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State Representative, District 119

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Juan Carlos Porras

 

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Rey Lazaro Sordo

 

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Position on major issues

Position on major issues

Abortion and reproductive policy

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Agriculture and rural policy

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Artificial intelligence

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Civil rights and freedoms

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Criminal justice and policing

Porras voted to lower taxes and keep our families safe during his first term as our State Representative.

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Economy, jobs and wages

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Tax relief on household essentials, stronger consumer protections against hidden fees and price gouging, wage transparency requirements, and keeping affordability, not ideology, at the center of every budget debate.

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Education

Additionally, Porras played a crucial role in approving the state's budget, which allocated funds for school choice programs, toll relief, and domestic security.

Increased funding for public schools and teacher recruitment and retention. Read full quote

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Elections and voting

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Energy

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Environment and climate

HB 437 - Protecting our environment and our intercoastal waterways by implementing Anchoring limitation areas in parts of Biscayne Bay. We do not want our waterways to become homeless shelters and help keep them clean.

Stronger water-quality enforcement, recurring funding for canal and park maintenance, protection of conservation and agricultural reserve land, investment in flood resilience and drainage, and opposing any effort to open protected natural areas to development. Read full quote

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Families and social services

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Firearms policy

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Government reform

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Healthcare

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Oppose government interference in personal and medical decisions. Read full quote

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Housing

His key accomplishments include the successful passage of two of the most significant HOA reform bills in the state's history. These bills established the Homeowners' Bill of Rights, ensuring accountability and transparency within HOA boards.

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Incentives for affordable and workforce housing near jobs, schools, and transit. Renter protections against abusive fees and deceptive deposits. Transparency requirements in rental applications. State support for responsible housing development, building up, not out into protected land.

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Immigration

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Infrastructure and transportation

Additionally, Porras played a crucial role in approving the state's budget, which allocated funds for school choice programs, toll relief, and domestic security.

State funding for improved bus routes and park-and-ride expansion in West Kendall, rapid transit connections to existing Metrorail lines, road safety improvements on our most dangerous corridors, and long-term regional planning that treats transit as an affordability issue, not just a convenience.

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Local control

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National security and foreign policy

HM 167 & HM 351 - Holding the Federal government accountable by demanding they redesignate the FARC as a Foreign Terrorist organization and condemning the emerging partnership between both communist China and Cuban governments.

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Social Security and retirement

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Taxes and government spending

Porras voted to lower taxes and keep our families safe during his first term as our State Representative.

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Tax relief on household essentials, stronger consumer protections against hidden fees and price gouging, wage transparency requirements, and keeping affordability, not ideology, at the center of every budget debate.

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Technology and privacy

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Veterans

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