Florida Senate - 2025                             CS for SB 1058
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability;
       and Senator Gruters
       
       
       
       
       585-02290-25                                          20251058c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Gulf of America; requiring
    3         state agencies to update geographic materials to
    4         reflect the new federal designation of the “Gulf of
    5         Mexico” as the “Gulf of America”; requiring that
    6         specified materials and collections adopted or
    7         acquired by district school boards and charter school
    8         governing boards on or after a specified date reflect
    9         the new federal designation of the “Gulf of Mexico” as
   10         the “Gulf of America”; providing an effective date.
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   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. (1) Each state agency as defined in s.
   15  11.45(1), Florida Statutes, shall update its geographic
   16  materials to reflect the new federal designation of the “Gulf of
   17  Mexico” as the “Gulf of America.”
   18         (2) Instructional materials as defined in s. 1006.28(1)(a),
   19  Florida Statutes, and library media center collections adopted
   20  or acquired on or after July 1, 2025, by a district school board
   21  or charter school governing board must reflect the new federal
   22  designation of the “Gulf of Mexico” as the “Gulf of America,”
   23  when applicable.
   24         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.