Florida State Government

This page lists a number of links, mostly to the Florida State Government. This page is maintained as a service of the UFF to its members, and to fellow members of the Florida Education Association.

This site was inspired by the UFF/UCF site on Contacting Your Legislators. That site is currently maintaining a (long) list of outstanding proposed legislation.

Caveat. While this site provides information that state employees could use to contact their representatives, it is inappropriate for state employees to use state property --- office machines, stationary, etc. --- to lobby their representatives for personal gain (that includes legislation, policies, and executive actions affecting salaries, work conditions, bargaining, grievances, etc). Also, remember that there are many times when one would want to contact representatives as state employees to provide representatives, as fellow public servants with information within one's own professional sphere so that they can do their job more effectively. It is up to the state employee to be clear about the distinction.

The Judiciary

Here are the State Courts.

The Executive Branch

Here are a few links into the Executive branch:

State of Florida, Main Page.
The Governor's Office
The Department of Education: see also:
1. The Florida Board of Education (Division of Colleges and Universities)
2. Teacher's Salaries

The Legislative Branch

The Legislature has a Main Page.

The Senate

Here are some generic links for the Senate:

The Senate's Main Page.
The Senate's Committees, including the the Appropriations Committee and the Education Committee.
Pending Legislation.
A list of Senators.
A map of Senate Districts.

If you look at your Voter's Registration Identification Card, you will find your State Senate district listed. Here are the state senators of Suncoast region state senate districts:

District 10: Tom Lee.
District 13: Dennis L. Jones, Majority Leader.
District 19: Gary Siplin.
District 20: Anna P. Cowin.
District 21: Michael S. "Mike" Bennett.
District 22: Lee Constantine.
District 23: Lisa Carlton.
District 24: Bill Posey.
District 26: Howard E. Futch.

The House

Here are some generic links into the House:

The Main Page of the House
The list of House Committees.
On Pending Legislation
A list of Members .

If you look at your Voter's Registration Identification Card, you will find you House district listed.

This page was last updated on May 20, 2000. This page is maintained by Greg McColm for the United Faculty of Florida, University of South Florida chapter.