The Florida House of Representatives passed a bill 78-29 on Thursday that would mandate state agencies, school boards, and charter schools to update geographic and instructional materials from the “Gulf of Mexico” to the “Gulf of America.”
Rep. Juan Porras (R-Miami) sponsored the bill (HB 549) in the House. Rep. Porras explained his bill to the chamber floor.
“This bill conforms the state’s geographic materials and the academic standards to the new federal designation for the former Gulf of Mexico to the new Gulf of America. The purpose of this bill is to ensure that Florida remains in line with the direction of the federal government and applies to the new executive and the Department of the Interior,” Porras said…