The Florida Senate recently passed bills 28-9 that would change all state statutes as well as require state agencies, school boards, and charter schools to update geographic and instructional materials from the “Gulf of Mexico” to the “Gulf of America.”
The widespread changes now head to Gov. Ron DeSantis’s desk for his signature.
Sen. Nick DiCeglie (St. Petersburg) filed the Senate version of the statute change (SB 608). Reps. Tyler Sirois (R-Merritt Island) and Meg Weinberger (R-Palm Beach Gardens) filed the House version (HB 575)…