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Heath Flora

Republican, State Assembly
District 9, Ripon
Time in office:
  • Assembly: 2016-present

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Bio

Heath Flora, 42, is the Assembly Republican Leader. He’s a lifelong farmer who spent three summers as a firefighter for Cal Fire. He works for a business that manufactures nut harvesting and forcible entry equipment for firefighting. Flora also owns a company that sells used agricultural equipment. In 2022, a former lobbyist for the California Medical Association accused Flora of having an affair with her while he was married with two children. Flora, whose wife filed for divorce, was a member of the health committee at the time. Flora has not publicly addressed the allegations.

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Bill Activity

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Of 36 bills:
6 Passed
17 Failed
13 Pending

For this session year, this legislator initiated 36 bills: 6 passed, 17 failed, and 13 are currently pending.

Alignment Meter

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Financials

This feature tracks three sources of money intended to help a candidate win election: 1-Money given directly to a candidate’s committee, 2-Money given to an Independent Expenditure Committee, 3-Money given to a political party. (NOTE: Senators are elected every four years. Twenty of the 40 Senators are on the ballot in even-numbered years, so Senators may do little or no fundraising in the first two-year session of their Senate term).

Election

This display shows money given directly to the incumbent’s campaign committee (NOTE: The industry categories for donors come from Open Secrets, a nonpartisan research organization for campaign finance. Some contributions are “uncoded,” meaning they have not been assigned to an industry sector. As a result, the total for each sector is also an estimate).

Agriculture

$56.5K

Communications & Electronics

$13.0K

Construction

$44.0K

Energy & Natural Resources

$104.8K

Finance, Insurance & Real Estate

$148.3K

General Business

$107.0K

Government Agencies/Education/Other

$62.2K

Health

$163.5K

Ideology/Single Issue

$5.5K

Labor

$149.9K

Lawyers & Lobbyists

$6.5K

Transportation

$44.5K

Uncoded

$167.5K

Unitemized Contributions

$173.9K

Candidate Donations

Individuals, corporations, organizations and committees are limited to a maximum donation to candidates of $5,500 for the primary and for the general elections.

Total
$1.2M

163.0% higher than the average legislators

Grand Total for Elections

$1.2M

121.0% higher than the average legislators

This is a total of the money targeting this legislator's campaign(s) including direct donations to the candidate, money spent by Independent Expenditure Committees and money from political parties.


Influence

There are three categories of donations to legislators after they are elected that encourage a working relationship between the donor and the legislator. The three categories are: 1-Gifts, 2-Travel, 3-Behests.

Giver
Value
Date
Description
Reyes Holdings L.L.C.$95.34Aug 17, 2022Food and beverage
California Trucking Association$80Apr 9, 2022Food and beverage

Gifts

Legislators are not allowed to accept gifts of more than $10 per month from registered lobbyists. Gifts from any other single source are limited to $590 in a calendar year.

Gift Received Rating
#100/120

This legislator is ranked 100th highest for the amount of personal gifts received.

Committees

Most of the policy work in the state Capitol is done in “Standing” committees. Legislators also work on budget subcommittees. There are also “Special” and “Select” committees with a more narrow topic focus. And there are “Joint” committees with members from the Senate and Assembly.

Hearings

Featured Comments

Below are links to the video and transcript of recent, substantive comments by this legislator in committee hearings or floor sessions.

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Sep 8, 2025

AB 509

Alcoholic beverages: minors.

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Sep 4, 2025

AB 876

Nurse anesthetists: scope of practice.

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Sep 3, 2025

ACR 21

Galt Police Officer Harminder Grewal Memorial Highway.

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Jul 14, 2025

AB 876

Nurse anesthetists: scope of practice.

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Jul 7, 2025

AB 586

Professional fiduciaries.

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Jun 4, 2025

AB 948

School facilities: task-order procurement contracting.

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Jun 3, 2025

AB 1309

State employees: compensation: firefighters.

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Jun 2, 2025

AB 509

Alcoholic beverages: minors.

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Jun 2, 2025

AB 586

Professional fiduciaries.

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May 15, 2025

AB 876

Nurse anesthetists: scope of practice.

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May 7, 2025

AB 876

Nurse anesthetists: scope of practice.

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Apr 29, 2025

AB 1107

Cigarette and Tobacco Products Licensing Act of 2003: nitrous oxide: licensure.

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District

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District 9 is a Safe Republican District
Republican Party candidate has a very high likelihood of winning in an election

Previous Election (2024):

Heath Flora
70.1%
WON
Tami Nobriga
29.9%

Party Registration

Census Data

Median age0102030

Median age