
Gus Bilirakis
U.S. Representative for Florida's 12th District
Republican · Since 2007 · Next election: 2026 · Age 63
Official name: Gus M. Bilirakis
Last updated · 7 sources
Gus Bilirakis is the U.S. Representative for Florida's 12th District, a Republican serving since 2007.
Bilirakis has served in the House longer than 379 of its 438 other members and longer than 22 of Florida's 26 other House members.
Bilirakis sits on 2 committees: Energy and Commerce and Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party.
In the House's last 30 days in session (May 19 – Oct 2, 2026), Bilirakis voted in 139 of 139 roll calls (100%). In that period, 76 bills Bilirakis sponsored or cosponsored had new actions.
Bilirakis has filed with the FEC to run for this seat in 2026. 5 candidates for the seat have reported receipts to the FEC.
This week (Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026)
Full schedule →House: pro forma sessions Mon and Thu
Votes
All of them →Voted in 139 of 139 roll calls (100%), May 19 – Oct 2, 2026.
Bilirakis voted with the majority of House Republicans on 137 roll calls and against it on 2.
Votes against the party majority
Legislation
36 bills sponsored and 345 cosponsored in the 119th Congress
H.R. 10645 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make uniformly available to States certain standardized data analytic technologies to identify and prevent fraud, waste, and abuse under Medicaid.
Cosponsor · Latest action Oct 1, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R. 10693 To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase flexibility in the transferability of Post-9/11 Educational Assistance, and for other purposes.
Cosponsor · Latest action Oct 1, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
H.R. 227 Clergy Act
Cosponsor · Latest action Sep 30, 2026: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
This bill establishes a two-year window for certain members of the clergy and Christian Science practitioners to revoke their exemption from Social Security and Medicare taxes on ministerial earnings.
Campaign finance
- Raised
- $1,588,538
- Spent
- $1,155,885
- Cash on hand
- $554,070
2026 election cycle, through Jul 29, 2026 · FEC H6FL09070
Florida senators
Rick ScottU.S. Senator for Florida · Republican
Ashley MoodyU.S. Senator for Florida · Republican
Sources
- congress-legislators (member data, CC0) · retrieved Oct 2, 2026
- Portrait: Public domain (U.S. government work)
- House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk)
- Bill status (Congress.gov / GovInfo BILLSTATUS) · retrieved Oct 2, 2026
- Campaign finance (Federal Election Commission) · retrieved Oct 2, 2026
- District profile (Census Bureau, 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates)