Marie Paule Woodson
Democrat · FL · Florida State Representative, District 105
Marie Paule Woodson is the Democratic incumbent for Florida House District 105. A Hollywood public administrator born in Haiti, she has served in the Florida House since 2020, is the 2024-2026 House Democratic Whip, and is ranking member on the Health Care Budget Subcommittee.
Campaign Finance Information — State Representative
Campaign Finance Information · State Representative · November 3, 2026
Data last updated July 27, 2026
- Raised
- $35,300
Top disclosed occupations of direct donors
- POLITICAL COMMITTEE$12,750
- LAW OFFICE$2,500
- ATTORNEY$1,500
- REAL ESTATE$1,500
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- ACQUISITION BUSINESS$1,000
Direct contributions by size
- $1,000-$4,999$29,000
- $500-$999$5,500
- $250-$499$500
- $100-$249$200
- $1-$99$100
Source: Florida Division of Elections · 2026 cycle · dos.elections.myflorida.com
Track record
Environment and Public Health
· 2 records
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, 2026For
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, 2024For
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Anti-Corruption
· 1 record
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, 2024For
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Government Efficiency
· 2 records
During the 2024-2026 term, Woodson served as House Democratic Whip, ranking member of the Health Care Budget Subcommittee, and a member of six additional budget, health, ethics, tax, education, and banking committees.
July 18, 2026For
Source: flhouse.gov · researched July 18, 2026
The Florida House biography records Woodson's 2018 Miami-Dade County recognition for 35 years of government service.
January 1, 2018For
Source: flhouse.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Healthcare Affordability
· 3 records
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, 2026For
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Woodson co-sponsored 2024 HB 725, enacted as Chapter 2024-250, expanding eligibility and admission priority for specified spouses and surviving spouses at Florida veterans' long-term-care facilities.
June 21, 2024For
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Woodson sponsored 2021 HB 1073, proposing school-board policies for student mental-health services and crisis response that minimized law-enforcement involvement and hospitalization; the bill died in committee.
April 30, 2021For
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Public Safety and Crime Control
· 4 records
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, 2026For
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Woodson sponsored 2026 HB 77, which proposed requiring public universities and state colleges to adopt, review, and update specified campus safety policies; the bill died in committee.
March 13, 2026For
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Woodson filed 2026 HB 1361, proposing identification and retention requirements for public-record requests involving law-enforcement officers.
January 9, 2026For
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Woodson sponsored 2021 HB 1073, proposing school-board policies for student mental-health services and crisis response that minimized law-enforcement involvement and hospitalization; the bill died in committee.
April 30, 2021Against
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Housing Affordability
· 5 records
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, 2025For
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, 2024For
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Woodson sponsored 2024 HB 1067, proposing expanded services and a Fostering Independence Grant Program for postsecondary students experiencing or at risk of homelessness; the bill died in committee.
March 8, 2024For
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Woodson sponsored 2023 HB 749, proposing employer tax credits, housing assistance, and education access for homeless youth and recent college graduates; the bill died in committee.
May 5, 2023For
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Woodson sponsored 2022 HB 1089, proposing corporate tax credits for landlords providing qualifying affordable housing to college students and recent graduates; the bill died in committee.
March 14, 2022For
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Social Programs and Welfare
· 6 records
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, 2026For
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Woodson filed 2026 HB 533, proposing communication rights, alternative-method access, training, complaint procedures, and an advisory board for people with disabilities.
November 24, 2025For
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, 2025For
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Woodson co-sponsored 2024 HB 725, enacted as Chapter 2024-250, expanding eligibility and admission priority for specified spouses and surviving spouses at Florida veterans' long-term-care facilities.
June 21, 2024For
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Woodson sponsored 2024 HB 1067, proposing expanded services and a Fostering Independence Grant Program for postsecondary students experiencing or at risk of homelessness; the bill died in committee.
March 8, 2024For
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, 2023For
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Public Education Quality
· 4 records
Woodson sponsored 2026 HB 77, which proposed requiring public universities and state colleges to adopt, review, and update specified campus safety policies; the bill died in committee.
March 13, 2026For
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Woodson sponsored 2024 HB 1067, proposing expanded services and a Fostering Independence Grant Program for postsecondary students experiencing or at risk of homelessness; the bill died in committee.
March 8, 2024For
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Woodson sponsored 2023 HB 749, proposing employer tax credits, housing assistance, and education access for homeless youth and recent college graduates; the bill died in committee.
May 5, 2023For
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Woodson sponsored 2021 HB 1073, proposing school-board policies for student mental-health services and crisis response that minimized law-enforcement involvement and hospitalization; the bill died in committee.
April 30, 2021For
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Personal Income Tax Reduction
· 1 record
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, 2023For
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Data Privacy
· 1 record
Woodson filed 2026 HB 1361, proposing identification and retention requirements for public-record requests involving law-enforcement officers.
January 9, 2026Against
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Civil Rights
· 2 records
Woodson filed 2026 HB 533, proposing communication rights, alternative-method access, training, complaint procedures, and an advisory board for people with disabilities.
November 24, 2025For
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Woodson co-sponsored 2025 HB 299, which passed the House unanimously and proposed an interior support-rail requirement for elevator accessibility before related construction legislation became law.
June 16, 2025For
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Corporate Accountability
· 2 records
Woodson co-sponsored 2024 HB 905, proposing deposits, redemption, audits, and penalties for specified beverage containers; the bill died in committee.
March 8, 2024For
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Woodson sponsored 2022 HB 1089, proposing corporate tax credits for landlords providing qualifying affordable housing to college students and recent graduates; the bill died in committee.
March 14, 2022Against
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Public Infrastructure
· 1 record
Woodson co-sponsored 2025 HB 299, which passed the House unanimously and proposed an interior support-rail requirement for elevator accessibility before related construction legislation became law.
June 16, 2025For
Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026
General
· 6 records
Woodson was born in Port-de-Paix, Haiti, moved to Florida in 1981, resides in Hollywood, and is identified by the Florida House as a public administrator.
July 18, 2026
Source: flhouse.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Marie Paule Woodson earned an associate degree in public administration from Miami-Dade College, a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Florida International University, and a master's degree in public administration and management from St. Thomas University.
July 18, 2026
Source: flhouse.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Florida's Division of Elections recorded Woodson as the incumbent Democratic candidate for House District 105, qualified on June 8, 2026, and unopposed for the 2026 general election.
June 8, 2026
Source: dos.elections.myflorida.com · researched July 18, 2026
The Broward Democratic Senior Caucus named Woodson its 2025 Legislator of the Year, and contemporaneous reporting identified her House Democratic Whip role and work on veterans, seniors, teachers, healthcare, mental health, housing, and property insurance.
November 4, 2025
Source: floridapolitics.com · researched July 18, 2026
Woodson served on the Miami-Dade County Commission for Women from 2014 to 2020, chaired it from 2016 to 2018, and 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
Elections
- State Representative · November 3, 2026 · State House District 105; Florida · incumbent
Profile last researched July 18, 2026.