Florida Senate - 2026                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1106
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability
       (Massullo) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. This act may be cited as the “Recognizing Judea
    6  and Samaria Act.”
    7         Section 2. Section 1.016, Florida Statutes, is created to
    8  read:
    9         1.016 Recognizing Judea and Samaria.—
   10         (1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.—It is the intent of the Legislature
   11  to:
   12         (a) Refer to the land liberated by Israel from Jordan
   13  during the 1967 Six-Day War by its historical name of “Judea and
   14  Samaria,” with the land south of Jerusalem being considered
   15  “Judea” and the land north of Jerusalem being considered
   16  “Samaria.”
   17         (b) No longer use the term “West Bank” in official
   18  government materials.
   19         (2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this act, the term:
   20         (a) “Official government material” means a guidance, rule,
   21  material, briefing, press release, communication, or work
   22  product document prepared by a state agency.
   23         (b) “State agency” means every department, division,
   24  office, board, commission, and institution of this state.
   25         (3) PROHIBITIONS.—A state agency may not use the term “West
   26  Bank” to refer to Judea and Samaria in an official government
   27  material or use moneys to create an official government material
   28  that refers to Judea and Samaria as “West Bank.”
   29         Section 3. Instructional materials, as defined in s.
   30  1006.28(1)(a), Florida Statutes, and library media center
   31  collections that are adopted on or after July 1, 2026, by a
   32  district school board or charter school governing board must
   33  refer to the land liberated by Israel from Jordan during the
   34  1967 Six-Day War by its historical name of “Judea and Samaria,”
   35  with the land south of Jerusalem being considered “Judea” and
   36  the land north of Jerusalem being considered “Samaria.” Such
   37  materials and collections adopted on or after July 1, 2026, by a
   38  district school board or charter school governing board may not
   39  use the term “West Bank” to refer to Judea and Samaria.
   40         Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.
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   42  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   43  And the title is amended as follows:
   44         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   45  and insert:
   46                        A bill to be entitled                      
   47         An act relating to recognizing Judea and Samaria;
   48         providing a short title; creating s. 1.016, F.S.;
   49         providing legislative intent; defining terms;
   50         prohibiting state agencies from using the term “West
   51         Bank” in official government materials; prohibiting
   52         state agencies from using moneys to create official
   53         government materials using such term; requiring
   54         instructional materials and library media center
   55         collections adopted by certain entities on or after a
   56         specified date to refer to a certain area as Judea and
   57         Samaria; prohibiting instructional materials and
   58         library media center collections adopted by certain
   59         entities on or after a specified date from using the
   60         term “West Bank”; providing an effective date.