community Affairs -
S 1254
Cardiac Screening for Newborns
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Health Policy -
S 1256
Taxation
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Community Affairs -
S 1260
Independent Hospital Districts
Last Action: 3/8/2022 Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -SJ 728 -
S 1268
Cannabis Regulation
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Health Policy -
S 1284
Florida Postsecondary Student Assistance Grant Program
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education -
S 1290
Patient-specific Drug Coverage Transparency
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Health Policy -
S 1292
Fraud Prevention
Last Action: 3/4/2022 Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/CS/HB 749 -SJ 665 -
S 1294
Individual Education Plan Meetings
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability -
S 1298
Agreements with Professional Sports Teams
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Community Affairs -
S 1300
District School Boards
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Rules -
S 1304
Public Records/Trust Proceedings
Last Action: 3/8/2022 Ordered enrolled -SJ 735 -
S 1368
Trusts
Last Action: 5/6/2022 Chapter No. 2022-96 -
S 1382
Tax Administration
Last Action: 3/8/2022 Ordered enrolled -SJ 735 -
S 1446
Community-based Care Lead Agency Funding
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs -
S 1520
Acquisition of Professional Services
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Community Affairs -
S 1528
Restrictions on Firearms and Ammunition During Emergencies
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Judiciary -
S 1552
Direct-support Organization for the Florida Prepaid College Board
Last Action: 4/8/2022 Chapter No. 2022-38 -
S 1556
Golf Course Best Management Practices Certification
Last Action: 3/4/2022 Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/CS/HB 967 -SJ 669 -
S 1558
Tax on the Rental or Lease of Real Property
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Commerce and Tourism -
S 1584
Outstanding Florida Springs
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Environment and Natural Resources -
S 1650
Boating and Vessel Safety
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Environment and Natural Resources -
S 1660
Dependent Eligibility for State Group Health Insurance Enrollment
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability -
S 1662
Public Records/Department of Management Services
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability -
S 1680
Financial Institutions
Last Action: 3/4/2022 Ordered enrolled -SJ 696 -
S 1684
Parents’ Bill of Rights
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Judiciary -
S 1688
Pharmaceutical Products Containing Cannabis
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Regulated Industries -
S 1700
School Readiness Program Funding
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education -
S 1796
Dissolution of Marriage
Last Action: 3/9/2022 Ordered enrolled -SJ 761 -
S 1840
Ad Valorem Taxation
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Community Affairs -
S 1848
Personal Information Protection
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability -
S 1878
Capital Investment Tax Credit
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Finance and Tax -
S 1880
Offers and Sales of Securities
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Banking and Insurance -
S 1888
Federal Home Loan Banks
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Banking and Insurance -
S 1910
Contingency Risk Multipliers
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Banking and Insurance -
S 1920
Public Records/Election Workers
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Ethics and Elections -
S 1938
Recall of County Officials
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Community Affairs
Co-Introduced in 2022
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S 146
Fetal and Infant Mortality Reduction
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Appropriations -
S 228
Resiliency Energy Environment Florida Programs
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died on Calendar -
S 262
Damages Recoverable by Parents of an Adult Child in Medical Negligence Actions
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Judiciary -
S 324
Rescinding the Designation of the Mockingbird as the State Bird
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government -
S 384
Individual Wine Containers
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Regulated Industries -
S 418
Assistive Technology Advisory Council
Last Action: 3/28/2022 Chapter No. 2022-18 -
S 466
Military Corpsmen and Medics of Florida (MCMF) Program
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Messages -
S 560
Recovery for Wrongful Death
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Died in Judiciary -
S 1054
Financial Literacy Instruction in Public Schools
Last Action: 3/22/2022 Chapter No. 2022-17 -
S 1682
Transportation Facility Designations/98 Points of Light Road
Last Action: 3/4/2022 Laid on Table, refer to HB 1469 -SJ 667
Media
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Personal & Career
Legislative Service
- Elected to the Senate in 2018, reelected subsequently
- House of Representatives, 2016-2018
Other Public Service
- The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), President, appointed and awaiting Senate confirmation
- Electoral College, Florida member, 2016
- Florida State University Board of Trustees, member
- Florida Sports Foundation Board of Directors, member
- Sarasota County Planning Commission, Chairman
Honors and Awards
- Florida Homebuilder Association, Senator of the Year, 2019
- Fraternal Order of Police, Senator of the Year, 2019
- Florida Chamber of Commerce, Distinguished Advocate, 2018, 2019
- Small County Coalition Appreciation Award, 2019
- Associated Industries of Florida, Champion of Business, 2018
Affiliations
- University of South Florida, Community Leadership Council
Biographical Information
Occupation: | Certified Public Accountant |
Spouse: | Sydney Spence of Citrus Hills, FL |
Children: | Spencer, Jack Ryan, Elle |
Education: |
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Born: | in Tampa, Florida |
Religious Affiliation: | Roman Catholic |
Recreation: | College football, mountaineering, heli-skiing, concerts |
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