Ellyn Setnor Bogdanoff
Encyclopedia
Ellyn Setnor Bogdanoff (born October 17, 1959, in Miami, Florida
) is a Representative in the House of Representatives
of the U.S. state
of Florida
. She received her Bachelors degree from the University of Florida
in 1980. She lives in Fort Lauderdale, Florida with her family.
Sen. Bogdanoff voted in favor of legislation prohibiting doctors from asking patients if they own firearms. The bill is aimed particularly at pediatricians, who routinely ask new parents if they have guns at home and if they're stored safely because accidental injuries are the leading cause of death among children.
Miami, Florida
Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...
) is a Representative in the House of Representatives
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 House is composed of 120 members representing an equal number of districts, with each district having an average population of 156,677.The House convenes at...
of the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
. She received her Bachelors degree from the University of Florida
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
in 1980. She lives in Fort Lauderdale, Florida with her family.
Sen. Bogdanoff voted in favor of legislation prohibiting doctors from asking patients if they own firearms. The bill is aimed particularly at pediatricians, who routinely ask new parents if they have guns at home and if they're stored safely because accidental injuries are the leading cause of death among children.