Marie Paule Woodson

Co-sponsored 2024 HB 725, enacted as Chapter 2024-250. It widened eligibility and admission priority at Florida veterans' long-term-care facilities. The change covered specified spouses and surviving spouses.

June 21, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Woodson sponsored 2026 HB 93, which proposed requiring hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to adopt surgical-smoke evacuation policies; the bill died in Senate Rules.

March 13, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Woodson co-sponsored 2024 HB 905, proposing deposits, redemption, audits, and penalties for specified beverage containers; the bill died in committee.

March 8, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Filed a bill proposing to require identification from people asking to see public records about law enforcement officers. The bill died in subcommittee (House Bill 1361).

January 9, 2026Opposes Anti-Corruption

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Woodson sponsored 2025 HB 539, proposing an independent-living housing grant and related protections for eligible young adults leaving foster care; the bill died in committee.

June 16, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Sponsored 2026 HB 77. It would require public universities and state colleges to adopt specified campus safety policies. They would also review and update them. The bill died in committee.

March 13, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Woodson sponsored 2026 HB 83, which proposed duties for booking officers to identify and protect minor children of arrested persons; the bill died in committee.

March 13, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Woodson sponsored 2024 HB 289, proposing a county pilot program to deter title fraud through identity information and property-owner notifications; the bill died in committee.

March 8, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Woodson sponsored 2025 HB 539, proposing an independent-living housing grant and related protections for eligible young adults leaving foster care; the bill died in committee.

June 16, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Sponsored 2023 HB 749. It proposed employer tax credits, housing assistance and education access. They would serve homeless youth and recent college graduates. The bill died in committee.

May 5, 2023Supports Housing Affordability

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Sponsored 2022 HB 1089. It proposed corporate tax credits for landlords providing qualifying affordable housing. The tenants would be college students and recent graduates. The bill died in committee.

March 14, 2022Supports Housing Affordability

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Woodson sponsored 2026 HB 83, which proposed duties for booking officers to identify and protect minor children of arrested persons; the bill died in committee.

March 13, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Filed 2026 HB 533. It proposed communication rights and alternative-method access for people with disabilities. It also proposed training, complaint procedures, and an advisory board.

November 24, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Woodson sponsored 2025 HB 539, proposing an independent-living housing grant and related protections for eligible young adults leaving foster care; the bill died in committee.

June 16, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Co-sponsored 2024 HB 725, enacted as Chapter 2024-250. It widened eligibility and admission priority at Florida veterans' long-term-care facilities. The change covered specified spouses and surviving spouses.

June 21, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Led a bill proposing a Fostering Independence Grant Program and added services for college students who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. It died in a House subcommittee in March 2024 (House Bill 1067).

March 8, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Woodson sponsored 2023 HB 101, proposing a homestead-tax exemption for surviving spouses of specified federal first responders; the related provision became law through another bill.

May 5, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Sponsored 2023 HB 749. It proposed employer tax credits, housing assistance and education access. They would serve homeless youth and recent college graduates. The bill died in committee.

May 5, 2023Supports Public Education Quality

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Sponsored 2021 HB 1073. It proposed school-board policies for student mental-health services and crisis response. Those policies would minimize law-enforcement involvement and hospitalization. The bill died in committee.

April 30, 2021Supports Public Education Quality

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Filed a bill proposing to require identification from people asking to see public records about law enforcement officers. The bill died in subcommittee (House Bill 1361).

January 9, 2026Supports Data Privacy

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Woodson sponsored 2024 HB 289, proposing a county pilot program to deter title fraud through identity information and property-owner notifications; the bill died in committee.

March 8, 2024Supports Data Privacy

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Filed 2026 HB 533. It proposed communication rights and alternative-method access for people with disabilities. It also proposed training, complaint procedures, and an advisory board.

November 24, 2025Supports Civil Rights

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Co-sponsored 2025 HB 299, which passed the House unanimously. It proposed an interior support-rail requirement for elevator accessibility. It came before related construction legislation became law.

June 16, 2025Supports Civil Rights

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

The Broward Democratic Senior Caucus named her its 2025 Legislator of the Year. Reporting at the time identified her role as House Democratic Whip. It also noted her work on veterans, seniors, teachers and healthcare. That work also covered mental health, housing and property insurance.

November 4, 2025

Source: floridapolitics.com · researched July 18, 2026

Voted against 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, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched August 27, 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

Voted against 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, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched August 27, 2026

Voted against 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, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched August 27, 2026

Voted against 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, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched August 27, 2026

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 · researched August 27, 2026

Voted against 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, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched August 27, 2026

Voted against 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, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched August 27, 2026

Voted against 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, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched August 27, 2026

Served on the Miami-Dade County Commission for Women from 2014 to 2020. Chaired it from 2016 to 2018. Also served on the Hollywood Neighborhood Watch Advisory Board in 2019 and 2020.

December 31, 2020

Source: flhouse.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Woodson was elected to the Florida House in 2020 and was reelected in subsequent cycles.

November 3, 2020

Source: flhouse.gov · researched July 18, 2026