Lawrence McClure (June 26, 1987) is an American politician who is a member of the
Florida House of Representatives
The Florida House of Representatives is the lower house of the Florida Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida, the Florida Senate being the upper house. Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution of Florida, adopted ...
. He was elected in a
special election in December 2017. He represents the
Plant City area.
In 2022, he sponsored a bill that would have ended
net metering
Net metering (or net energy metering, NEM) is an electricity billing mechanism that allows consumers who generate some or all of their own electricity to use that electricity anytime, instead of when it is generated. This is particularly importa ...
and allowed Florida electric utilities to impose steep bills on those who install solar panels on their buildings. The proposed legislation was vetoed by Governor
Ron DeSantis. McClure subsequently said he intended to propose a revised version of the bill.
In 2022 McClure switched districts and ran in the 68th. He won his primary by over 30%.
References
External links
Florida House of Representatives - Lawrence McClure
Republican Party members of the Florida House of Representatives
Living people
21st-century American legislators
1987 births
21st-century Florida politicians
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