Rank 8 of 151
Colleen Burton
Republican · Senate District 12
Senator
Cities: Lakeland, Winter Haven, Haines City, Lake Wales, Auburndale, Davenport, Lake Alfred, Dundee, Polk City, Lake Hamilton
County: Polk
Why this grade
- Votes
- 60 of 60
- Leadership
- 10 of 20
- Public statements
- 15 of 20
- Total
- 85, rounded to 85
Votes counted
- HB 273 (2022) Money Services Businesses: Yea House roll call
- SB 7054 (2023) Central Bank Digital Currency: Yea Senate roll call
- HB 505 (2026) Virtual Currency Kiosks: Yea Senate roll call
- SB 1568 (2026) Use of Digital Currency by the Department of Financial Services: Yea Senate roll call
- HB 175 (2026) Payment Stablecoin: Yea Senate roll call
Sponsorships
- Sponsor, SB 314 (2026) Payment Stablecoin: 10 points
Public statements
“Florida continues to lead the nation in innovation, and the issue of stablecoin is one such example”
Florida Politics, March 18, 2026. Counted as supportive. Champions stablecoin regulation as innovation and economic development.
“Obviously, we have to go to the federal government [and] work with them so that we have the ability to regulate stablecoins here”
Decrypt, March 15, 2026. Not counted: mixed or neutral. Procedural explanation of regulatory alignment, not explicit advocacy.