Robin Bartleman
Robin Bartleman of Weston has represented the district since 2020 after serving on the Broward County School Board and Weston City Commission. A former special-education teacher and assistant principal, she holds degrees from FIU and Nova Southeastern University.
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Positions on the major issues
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Property taxes Strongly disagrees· based on record
Bartleman voted against both 2026 property-tax proposals and says Amendment 3 is a cost shift that could force cities to cut 25-40% of their budgets.
"The bill sponsor stated that to make up for lost revenue, local governments can increase taxes and fees. That is a tax swap, not relief."
Property insurance Leans agree· stated position
She supported My Safe Florida Home and co-sponsored HB 319 to create a national insurance compact to spread risk and lower premiums.
Housing affordability Strongly agrees· stated position
She supported the Live Local Act in 2023, co-sponsored the HOME Act (HB 675) and passed Miya's Law protecting renters.
Immigration Leans disagree· based on record
Bartleman voted against SB 2-C, the 2025 state immigration-enforcement package.
Abortion Strongly agrees· based on record
She voted against the six-week law in 2023 and, in a CNN interview, described her own pregnancy decision and said the Legislature and governor did not belong in that room.
"Women are going to die because of this"
Guns Strongly agrees· based on record
She voted against permitless carry and against lowering the long-gun age in 2025 and 2026, and filed a bill requiring police to seize guns from people served with domestic-violence injunctions.
"The law already grants the judge the ability to say, you are too dangerous for a gun. This simply says, we're going to go get your guns now."
Health care Strongly agrees· stated position
She passed bipartisan legislation expanding KidCare for working families and says she will keep fighting for affordable health care and prescription access.
Education & school choice Strongly disagrees· based on record
She voted against the 2023 universal voucher bill and says the school-choice program lacks fiscal and academic accountability.
"The school choice program has limited fiscal and academic accountability; we must ensure tax dollars are not wasted and students are educated."
Environment & water Leans agree· stated position
Her site cites her Unlawful Dumping law and opposition to an incinerator in the community.
Growth & development Leans agree· stated position
She says she has been recognized by the League of Cities and League of Counties for defending home rule.
Elections & voting Strongly agrees· stated position
She opposes HB 991's proof-of-citizenship rules, saying they create costly barriers and could remove eligible voters from the rolls.
"I have consistently opposed bills that create hurdles for voters and citizen-led ballot initiatives."
Gender identity laws Strongly disagrees· based on record
Voted against SB 254 (2023), the 2023 law barring gender-affirming medical treatment for minors and restricting it for adults.
Energy & utilities Leans agree· based on record
Voted against CS/CS/HB 1645 (2024), the 2024 energy law that removed climate change as a priority of state energy policy, repealed several renewable-energy goals and grant programs, banned offshore wind turbines in state waters and eased regulation of natural-gas pipelines; a vote for it is coded as leaning against promoting renewable energy.
No public position found on 5 issues
We searched campaign sites, questionnaires, interviews, votes and official actions and did not find a clear stance on: Taxes & spending, Marijuana, Crime & policing, Trump administration, Veterans. This is reported as unknown rather than guessed from party affiliation; these issues are excluded from this candidate's match score.
Other issues this candidate has raised
No additional issues found in public statements as of the last data review.
Record: votes, actions and documented facts
- CS/HJR 1-F (2026 special session), the homestead property-tax amendment (Amendment 3): voted No
- CS/CS/HJR 203 (2026), proposal to eliminate non-school property taxes on homesteads: voted No
- SB 2-C (2025 special session), state immigration-enforcement package: voted No
- HB 1 (2023), universal school-choice vouchers: voted No
- SB 300 (2023), the six-week abortion law: voted No
- HB 543 (2023), permitless concealed carry: voted No
- HB 759 (2025), lowering the long-gun purchase age from 21 to 18: voted No
- HB 133 (2026), lowering the long-gun purchase age from 21 to 18: voted No
- Voted against CS/HJR 1-F (2026), the June 2026 joint resolution that placed Amendment 3 on the ballot to raise the non-school homestead exemption to $250,000 by 2028 and let counties and cities exempt homesteads entirely; because the vote sent the question to voters rather than cutting taxes itself, a vote for it is coded as leaning toward sharply reducing homestead property taxes rather than as full agreement.Sources: Bill page · Roll-call vote
- Voted against CS/CS/HB 1645 (2024), the 2024 energy law that removed climate change as a priority of state energy policy, repealed several renewable-energy goals and grant programs, banned offshore wind turbines in state waters and eased regulation of natural-gas pipelines; a vote for it is coded as leaning against promoting renewable energy.Sources: Bill page · Roll-call vote
- Voted for CS/SB 102 (2023), the 2023 Live Local Act that put $711 million into state housing programs, required local governments to allow multifamily housing in commercial areas when at least 40 percent of units are affordable, and created property-tax exemptions for affordable developments; a vote for it is coded as leaning toward more government action on housing.Sources: Bill page · Roll-call vote
- Voted against SB 2-C (2025), the February 2025 special-session immigration law that created a State Board of Immigration Enforcement, made entering Florida as an unauthorized immigrant a state crime and required local cooperation with federal detention.Sources: Bill page · Roll-call vote
- Voted against SB 300 (2023), the 2023 law limiting most abortions to six weeks of pregnancy.Sources: Bill page · Roll-call vote
- Voted against HB 543 (2023), the 2023 law allowing adults to carry a concealed firearm without a permit.Sources: Bill page · Roll-call vote
- Voted against HB 1 (2023), the 2023 law that made every Florida student eligible for a state-funded scholarship usable at private schools or for home education.Sources: Bill page · Roll-call vote
- Voted against SB 254 (2023), the 2023 law barring gender-affirming medical treatment for minors and restricting it for adults.Sources: Bill page · Roll-call vote
- Voted against SB 7050 (2023), the 2023 elections law that raised penalties and shortened deadlines for third-party voter-registration groups and changed vote-by-mail and voter-roll procedures.Sources: Bill page · Roll-call vote
- Voted against SB 2-A (Dec. 2022), the December 2022 property-insurance law that ended one-way attorney fees and assignment of benefits and created a state reinsurance program, a market-based approach; a vote for it is coded as leaning against more direct state intervention.Sources: Bill page · Roll-call vote
Endorsements (as reported)
- Dolphin Democrats
- Equality Florida PAC
- Chief Executive Officers of Management Companies (CEOMC), trade group for Florida community association managers
- Florida Planned Parenthood PAC
- Sun Sentinel Editorial Board
- Sierra Club Florida