U.S. Representative — Florida's 18th District
Scott Franklin
Republican · Florida
Republican U.S. Representative for Florida's 18th congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Legislative Record
Recently sponsored bills (47 on record)
- H.R.9094 — Florida Freeze Disaster Assistance Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jun 2, 2026)
- H.R.8407 — ACCURATE Act (Introduced, Apr 21, 2026)
- H.R.8199 — SCHEDULES Act of 2026 (Introduced, Apr 6, 2026)
Scheduling for Community Health and Easy Data to Understand for Legislators to Evaluate Services Act of 2026 or the SCHEDULES Act of 2026 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a standard for timing between the date on which a referral for VA care is entered into the… - H.R.7734 — Land Grant Research Prioritization Act of 2026 (Introduced, Feb 26, 2026)
Land Grant Research Prioritization Act of 2026 This bill includes additional priorities as Department of Agriculture (USDA) high-priority research and extension areas. Under the bill, USDA may award grants for developing and evaluating (1) technologies to mechanize agricultural processes (and may… - H.R.7464 — TEMP Act (Introduced, Feb 10, 2026)
Temperature Event Mitigation Policy Act or the TEMP Act This bill directs the federal crop insurance program to provide for research and development regarding a temperature-based index policy to insure crops (including tomatoes, peppers, sugarcane, strawberries, melons, citrus, peaches, and… - H.R.5908 — Non-Essential Workers Transparency Act (Introduced, Nov 4, 2025)
Non-Essential Workers Transparency Act This bill requires federal agencies to submit reports to Congress regarding employees who were furloughed during a lapse in appropriations (i.e, government shutdown), the total number of employees, and the cost of salaries. Specifically, each federal agency… - H.R.3185 — Personnel Integrity in Veterans Affairs Act of 2025 (Introduced, May 5, 2025)
- H.R.2770 — TAME Extreme Weather and Wildfires Act (Introduced, Apr 9, 2025)
Recent floor votes (100 on record)
- Voted Yea on H.R.8884 — Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
- Voted Nay on H.Con.Res.89 — Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
- Voted Yea on H.Con.Res.113 — Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Yea on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Nay on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Yea on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Nay on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Aye on H.R.8800 — On Agreeing to the Amendment (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)
- H.R.9925 — To provide for Federal oversight of the development and deployment of frontier artificial intelligence in interstate and foreign commerce, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
- H.R.2395 — SHORT Act (Introduced, Jul 21, 2026)
- H.R.2767 — BRAIN Act (Introduced, Jul 20, 2026)
- H.R.404 — Hearing Protection Act (Introduced, Jul 20, 2026)
- H.R.5517 — Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act (Reported, May 19, 2026)
- H.R.4671 — Ensuring Casualty Assistance for our Firefighters Act (Reported, Jul 23, 2025)
- H.R.4672 — To extend the break-in-service consideration for firefighter retirements, and other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)
- H.R.450 — FORCE Act (Introduced, Jan 15, 2025)
Voting analysis
Scott Franklin holds two gavels on unrelated committees — vice chair of the agriculture appropriations subcommittee, and chair of the science committee's environment subcommittee. Funding farms and overseeing environmental research are not obviously the same job, and his filings straddle both.
Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Scott Franklin's cluster into: Health (8), Government Operations and Politics (7), Agriculture and Food (6), Armed Forces and National Security (6), International Affairs (3), Science, Technology, Communications (3).
Perfect attendance, two disagreements
He did not miss a roll call in this period, and departed from his conference on two of them. Once he backed an amendment it opposed, which failed; once he opposed an animal welfare bill it passed. Everything else he voted with his party.
| Roll call | Date | Outcome | Their vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R.8800 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 257 | Jul 21, 2026 | Failed | Aye (party: Nay) |
| H.R.4294 MAWS Act On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 88 | Mar 17, 2026 | Passed | Nay (party: Yea) |
Among the Florida Republicans
The Florida Republican group is large and its average is pulled upward by a handful of members who dissent often. Most of the delegation does not, and Franklin is firmly in that quieter majority.
Among the 20 Republicans in the Florida delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 6.1%. Scott Franklin is below that average at 0.9%.
The filings
An accuracy measure, disaster assistance for a Florida freeze, a scheduling bill, prioritisation of land grant research, and a temporary measure. Between citrus, cattle and a research portfolio, the district and the committee seats explain most of the list.
Of all 47, 44 currently sit at Introduced.
Tenure
He came to the House at the start of this decade after a naval aviation career and time in local government, and sits in the middle tenure band.
First elected in 2021, now serving across 3 terms. Scott Franklin falls in the mid cohort.
By the numbers
In the 119th Congress, Scott Franklin has 47 bills sponsored, 811 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.
Committee assignments
- House Committee on Appropriations
- House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
- House Committee on Appropriations: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies (Vice Chair)
- House Committee on Appropriations: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies
- House Committee on Appropriations: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
- House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Environment (Chair)
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