FloridaFlorida would name roads and an airport to honor people
Starting July 1, 2026, Florida’s transportation department must mark specified roads, an airport, and other facilities with honorary names.
What it does
The text designates roads, an off-ramp, an access road, and an airport with honorary names. The transportation department must put up markers for the designated facilities.
Argument forThe names and road markers could help communities honor people connected to Florida and make those memorials visible to travelers.
Argument againstDrivers may need time to recognize the new road names, which could make it harder to follow directions in the named areas.
More detail
The law designates the listed Florida transportation facilities with memorial or honorary names and directs the state transportation department to put up markers. The designations cover specified road sections, an off-ramp, an access road, an airport in or near Tallahassee, and State Road 80 from Palm Beach County through Hendry County to Lee County. The act takes effect July 1, 2026.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jul 1Chapter No. 2026-182Latest
- Apr 14Approved by Governor Ron DeSantisBecame Law
- Apr 9Signed by Officers and presented to GovernorTo Governor
- Mar 13Ordered engrossed, then enrolledMinor
- Vote recorded Returning Messages. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 13Passed; YEAS 31 NAYS 4Major
- Mar 13Concurred in House amendment(s) to Senate amendment(s) (494741)
- Mar 12In returning messages
- Vote recorded Passage. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 12Passed as amended; YEAS 81, NAYS 22Major
- Mar 12Amendment 374018 Concur
- Mar 12Concurred in Senate amendment 387786 as amended
- Mar 12Amendment 169580 Concur
- Mar 12Amendment 494741 adopted
- Mar 12Added to Senate Message List
- Mar 11In Messages
- Vote recorded Returning Messages. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 11Passed as amended; YEAS 34 NAYS 3Major
- Mar 11Concurred in House amendment(s) as amended (376033)
- Mar 11Amendment(s) to House amendment(s) adopted (169580, 374018, 387786)
- Feb 25In returning messages
- Vote recorded Passage, Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 25Passed as amended; YEAS 82, NAYS 26Passed House
- Feb 25Added to Third Reading Calendar
- Feb 25Read 3rd timeMinor
- Feb 25Amendment 376033 adopted
- Feb 25Read 2nd timeMinor
- Feb 25Substituted for CS/HB 885
- Feb 191st Reading (Original Filed Version)Minor
- Vote recorded Third Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 19Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
- Feb 19Bill referred to House Calendar
- Feb 19In Messages
- Feb 19Immediately certified
- Feb 19Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0Passed Senate
- Feb 19Read 3rd timeMinor
- Feb 19Read 2nd timeMinor
- Feb 17Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/26
- Feb 12Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Vote recorded Favorable. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 12Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0Minor
- Feb 9On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/12/26, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building
- Jan 28Now in Fiscal Policy
- Vote recorded Favorable. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 28Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; YEAS 14 NAYS 0Minor
- Jan 23On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 01/28/26, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- Jan 13IntroducedMinor
- Jan 12Now in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
- Vote recorded Favorable. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 12Favorable by Transportation; YEAS 9 NAYS 0Minor
- Jan 5On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 01/12/26, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
- 2025
- Dec 9Referred to Transportation; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Fiscal PolicyMinor
- Nov 20FiledIntroduced
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