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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, 41, is a lifelong farmer who spent three summers as a firefighter for Cal Fire. He’s a battalion chief for his volunteer fire department. He currently 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.

Leader Badges

Ideology

Left

Moderate

Right

Bill Activity

Of 1 bills:

Passed

Failed

1 Pending

For this session year, this legislator initiated 1 bills: None passed, None failed, and 1 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

Communications & Electronics

Construction

Energy & Natural Resources

Finance, Insurance & Real Estate

General Business

Government Agencies/Education/Other

Health

Ideology/Single Issue

Labor

Lawyers & Lobbyists

Transportation

Uncoded

Unitemized Contributions

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

$883.5K

17.0% higher than the average legislators

Grand Total for Elections

$883.5K

17.0% higher than the average legislators

This is a total of the money to help this legislator win office including direct donations to the candidate, money from 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.	$95.34	Aug 17, 2022	Food and beverage
California Trucking Association	$80	Apr 9, 2022	Food and beverage

Personal 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.

Policy

Bills Authored by Heath Flora

AB 257

Specialty care network: telehealth and other virtual services.

In Progress

Specialty care network: telehealth and other virtual services.

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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.

Standing