Clay Yarborough

Clay Yarborough (born February 6, 1981) is an American politician who has served in the Florida Senate from the 4th district since 2022. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the Florida House of Representatives from the 12th district from 2016 to 2022 and on the Jacksonville City Council from the 1st district from 2007 to 2015.^[1][2]

Clay Yarborough
Member of the Florida Senate from the 4th district
Incumbent
Assumed office November 8, 2022
Preceded by	Aaron Bean
Member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 12th district
In office November 8, 2016 – November 8, 2022
Preceded by	Lake Ray
Succeeded by	Wyman Duggan
Member of the Jacksonville City Council from the 1st district
In office July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2015
Preceded by	Lake Ray
Succeeded by	Joyce Morgan
Personal details
Born	(1981-02-06) February 6, 1981 (age 44) Mobile, Alabama, U.S.
Political party	Republican

Florida Senate

In March 2023, Yarborough introduced Florida Senate Bill 254 into the Florida Senate, which would grant the state of Florida "temporary emergency jurisdiction" over children "subjected to" or "threatened with being subjected to sex-reassignment prescriptions or procedures".^[3] The bill was met with strong disapproval from the ACLU, which said it was "designed to silence, harm, and erase trans people in Florida", and would "directly threaten transgender Floridians’ fundamental human rights and safety".^[4] The bill passed through the Florida Senate and Florida House of Representatives in April 2023.^[3]