WGCU November 23, 2025 Kathleen Passidomo, a Republican from Naples and the former president of the Florida Senate, was given Audubon Florida’s Theodore Roosevelt Award at the group’s annual state conservation ceremony. Beth Alvi, Audubon Florida’s senior policy director, said Passidomo was the state’s top decision-maker fitting the award’s requirements of courageous leadership on environmental issues. "Audubon Florida honored Senate President Kathleen Passidomo for her stead

Florida Politics A.G. Gancarski The two former Senate Presidents worked to advance this project. The state’s Agriculture Commissioner and outgoing Senate President are demonstrating Florida’s commitment to wildlife conservation. According to a media release, the Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park marker intends to signal “a major step in helping residents and travelers alike understand, appreciate, and protect the state’s 18-million-acre connected landscape. “ “Every acre

November 11, 2024 Late last March, Kathleen Passidomo stood before television cameras, before the governor, her peers in the Florida Legislature and numerous medical leaders proclaiming that “today is the culmination of, I think, my career in the Legislature.” Gov. Ron DeSantis was in Bonita Springs to sign a series of bills into law that make up the “Live Healthy” package, a priority of Passidomo’s as she ended a two-year tenure as Senate president, just the third woman to h

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Florida Politics Christine Jordan Sexton March 21, 2024 'This is a game changer, our state will forever be changed.' Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a health care overhaul orchestrated by Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, who called it the pinnacle of her legislative career. The suite of bills (SB 1758, SB 7016, SB 7018 and SB 330) deal with everything from where babies are born to the creation of new behavioral health teaching hospitals. But the core of the legislation is de

WFSU January 18, 2024 A bill to grow the state’s healthcare workforce passed the full Florida Senate today. The Live Healthy package is heading next to the Florida House. The package was a priority for Senate President Kathleen Passidomo. “We have 300,000 people every year moving to Florida—most of them are older. Everybody is going to need healthcare. We don’t have enough practitioners to serve the population we have now," Passidomo says. "We need to attract, I like the way

WUSF December 18, 2023 With Florida’s 2024 legislative session just a few weeks away, lawmakers will be tasked to address pressing issues affecting Floridians. Florida Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, R-Naples, spoke about some of these issues Friday with Tom Hudson on The Florida Roundup. She said she’s focused on a package of proposals called Live Healthy, which promises to “grow Florida’s health care workforce, increase access, and incentivize innovation.” Passidomo al

The Florida Bar News June 12, 2023 Gov. Ron DeSantis recently announced the selection of three to the Florida Women’s Hall of Fame, including Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, a member of The Florida Bar. Also selected were Audrey Schiebler, a child advocate and a recipient of The Florida Bar Foundation Medal of Honor, and Lilly Pulitzer, a trailblazer of the fashion industry. Senate President Kathleen Passidomo President Passidomo of Naples is the third woman to serve a

Editorial USA TODAY Network-Florida During state Sen. Kathleen Passidomo’s recent appearance before the Southwest Florida Community...

James Call USA TODAY NETWORK-Florida Capital Bureau Like many Floridians, state Sen. Kathleen Passidomo came from somewhere else to build...

Kathleen Passidomo Special to The News-Press Stand up and be counted! Florida may lose resources, funding and representation in our...

By Kathleen Passidomo Published By The News-Press In one month, all of our lives have turned completely upside down. Travel, businesses,...

By Kathleen Passidomo Published by The Naples Daily News My friends and family urged me to respond to misinformation and personal attacks...

By The Naples Daily News Bolstering mental health programs in a state that’s ranked No. 50 in per capita funding. Further protecting...