State Representative, District 106
State representative; businessman and former television personality
Source review: 2026-10-16Miami Beach businessman and former television personality serving in the Florida House since 2022. The official House biography lists Cheshire Academy and Pepperdine University; it does not specify a completed degree.
Portrait provenance is retained in the full profile.
Sponsored HB 713 to expand Medicaid access to obesity treatment and diabetes-prevention services. His filing statement advocates behavioral programs, approved medication and medically necessary surgery.
Filed February 19, 2025. Died in Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee June 16, 2025; this is a proposal, not an enacted coverage expansion.
2025-02-19 · official legislative recordSponsored HB 815 to examine Medicaid managed-care referrals to affiliated providers and potential financial conflicts.
Filed February 20, 2025. The committee-substitute summary requires an AHCA analysis and report; the original statement describes broader restrictions. Died in Health & Human Services Committee June 16, 2025. Do not describe the original referral prohibition as enacted.
2025-02-20 · official legislative recordWas a named sponsor with Steele of HB 775 to change how homestead property is assessed, including using purchase price or construction cost and revised reassessment rules.
Historical proposal. Last action June 16, 2025: died in Ways & Means. Would have depended on HJR 773. No tax reduction from this bill is represented as having occurred.
2025-06-16 · official legislative recordCo-sponsored HB 597 allowing schools to obtain and maintain undesignated glucagon supplies for eligible students’ diabetes emergencies.
Co-sponsorship, not sole authorship. Approved by the Governor April 29, 2025 and recorded as Chapter 2025-15 May 1; effective July 1, 2025.
2025-05-01 · official legislative recordCo-sponsored HB 209, which requires public input on land-management plans and restricts certain development and lodging uses in state parks.
Co-sponsorship. Governor approved May 22, 2025; recorded as Chapter 2025-76 May 23. This specific conservation action does not establish an all-topic climate-policy stance.
2025-05-23 · official legislative recordVoted Yea on passage of HB 1069, legislation changing school rules on titles and pronouns, human-sexuality instruction and classroom-library objections.
Historical roll call, sequence 59, 77–35. Basabe-106 is explicitly marked Yea; visually verified in the official PDF. Bill content and later enactment: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1069 . This vote does not establish his view on every LGBTQ-rights proposal.
2023-03-31 · official legislative rollcallIn a signed commentary, said combating antisemitism was a priority while criticizing HB 111’s proposed bureaucratic structure and reliance on outside advocacy data.
First-person position published under Basabe’s byline; his account of legislative motives and outside organizations is attributed, not independently adopted. This addresses antisemitism policy, not his stance on the Gaza war, military assistance or Palestinian statehood.
2026-03-19 · candidate first person commentaryLists ending housing insecurity and helping homeowners among his campaign priorities.
Broad campaign priority with no detailed mechanism, budget, timeline or publication date supplied on this page. Do not imply a more specific policy than the source supports.
Publication date not stated · candidate platformLists supporting local business among his campaign priorities.
Broad campaign priority with no detailed mechanism, budget, timeline or publication date supplied on this page. Do not imply a more specific policy than the source supports.
Publication date not stated · candidate platformLists keeping taxes low among his campaign priorities.
Broad campaign priority with no detailed mechanism, budget, timeline or publication date supplied on this page. Do not imply a more specific policy than the source supports.
Publication date not stated · candidate platformLists increasing K–12 education opportunities among his campaign priorities.
Broad campaign priority with no detailed mechanism, budget, timeline or publication date supplied on this page. Do not imply a more specific policy than the source supports.
Publication date not stated · candidate platformLists stronger infrastructure, flood mitigation and beach protection among his campaign priorities.
Broad campaign priority with no detailed mechanism, budget, timeline or publication date supplied on this page. Do not imply a more specific policy than the source supports.
Publication date not stated · candidate platformReporting period: 2025-01-13 – 2026-10-02.
Figures belong to this account and reporting period. They are not lifetime funding or personal wealth. Receipts, in-kind contributions, loans and spending are separate measures.
Candidate committee receipts and independent expenditures are different money flows. Outside spending has not been comprehensively acquired. Missing records do not mean zero funding or no support. Contributor legal classifications are not inferred from a donor’s industry or political views.
Source-linked statements, votes, sponsorship and executive actions are distinct. The interactive profile retains news search, donor pagination and official archives. Historical campaign records do not establish current office or current views.