Florida SB 1106: Public Records/Body Camera Recordings Recorded by a Code Inspector

Bill Text

1106 
Recognizing Judea and Samaria 
2026-01-27T06:03:31Z 
Citing this act as the “Recognizing Judea and Samaria Act”; prohibiting state agencies from using the term “West Bank” in official government materials; prohibiting state agencies from using moneys to create official government materials using such term; requiring instructional materials and library media center collections adopted by certain entities on or after a specified date to refer to a certain area as Judea and Samaria, etc. 
Committee Substitute 1 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 CS for SB 1106 

 By the Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability; 
 and Senator Massullo 

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 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to recognizing Judea and Samaria; 
 3 providing a short title; creating s. 1.016, F.S.; 
 4 providing legislative intent; defining terms; 
 5 prohibiting state agencies from using the term “West 
 6 Bank” in official government materials; prohibiting 
 7 state agencies from using moneys to create official 
 8 government materials using such term; requiring 
 9 instructional materials and library media center 
 10 collections adopted by certain entities on or after a 
 11 specified date to refer to a certain area as Judea and 
 12 Samaria; prohibiting instructional materials and 
 13 library media center collections adopted by certain 
 14 entities on or after a specified date from using the 
 15 term “West Bank”; providing an effective date. 
 16 
 17 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 18 
 19 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 Legislature 
 25 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 “West 
 40 Bank” to refer to Judea and Samaria in an official government 
 41 material or use moneys to create an official government material 
 42 that refers to Judea and Samaria as “West Bank.” 
 43 Section 3. Instructional materials, as defined in s. 
 44 1006.28(1)(a), Florida Statutes, and library media center 
 45 collections that are adopted on or after July 1, 2026, by a 
 46 district school board or charter school governing board must 
 47 refer to the land liberated by Israel from Jordan during the 
 48 1967 Six-Day War by its historical name of “Judea and Samaria,” 
 49 with the land south of Jerusalem being considered “Judea” and 
 50 the land north of Jerusalem being considered “Samaria.” Such 
 51 materials and collections adopted on or after July 1, 2026, by a 
 52 district school board or charter school governing board may not 
 53 use the term “West Bank” to refer to Judea and Samaria. 
 54 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.