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Position on major issues
Position on major issues
Abortion and reproductive policy
Passed The Parent’s Bill, which requires parental consent before performing an abortion on a minor
Sources
https://ileanagarcia.com
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Agriculture and rural policy
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Artificial intelligence
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Official record (4)Fight for legislation that requires the utility commission to weigh affordability for families — something current law does not require it to do. Read full quote
Sources
https://votegeorgelavin.com/priorities
Archived copy: https://web.archive.org/web/20260930024158/https://votegeorgelavin.com/priorities
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Civil rights and freedoms
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Criminal justice and policing
Obtained vital state funding for Public Safety
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https://ileanagarcia.com
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Economy, jobs and wages
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Education
Strengthened parental rights in education
Sources
https://ileanagarcia.com
Make public education dollars transparent and measured by results families can actually see.
Sources
https://votegeorgelavin.comArchived copy: https://web.archive.org/web/20260930024101/https://votegeorgelavin.com
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Elections and voting
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Official record (14)Provide the check and balance that one-party supermajority control has erased — a vote and a voice that answer to this district, not to the capital.
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https://votegeorgelavin.com/prioritiesArchived copy: https://web.archive.org/web/20260930024158/https://votegeorgelavin.com/priorities
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Energy
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Official record (5)Hold the state accountable for the costs it actually controls — property insurance, your power bill, and the fees passed to working families.
Sources
https://votegeorgelavin.comArchived copy: https://web.archive.org/web/20260930024101/https://votegeorgelavin.com
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Environment and climate
Led the charge to pass numerous bills to clean-up Biscayne Bay, improve water quality and boating safety
Sources
https://ileanagarcia.com
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Fund resilience and reform flood insurance so families facing rising water aren't left to absorb the loss alone.
Sources
https://votegeorgelavin.comArchived copy: https://web.archive.org/web/20260930024101/https://votegeorgelavin.com
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Families and social services
$175,000 for Foster Care To Independent Living
Sources
https://ileanagarcia.com/
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Firearms policy
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Government reform
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Healthcare
Passed the “No Patient Left Alone Act” to make certain no one is ever again left alone in a hospital
Sources
https://ileanagarcia.com
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Fight to bring our own federal dollars home to cover working families in the coverage gap, rather than sending those dollars to other states. Read full quote
Sources
https://votegeorgelavin.com/prioritiesArchived copy: https://web.archive.org/web/20260930024158/https://votegeorgelavin.com/priorities
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Housing
Hold the state accountable for the costs it actually controls — property insurance, your power bill, and the fees passed to working families.
Sources
https://votegeorgelavin.comArchived copy: https://web.archive.org/web/20260930024101/https://votegeorgelavin.com
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Immigration
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Infrastructure and transportation
Secured over $100 million in state funding for infrastructure needs and services for the community
Sources
https://ileanagarcia.com/
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Fight every year to fund the state’s flood-protection grants and to bring those dollars home to District 36’s communities. Read full quote
Sources
https://votegeorgelavin.com/prioritiesArchived copy: https://web.archive.org/web/20260930024158/https://votegeorgelavin.com/priorities
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Local control
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National security and foreign policy
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Social Security and retirement
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Taxes and government spending
Secured over $100 million in state funding for infrastructure needs and services for the community
Sources
https://ileanagarcia.com/
Insist on transparency and real oversight of what state decisions cost working families.
Sources
https://votegeorgelavin.com/prioritiesArchived copy: https://web.archive.org/web/20260930024158/https://votegeorgelavin.com/priorities
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Technology and privacy
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Official record (11)Fight for legislation that requires the utility commission to weigh affordability for families — something current law does not require it to do. Read full quote
Sources
https://votegeorgelavin.com/prioritiesArchived copy: https://web.archive.org/web/20260930024158/https://votegeorgelavin.com/priorities
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Veterans
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Ileana Garcia
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State Senator, District 36
Position on major issues
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