[3] He served as vice chair of the Committee on Environmental Protection and the Environment & Natural Resources Council.

[3] He is the director of the Alico corporation, a Florida company dealing in farm goods.

[5] He is the grandson of Florida citrus and cattle magnate Ben Hill Griffin, Jr., who at one time was one of the wealthiest people in the world.

[7] In 2008 Troutman authored a bill intended to make it harder for copper thieves to sell to scrap dealers.

[7] In 2017, Troutman filed to run for the open seat of Florida Commissioner of Agriculture for the 2018 election.