Originally elected to the House of Representatives in November 2020,and reelected again in 2022,McFarland has served on a number of committees. Currently,she is the chair of the Transportation &Modals Subcommittee and is a representative of the Infrastructure Strategies Committee,Civil Justice Subcommittee,Energy,Communications &Cybersecurity Subcommittee,and the Regulatory Reform &Economic Development Subcommittee.[3]
McFarland is married to fellow Naval Academy classmate and native Floridian Matthew Melton. They have three children.[4]
In 2016,McFarland joined the US Navy Reserves,where she participated in multinational antisubmarine warfare exercises above the Arctic Circle with the US European Command,as well as with the US Africa Command.[6]
In her civilian capacity,McFarland worked as a consultant with the global business management consulting firm McKinsey and Company,where she served clients across media,consumer goods,manufacturing,and advanced technology industries,among others,consulting directly with senior executives of Fortune 500 to solve business and operations challenges.
In June 2019,McFarland announced that she would be running to unseat the incumbent Democratic representative Margaret Good in the 72nd district of the Florida House of Representative.[7] However,in July 2019,Good announced that she would be running to unseat Vern Buchanan in the race for Florida's 16th congressional district.[8] During the Republican primary,McFarland faced local hospital board member Donna Barcomb and attorney Jason Miller. McFarland widely outspent both primary opponents and narrowly won the primary by 1.2 points (263 votes).[9][10][11] She defeated attorney Drake Buckman in the general election.[12]
In April 2023,McFarland sponsored an influential data privacy bill in the House,Senate Bill 262,dubbed the "Digital Bill of Rights."[13] After years of debate about the issue and a failed attempt in 2021,[14] Florida lawmakers passed the wide-ranging legislation,in which companies must allow Florida consumers to opt out having sensitive data collected,giving individuals more control over data gathered by Big Tech companies.[15] Signed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis,the bill also gives consumers the right to confirm,access,delete,correct and obtain a copy of their data,and they can opt out of "the processing of personal data for the purposes of targeted advertising,the sale of personal data,or profiling in furtherance of a decision that produces a legal or similarly significant effect concerning a consumer," according to a Senate bill analysis.[16]
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