Florida HB 31: Monuments and Memorials

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CS/HB 31 2026

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to recognizing Judea and Samaria; 2
providing a short title; creating s. 1.016, F.S.; 3
providing legislative intent; defining the terms 4
"official government material" and "state agency"; 5
prohibiting the use of the term "West Bank" in 6
official government materials; prohibiting the use of 7
moneys to create official government materials using 8
such term; requiring instructional materials and 9
library media center collections adopted or acquired 10
by certain entities on or after a specified date to 11
refer to a certain area as Judea and Samaria; 12
prohibiting instructional materials and library media 13
center collections adopted or acquired by certain 14
entities on or after a specified date from using the 15
term "West Bank"; providing an effective date. 16
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 18
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Section 1. This act may be cited as the "Recognizing Judea 20
and Samaria Act." 21
Section 2. Section 1.016, Florida Statutes, is created to 22
read: 23
1.016 Recognizing Judea and Samaria.— 24
(1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.—It is the intent of the 25

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Legislature to: 26
(a) Refer to the land liberated by Israel from Jordan 27
during the 1967 Six-Day War by its historical name of "Judea and 28
Samaria," with the land south of Jerusalem being considered 29
"Judea" and the land north of Jerusalem being considered 30
"Samaria." 31
(b) No longer use the term "West Bank" in official 32
government materials. 33
(2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this act, the term: 34
(a) "Official government material" means a guidance, rule, 35
material, briefing, press release, communication, or work 36
product document prepared by a state agency. 37
(b) "State agency" means every department, division, 38
office, board, commission, and institution of this state. 39
(3) PROHIBITIONS.—A state agency may not use the term 40
"West Bank" to refer to Judea and Samaria in an official 41
government material or use moneys to create an official 42
government material that refers to Judea and Samaria as "West 43
Bank." 44
Section 3. Instructional materials, as defined in s. 45
1006.28(1)(a), Florida Statutes, and library media center 46
collections that are adopted or acquired on or after July 1, 47
2026, by a district school board or charter school governing 48
board must refer to the land liberated by Israel from Jordan 49
during the 1967 Six-Day War by its historical name of "Judea and 50

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Samaria," with the land south of Jerusalem being considered 51
"Judea" and the land north of Jerusalem being considered 52
"Samaria." Such materials and collections adopted or acquired on 53
or after July 1, 2026, by a district school board or charter 54
school governing board may not use the term "West Bank" to refer 55
to Judea and Samaria. 56
Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026. 57