212 Senate Building
404 South Monroe Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399
535 Central Avenue
Suite 302
Saint Petersburg, FL 33701
Full Name:
Darryl Ervin Rouson
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Angela; 9 Children: Antonio, Shkeisha, Danielle, Giselle, Evan, Daniel, Emanuel, Jared, Aaron
Birth Date:
07/20/1954
Birth Place:
New Orleans, LA
Home City:
Saint Petersburg, FL
JD, University of Florida, Fredric G. Levin College of Law, 1977-1980
BA, Xavier University of Louisiana, 1973-1977
Senator, Florida State Senate, District 16, 2022-present
Senator, Florida State Senate, District 19, 2016-2022
Candidate, Florida State Senate, District 19, 2022
Representative, Florida State House of Representatives, District 70, 2008-2016
Minority Leader, Florida State House of Representatives, 2013
Member, Agriculture Committee
Vice Chair, Appropriations Committee
Member, Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Committee
Vice Chair, Ethics and Elections Committee
Member, Governmental Oversight and Accountability Committee
Member, Joint Committee on Administrative Procedures
Member, Rules Committee
Former Member, Appropriations Committee, Florida State House of Representatives
Former Member, Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government, Florida State Senate
Former Member, Appropriations Subcommittee on Pre-K-12 Education, Florida State Senate
Former Member, Banking and Insurance Committee, Florida State Senate
Former Member, Business & Professions Subcommittee, Florida State House of Representatives
Former Member, Criminal Justice Committee, Florida State Senate
Former Member, Governmental Oversight and Accountability, Florida State Senate
Former Member, Health Policy Committee, Florida State Senate
Former Member, Joint Select Committee on Collective Bargaining, Florida State Senate
Former Member, Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, Florida State House of Representatives
Former Member, Legislative Budget Commission, Florida State House of Representatives
Former Member, Redistricting Committee, Florida State House of Representatives
Former Member, Regulatory Affairs Committee, Florida State House of Representatives
Former Member, Senate Redistricting Subcommittee, Florida State House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Business and Consumer Affairs, Florida State House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice, Florida State Senate
Former Chair, Substance Abuse and Addictions Task Force, National Bar Association
Former Vice Chair, Transportation Committee, Florida State Senate
Attorney, Dolman Law Group, 2013-present
Former Attorney, Morgan and Morgan Professional Association (PA)
Former Prosecutor, Pinellas County
Member, Legatus, present
Former President, Fred Minnis Bar Association
Member, Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church
Member, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
Former Board Member, Saint Petersburg Catholic High School
Former Member, Transition Team of Governor Charlie Crist
Commissioner, Tax and Budget Reform Commission, 2007-2008
President, National Association for the Advancement for Colored People (NAACP), 2000-2005
Awards:
Florida Partners in Crisis, Legislative Leadership Award, 2012;
Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association, Legislator of the Year, 2010, 2011;
PACE Center of Pinellas, Legislator of the Year, 2011;
University of South Florida - St. Petersburg, Chancellor's Award for Civic Leadership, 2010;