Kim Daniels files for re-election to Florida House

Kim Daniels, sponsor of HB 303, the religious expression bill that was one of the few successes from the Duval Legislative Delegation in 2017.

State Rep. Kim Daniels, an iconoclastic Jacksonville Democrat representing House District 14 in Northwest Jacksonville, filed for re-election last week.

Daniels’ filing means that every member of the Duval Delegation has filed for some 2018 office, as Rep. Jay Fant filed to replace termed-out Pam Bondi as Attorney General last week also.

Daniels’ major legislative accomplishment this term was close to her heart, as a Charismatic evangelistic preacher with a global following.

She filed the House version of the “Religious Expression in Public Schools” bill, which cleared the Florida Legislature this session.

Though groups such as the Human Rights Campaign object to the legislation as blurring the lines between church and state, that’s not a position Daniels or the Florida Legislature shares.