Hillary Cassel
Republican · FL · Florida state representative for District 101
Hillary Cassel is the incumbent Republican Florida state representative for District 101 and a qualified 2026 general-election candidate. A lifelong South Floridian and attorney, she formerly prosecuted cases for the Broward State Attorney's Office and co-founded a law firm representing families in insurance disputes. Elected to the House in 2022, she is vice chair of the Insurance & Banking Subcommittee and serves on judiciary, property-tax, health-care, housing, and information-technology panels. Her record emphasizes insurance-claim accountability, problem-solving courts, education, hurricane reinsurance, public safety, and district infrastructure and resiliency funding.
Campaign Finance Information — State Representative District 101
Campaign Finance Information · State Representative District 101 · November 3, 2026
Data last updated July 27, 2026
- Raised
- $145,305
Top disclosed occupations of direct donors
- POLITICAL COMMITTEE$46,000
- ATTORNEY$10,650
- LAW FIRM$10,000
- AUTOMOBILE DEALERSHIP$5,000
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- REAL ESTATE$4,360
Direct contributions by size
- $1,000-$4,999$134,500
- $500-$999$7,610
- $250-$499$1,870
- $100-$249$1,205
- $1-$99$120
Source: Florida Division of Elections · 2026 cycle · dos.elections.myflorida.com
Track record
Environment and Public Health
· 1 record
Cassel co-introduced 2026 CS/CS/HB 1019, phasing out most PFAS firefighting foam and requiring inventories, disposal plans, sampling, enforcement, and transition assistance; it became Chapter 2026-158.
June 17, 2026For
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Government Efficiency
· 2 records
Cassel sponsored 2026 HB 1047, authorizing qualifying special districts to establish joint relationships and collaborations within their combined boundaries; it died in committee.
March 13, 2026For
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Cassel sponsored 2026 HB 831, requiring more data and revised reporting schedules for mental-health, drug, and other problem-solving courts; the House laid it on the table in favor of the Senate companion.
March 10, 2026For
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Healthcare Affordability
· 1 record
Cassel sponsored 2026 HB 1015, proposing limits on insurance downcoding, stronger claim-response rules, restrictions on prior-authorization changes, and causes of action for health-care providers; it died in committee.
March 13, 2026For
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Public Safety and Crime Control
· 6 records
Cassel's campaign says she secured tens of millions of dollars for local infrastructure, school safety, hurricane resiliency, veterans, and seniors.
July 18, 2026For
Source: hillaryforflorida.com · researched July 18, 2026
Cassel began her legal career as a prosecutor in the Broward State Attorney's Office.
July 18, 2026For
Source: hillaryforflorida.com · researched July 18, 2026
Cassel co-introduced 2026 CS/CS/HB 277, strengthening domestic-violence penalties and injunction procedures, expanding victim relocation assistance, and establishing electronic-monitoring pilots; it became Chapter 2026-86.
May 22, 2026For
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Cassel sponsored 2026 CS/CS/HB 1471, creating state procedures and penalties involving designated terrorist organizations and restricting public support for them; it became Chapter 2026-28.
April 7, 2026For
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Cassel sponsored 2026 CS/CS/HB 1473, creating public-record exemptions for security-sensitive information supporting terrorist-organization designations; it became Chapter 2026-29.
April 7, 2026For
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Cassel sponsored 2026 HB 831, requiring more data and revised reporting schedules for mental-health, drug, and other problem-solving courts; the House laid it on the table in favor of the Senate companion.
March 10, 2026For
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Housing Affordability
· 1 record
Cassel sponsored 2026 HB 1349, proposing revisions to retention, reimbursement, premiums, and reinsurance in the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund; it died in committee.
March 13, 2026For
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Social Programs and Welfare
· 2 records
Cassel's campaign says she secured tens of millions of dollars for local infrastructure, school safety, hurricane resiliency, veterans, and seniors.
July 18, 2026For
Source: hillaryforflorida.com · researched July 18, 2026
Cassel co-introduced 2026 CS/CS/HB 277, strengthening domestic-violence penalties and injunction procedures, expanding victim relocation assistance, and establishing electronic-monitoring pilots; it became Chapter 2026-86.
May 22, 2026For
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Public Education Quality
· 4 records
Cassel's campaign says she secured tens of millions of dollars for local infrastructure, school safety, hurricane resiliency, veterans, and seniors.
July 18, 2026For
Source: hillaryforflorida.com · researched July 18, 2026
Cassel sponsored 2026 CS/CS/HB 833, authorizing certain small private schools to operate in commercial or mixed-use areas subject to traffic and fire-safety provisions; it died in Senate Rules.
March 13, 2026For
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Cassel was a named sponsor of 2026 CS/CS/CS/HB 1071, a broad education bill covering K-12 spending, school administration, charter and lab schools, early learning, instruction, educator certification, and facilities; it died in Senate Rules.
March 13, 2026For
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Cassel earned an associate degree from Tallahassee Community College, a bachelor's degree from Florida State University, and a law degree from Nova Southeastern University, where she was chief advocate of the Moot Court Honor Society.
December 31, 2006For
Source: flhouse.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Data Privacy
· 1 record
Cassel sponsored 2026 CS/CS/HB 527, which would bar insurers from using AI or machine learning as the sole basis for claim reductions or denials and require qualified human review; it died in Senate Rules.
March 13, 2026For
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Corporate Accountability
· 5 records
Cassel co-founded a law firm and has represented families in disputes with insurance companies.
July 18, 2026For
Source: hillaryforflorida.com · researched July 18, 2026
Cassel co-introduced 2026 CS/CS/HB 1019, phasing out most PFAS firefighting foam and requiring inventories, disposal plans, sampling, enforcement, and transition assistance; it became Chapter 2026-158.
June 17, 2026For
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Cassel sponsored 2026 HB 1015, proposing limits on insurance downcoding, stronger claim-response rules, restrictions on prior-authorization changes, and causes of action for health-care providers; it died in committee.
March 13, 2026For
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Cassel sponsored 2026 HB 1349, proposing revisions to retention, reimbursement, premiums, and reinsurance in the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund; it died in committee.
March 13, 2026For
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Cassel sponsored 2026 CS/CS/HB 527, which would bar insurers from using AI or machine learning as the sole basis for claim reductions or denials and require qualified human review; it died in Senate Rules.
March 13, 2026For
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Public Infrastructure
· 1 record
Cassel's campaign says she secured tens of millions of dollars for local infrastructure, school safety, hurricane resiliency, veterans, and seniors.
July 18, 2026For
Source: hillaryforflorida.com · researched July 18, 2026
General
· 2 records
Hillary Cassel is the incumbent Republican and a qualified 2026 general-election candidate for Florida House District 101.
June 10, 2026
Source: dos.elections.myflorida.com · researched July 18, 2026
Cassel was elected to the Florida House in 2022 and subsequently reelected.
November 5, 2024
Source: flhouse.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Integrity and Ethics
· 1 record
Cassel sponsored 2026 CS/CS/HB 1473, creating public-record exemptions for security-sensitive information supporting terrorist-organization designations; it became Chapter 2026-29.
April 7, 2026
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Elections
- State Representative District 101 · November 3, 2026 · State House District 101; Florida · incumbent
Profile last researched July 18, 2026.