Florida HB 885: Transportation Facility Designations
Status: Laid on Table; Companion bill(s) passed, see SB 628 (Ch. 2026-182) (as of 2026-02-25)
State: Florida · Session: 2026 · Bill: HB 885
Subjects: transportation designations
Sponsors: Commerce Committee, Brannan, Andrade, Daniels, McFarland, Nix, Weinberger
Bill Text
CS/HB 885 2026 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. hb885-01-c1 Page 1 of 2 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S A bill to be entitled 1 An act relating to transportation facility 2 designations; providing honorary designations of 3 certain transportation facilities in specified 4 counties; directing the Department of Transportation 5 to erect suitable markers; providing an effective 6 date. 7 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 10 Section 1. Transportation facility designations; 11 Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers.— 12 (1) That portion of U.S. 90 in Baker County between N. 3rd 13 Street and the Nassau County line is designated as "State 14 Representative/Circuit Judge Hon. John J. Crews, Jr., Memorial 15 Highway." 16 (2) That portion of S.R. 295/Navy Boulevard between Duncan 17 Road and S.R. 292/Gulf Beach Highway in Escambia County is 18 designated as "Warrior Sacrifice Way." 19 (3) The bridge on Moncrief Road West over the Ribault 20 River in Duval County is designated as "Bernard Wilkes Ribault 21 River Bridge." 22 (4) That portion of U.S. 41 between North Creek and 23 Blackburn Point Road in Sarasota County is designated as "Dickey 24 Betts Memorial Highway." 25 CS/HB 885 2026 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. hb885-01-c1 Page 2 of 2 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S (5) That portion of S.R. 5/U.S. 1 between N.E. 38th Street 26 and E. Commercial Boulevard in Broward County is designated as 27 "Phil Smith Memorial Highway." 28 (6) The Department of Transportation is directed to erect 29 suitable markers designating the transportation facilities as 30 described in this section. 31 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026. 32
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