Accountability Scorecard / Profile
On the record
Ron DeSantis
Counts each graded PolicyBomb once where this person or group authored, signed, voted yes on or funded the graded policy (full scorecard rows only).
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Ron DeSantis: 4 PolicyBombs on record
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Positions on record
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Policy #24: School Gender Policies: Social Transition and Parental Concealment Harmful
Against SOGI instruction / parental-rights laws: HB 1557 era. Federal Register Title IX recodification. federalregister.gov
Listed in the research as: Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL)
Verdict: Bad. Schools that socially transition minors while hiding it from fit parents usurp the family.
Policy #55: Concealed Carry Mixed
For: Signed HB 543 (2023), permitless carry. Florida Senate: HB 543 (2023) (flsenate.gov)
Listed in the research as: Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL)
Verdict: The right to carry is settled law, and abolishing arbitrary may-issue regimes was fair. On the evidence, though, more carrying doesn't reduce crime and probably raises it modestly.
Policy #58: Red vs Blue States Mixed
Mixed: Debated state models on Fox News (Nov 30, 2023). AP: DeSantis, Newsom debate on Fox (apnews.com)
Listed in the research as: Newsom vs. Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL)
Verdict: Blue-state housing and permitting policy is clearly bad. It is the strongest support for the claim and explains much of the cost-of-living gap and out-migration.
Policy #61: COVID School Closures Harmful
For (qualified): Emergency Order DOE 2020-EO-06 required brick-and-mortar schools to reopen (Jul 6, 2020, for August reopening). Florida DOE Emergency Order 2020-EO-06 (fldoe.org)
Listed in the research as: Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL); Ed. Commissioner Richard Corcoran
Verdict: Extended closures were bad for society. The learning, earnings and equity costs were large and lasting, and the health benefit for children was small.