State Senator District 17
Carlos Smith
● DemocratIn office since 2024
Quick facts 4 on file
Party● Democrat
OfficeState Senator District 17
District17
In office since2024
Office & contact
Florida Senate Building, The Capitol
Room 218, Senate Building 404 S. Monroe St., Tallahassee, FL 32399
850-487-5017smith.carlos.web@flsenate.govDirections ↗Data sources 3 on file
- State legislature roll calls
- Published advocacy scorecards
- State financial disclosure filings
Every claim links to its primary source.
- Votes with the Democratic majority 91% of the time - the 9 recent party breaks are the clearest signal of where Smith actually stands. official roll calls
- Advocacy groups split on the record - Florida Chamber of Commerce scores it 83%, Americans for Prosperity - Florida 65 (3 published scorecards). published scorecards
- Sponsored 52 bills and co-sponsored 28 on record; most recently SB 418 “Law Enforcement Officer Interactions with Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder” (Jun 17, 2026). bill records
What we don’t cover yet 1 gaps
What we don’t cover yet
Campaign finance filings for this office aren’t wired in yet - when they’re sourced, they’ll appear here.
The record
official roll calls · every vote links to the bill
91%
Votes with the Democratic majority.
Where both parties recorded a position on the same roll call, Smith’s vote matched the Democratic position 91% of the time. That makes the 9 recent breaks the clearest signal of where Smith actually stands - they’re first, below. official roll calls · Jun 2, 2026
1,622 votes · 1,378 yes · 218 no · 15 absent · 8 not voting · 3 excused
Where Smith broke from the party - the high-signal votes
VOTED NOroll call
Higher Education
Democrats voted yes, 6–1; Smith was one of the 1 against · HB 5601E · May 29, 2026
VOTED NOroll call
Health Care
Democrats voted yes, 7–0 · HB 5301E · May 29, 2026
VOTED NOroll call
Implementing the 2026-2027 General Appropriations Act
Democrats voted yes, 8–0 · HB 5003E · May 29, 2026
Votes by topic: top topics first, the rest behind filters
conference committee32 votes · yes on 32, no on 0
state budget24 votes · yes on 24, no on 0
Criminal Justice13 votes · yes on 9, no on 4
Law Enforcement13 votes · yes on 9, no on 4
State Government12 votes · yes on 8, no on 4
One vote can touch several topics.
LATEST: YESSave our Homes from Excessive Property TaxesSJR 2F · Jun 2, 2026CommitteesVice Chair · Criminal JusticeAppropriationsAppropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil JusticeAppropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
Personal finances
official financial-disclosure filings - originals one click away
Reported net worth · from annual disclosures
$150K reported for year-end 2024 · Latest reported year
Florida Form 6 figures are the sworn dollar amount each filing states.
Original filings:2024 filing ↗
Annual financial disclosures · official filings
7 filings on record
Form 6 · 2016–2024
Form 6 is Florida’s full financial disclosure - officials report their net worth, assets, and income sources each year.
Filed as Carlos Guillermo Smith - Elected Constitutional Officer - matched to Carlos Smith by name; the original names the filer.
Standing
how advocacy groups rate them - never our verdict
3 ratings from advocacy groups, across 4 issue areas. Scores are shown on a shared 0–100 scale so groups can be read side by side, with each group’s own published score kept next to it. Every score is the group’s opinion, never our verdict, and every row links to the scorecard.
Connections
people, money, orgs as one graph - every chip is a portal
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