Florida Senate - 2026                             CS for SB 1106
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability;
       and Senator Massullo
       
       
       
       
       585-02206-26                                          20261106c1
    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:
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   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.