James Vernon "Jim" Mooney Jr.

Co-sponsored a new law limiting what pharmacy benefit managers can do to pharmacies and giving pharmacies an appeal option; the House passed it 108-0 (House Bill 697).

March 13, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Was the first-named House sponsor of 2026 HB 755, which became Chapter 2026-181. It extended Florida Forever land-acquisition funding. The funding covers the Florida Keys Area of Critical State Concern.

July 1, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Mooney was a first-named House sponsor of 2026 HB 1201 updating epilepsy education, seizure-action plans, and school-employee training; it became Chapter 2026-75.

May 12, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 492, which sets a fixed schedule for releasing wetland bank credits. The Florida House passed it 87-26, and it became law.

April 30, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: legiscan.com · researched August 27, 2026

Mooney co-introduced 2026 HB 437 requiring prompt, good-faith responses and detailed estimates for public-records requests; it died in Senate Rules.

March 13, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Mooney co-introduced 2026 HB 437 requiring prompt, good-faith responses and detailed estimates for public-records requests; it died in Senate Rules.

March 13, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Was the first-named House sponsor of 2026 HB 755, which became Chapter 2026-181. It extended Florida Forever land-acquisition funding. The funding covers the Florida Keys Area of Critical State Concern.

July 1, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Mooney co-sponsored enacted 2026 HB 277 increasing penalties for repeat domestic violence and creating an electronic-monitoring pilot program.

May 22, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Co-introduced a child care bill changing licensing rules for day care homes and creating a Florida Child Care Fund (House Bill 765). The House set it aside in March 2026 after a similar Senate bill passed.

March 13, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Co-sponsored a new law limiting what pharmacy benefit managers can do to pharmacies and giving pharmacies an appeal option; the House passed it 108-0 (House Bill 697).

March 13, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Mooney co-sponsored enacted 2026 HB 277 increasing penalties for repeat domestic violence and creating an electronic-monitoring pilot program.

May 22, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Mooney co-introduced enacted 2026 HB 559 increasing penalties and treatment requirements for animal-cruelty offenses involving minors.

May 13, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Mooney was the first-named House sponsor of 2026 HB 911 requiring specified wind and impact resistance in certain buildings; it died in committee.

March 13, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted for House Bill 351, which creates the offense of dangerous excessive speeding, 50 miles per hour over the limit or 100 or more. The Florida House passed it 75-38, and it became law.

April 23, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: legiscan.com · researched August 27, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 1080, which standardizes zoning application deadlines and limits steep increases in impact fees. The Florida House passed it 84-29, and it became law.

April 30, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

Source: legiscan.com · researched August 27, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 700, a 92-section agriculture package that ends fluoride in drinking water and protects farmworker housing. The Florida House passed it 88-27, and it became law.

April 29, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

Source: legiscan.com · researched August 27, 2026

Co-introduced a child care bill changing licensing rules for day care homes and creating a Florida Child Care Fund (House Bill 765). The House set it aside in March 2026 after a similar Senate bill passed.

March 13, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Co-introduced a law tightening screening of staff at disability residential facilities and ordering a state study of care standards (House Bill 565). It passed 110-0 and 37-0 and was signed in June 2026.

March 13, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Mooney was a first-named House sponsor of 2026 HB 1201 updating epilepsy education, seizure-action plans, and school-employee training; it became Chapter 2026-75.

May 12, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Co-introduced a child care bill changing licensing rules for day care homes and creating a Florida Child Care Fund (House Bill 765). The House set it aside in March 2026 after a similar Senate bill passed.

March 13, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted for the House version of House Bill 875, which orders updated teaching standards and a skills-based teacher certification route. The House passed it 84-27, and it became law.

April 23, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

Source: legiscan.com · researched August 27, 2026

Voted for House Bill 6025, which repeals the automatic ban on selling or carrying guns during a local emergency. The Florida House passed it 86-28, and it became law.

April 16, 2025Opposes Gun Control

Source: legiscan.com · researched August 27, 2026

Voted for House Bill 1205, which requires every petition collector to register, live in Florida and be a citizen. The House passed it 81-30, and it became law.

May 1, 2025Supports Election Integrity

Source: legiscan.com · researched August 27, 2026

Mooney co-introduced enacted 2026 HB 1445 protecting specified patient information in the Parkinson's Disease Registry.

March 30, 2026Supports Data Privacy

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted for House Bill 903, which makes prisoners finish prison appeals before suing and bars claims for mental harm alone. The Florida House passed it 83-33, and it became law.

April 16, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

Source: legiscan.com · researched August 27, 2026

Co-sponsored a new law limiting what pharmacy benefit managers can do to pharmacies and giving pharmacies an appeal option; the House passed it 108-0 (House Bill 697).

March 13, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Mooney co-introduced 2026 HB 657 concerning community-association records, elections, conflicts of interest, arbitration, and termination procedures.

March 13, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Mooney was the first-named House sponsor of 2026 HB 911 requiring specified wind and impact resistance in certain buildings; it died in committee.

March 13, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted against Senate Bill 56, which makes releasing material into the air to change the weather a third-degree felony. The Florida House passed it 82-28, and it became law.

April 30, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched August 27, 2026

Mooney won the 2024 general election for House District 120 with 47,562 votes, or 63.1 percent.

November 5, 2024

Source: results.elections.myflorida.com · researched July 18, 2026

Mooney was elected to the Florida House in 2020 and subsequently reelected.

November 3, 2020

Source: flhouse.gov · researched July 18, 2026