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Kamia Brown

FL

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Kamia Brown directs governmental affairs at the Foundation for Sickle Cell Disease Research and represented Florida House District 45 from 2016 to 2022. Her priorities include affordable and workforce housing and better roads, sidewalks and transit.

Where Kamia Brown stands, based on their records

Supports

Healthcare Affordability (1 record), Environment and Public Health (4 records), Social Programs and Welfare (1 record)

Opposes

Government Spending Reduction (2 records), Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record)

Track record

Track record — Healthcare Affordability

Healthcare Affordability · 1 support

  • Filed HB 645 to extend Medicaid coverage for new mothers after giving birth. It died in committee, but the same longer coverage passed that year in the health budget bill SB 2518.

    February 1, 2021Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: flsenate.gov

Track record — Environment and Public Health

Environment and Public Health · 4 support

  • Sponsored CS/HB 1381, which told the Health Department to set up funded telehealth maternity care pilot programs for minority mothers in certain counties. It became law (Chapter 2021-238).

    July 6, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: flsenate.gov

  • Sponsored CS/HB 183 with Rep. Dotie Joseph, which required the state Office of Minority Health and Health Equity to promote health-equity programs and named a minority health liaison in each county health department. It became law (Chapter 2021-117).

    June 18, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: flsenate.gov

  • Sponsored HB 1045, which added Alzheimer's disease and dementia to Closing the Gap grant priorities and dropped fixed minimum and maximum grant sizes. It became law (Chapter 2019-154).

    June 27, 2019Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: flsenate.gov

  • Sponsored HB 1009, which added lupus to the health problems Florida's Closing the Gap grants target to cut racial and ethnic health gaps. It became law (Chapter 2018-157).

    April 9, 2018Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: flsenate.gov

Track record — Government Spending Reduction

Government Spending Reduction · 2 oppose

  • Sponsored CS/HB 1381, which told the Health Department to set up funded telehealth maternity care pilot programs for minority mothers in certain counties. It became law (Chapter 2021-238).

    July 6, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: flsenate.gov

  • Voted yes on the final $101.5 billion state budget for 2021-22 (SB 2500), which passed the House 117-1.

    April 30, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: flsenate.gov

Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control

Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 oppose

  • Voted no on HB 1 (2021), which raised penalties for riot-related crimes and limited local cuts to police budgets. It passed the House 76-39.

    March 26, 2021Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: flsenate.gov

Track record — Social Programs and Welfare

Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support

  • Filed HB 645 to extend Medicaid coverage for new mothers after giving birth. It died in committee, but the same longer coverage passed that year in the health budget bill SB 2518.

    February 1, 2021Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: flsenate.gov

Track record — General

General · 5 records

  • Was elected chair of the Florida Legislative Black Caucus.

    March 22, 2022

    Source: floridaphoenix.com

  • Voted no on HB 5 (2022), which banned most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. It passed the House 78-39.

    February 17, 2022

    Source: flsenate.gov

  • Filed HB 179 to ban discrimination over natural hairstyles in housing, jobs, and public schools and colleges. It died in committee; she filed similar bills in 2020 and 2022.

    January 8, 2021

    Source: flsenate.gov

  • Filed HB 1245 to create a state compensation fund for descendants of victims of the 1920 Ocoee Election Day Riots. It died in committee.

    January 9, 2020

    Source: flsenate.gov

  • Voted no on SB 7026 (2018), the school safety law passed after the Parkland shooting that raised the gun-buying age to 21 and let schools arm some staff. It passed the House 67-50.

    March 7, 2018

    Source: flsenate.gov

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