Karen Gonzalez Pittman
Republican · FL · Florida State Representative, District 65
Karen Gonzalez Pittman is a business owner and educator who has served in the Florida House since 2022. Her 2024 bill requiring insurance coverage of biomarker testing was enacted.
Where Karen Gonzalez Pittman stands, based on their records
Supports
Healthcare Affordability (1 record), Housing Affordability (2 records), Public Education Quality (2 records),
Opposes
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties (1 record), Gun Control (1 record)
Mixed record
Environment and Public Health (1 support · 1 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 1 support
Prime-sponsored HB 885 on coverage for biomarker testing, enacted in 2024 as Chapter 2024-249. State employee health plans must cover biomarker testing for eligible recipients. Florida Medicaid managed-care plans must cover it too.
June 18, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: flsenate.gov
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 1 support · 1 oppose
Voted for 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, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com
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
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 1 oppose
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 Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 2 support
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
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
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 2 support
Filed a Florida bill in January 2026 to limit yearly cost-of-living raises to school staff who work directly with students, let school boards add extra pay with no cap, and change how advanced degrees count toward teacher salaries. It died in an education subcommittee on March 13, 2026 (House Bill 1187).
January 7, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: leg.state.fl.us
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
Track record — Gun Control
Gun Control · 1 oppose
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
Track record — Election Integrity
Election Integrity · 1 support
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
Track record — General
General · 1 record
Voted against 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, 2025
Source: legiscan.com
Past race Karen Gonzalez Pittman ran in:
- State Representative, District 65 · November 3, 2026 · State House District 65; Florida · incumbent