Yvette Benarroch

Benarroch co-sponsored 2026 HB 1019 regulating perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances; it became effective July 1, 2026.

July 1, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Benarroch sponsored 2026 HB 6011 to revise annual gift and honoraria disclosure filing; the House passed it 115-0 and the Senate passed an amended version 36-0 before it died in returning messages.

March 13, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Benarroch sponsored 2026 HB 535 to require candidates to file a statement disclosing dual citizenship; it died on the House second-reading calendar.

March 13, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Co-introduced a bill setting minimum pay for correctional, probation, and institutional-security officers as a share of police pay, plus yearly raises. The bill died in a House budget subcommittee (House Bill 165).

March 13, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 700, a 92-section agriculture package. Water additives must meet drinking standards, remove pollutants, or improve water, ending dental fluoride used in about 29 counties; a local-choice amendment failed 13-21. It protects verified farmworker housing, gives the state first chance to buy utility farmland, controls charger permits, registers public chargers, bans some drones, and lists charities free of money or direction from hostile foreign sources. The Florida House passed it 88-27, and it became law.

April 29, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

Source: legiscan.com · researched August 27, 2026

Voted for the House version of House Bill 875. It orders updated teaching standards, one core teacher-training curriculum, a skills-based certification route called Coaching for Educator Readiness and Teaching, and common mentor rules. The House passed it 84-27; the final law also names two required courses, creates the Florida Center for Teaching Excellence at Miami-Dade College, and keeps the general-knowledge exam.

April 23, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

Source: legiscan.com · researched August 27, 2026

Voted for House Bill 6025. It repeals the automatic ban on selling, displaying, or publicly carrying guns and ammunition during a local emergency caused by violence or disorder. The repealed section also said it did not authorize taking lawfully owned guns. The Florida House passed it 86-28, and it became law.

April 16, 2025Opposes Gun Control

Source: legiscan.com · researched August 27, 2026

Benarroch sponsored 2026 HB 535 to require candidates to file a statement disclosing dual citizenship; it died on the House second-reading calendar.

March 13, 2026Supports Election Integrity

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted for House Bill 903. Prisoners must finish prison appeals before suing, cannot claim only mental harm without physical injury or a listed sexual act, and have one year for poor-person petitions and injury suits. Discipline challenges create account liens for court costs; 10-20-Life gun terms run one after another, and another constitutional execution method may replace lethal injection if its chemicals become unavailable or impractical. The Florida House passed it 83-33, and it became law.

April 16, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

Source: legiscan.com · researched August 27, 2026

Benarroch co-sponsored 2026 HB 1019 regulating perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances; it became effective July 1, 2026.

July 1, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Sponsored a bill requiring Citizens Property Insurance to tell policyholders that state arbitration is an option for settling disputes (House Bill 863). It passed the House 105-3 but died in the Senate.

March 13, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Benarroch sponsored 2026 HB 125 designating an annual Charlie Kirk Day of Remembrance; the House passed it 82-31 before it died in Senate Rules.

March 13, 2026

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Benarroch was elected to the Florida House in 2024 and serves District 81.

November 5, 2024

Source: flhouse.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Benarroch co-sponsored 2026 HB 409 to require school districts to observe Veterans Day as a school holiday.

March 13, 2026

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Offered an adopted amendment to 2026 HB 243. It created a Micromobility Device Safety Task Force. The task force examines laws governing electric bicycles and similar devices.

February 11, 2026

Source: flsenate.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted against House Bill 351. Dangerous excessive speeding means driving at least 50 miles per hour over the limit or at least 100 miles per hour while threatening people or property; first penalties reach 30 days and $500, then 90 days and $1,000. A second conviction within five years suspends driving for 180 days to one year, and anyone cited for more than 50 miles per hour over must attend a hearing. The Florida House passed it 75-38, and it became law.

April 23, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched August 27, 2026