Florida Senate Bill 1264

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: Passed on April 18 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-18 - Chapter No. 2024-102
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

Requiring instruction in public schools on the history of communism; creating the Institute for Freedom in the Americas at Miami Dade College; renaming the Adam Smith Center for the Study of Economic Freedom as the Adam Smith Center for Economic Freedom; requiring the Department of State, in collaboration with the Department of Education, to consult with stakeholders to provide a recommendation to the Legislature by a specified date for the creation of a museum of the history of communism, etc.

History of Communism

Senate Appropriations Committee on Education	Senate Education Pre-K -12 Committee	Sen. Jay Collins [R]	Sen. Ana Rodriguez [R]
Sen. Gayle Harrell [R]	Sen. Bryan Avila [R]

2024-03-06 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#895 (Y: 106 N: 7 NV: 7 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-03-05 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#867 (Y: 32 N: 79 NV: 9 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2024-03-01 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RCS#32 (Y: 25 N: 7 NV: 3 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2024-02-27 - Senate - Senate Fiscal Policy (Y: 13 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-20 - Senate - Senate Appropriations Committee on Education (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-02-06 - Senate - Senate Education Pre-K -12 (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-04-18		Chapter No. 2024-102
2024-04-17		Approved by Governor
2024-04-16		Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
2024-03-06	Senate	Ordered enrolled
2024-03-06	House	CS passed; YEAS 106, NAYS 7
2024-03-06	House	Read 3rd time
2024-03-05	House	Added to Third Reading Calendar
2024-03-05	House	Placed on 3rd reading
2024-03-05	House	Amendment 736529 Failed
2024-03-05	House	Amendment 669063 Failed
2024-03-05	House	Amendment 114783 Failed
2024-03-05	House	Amendment 651081 Failed
2024-03-05	House	Read 2nd time
2024-03-04	House	1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
2024-03-04	House	Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/5/2024)
2024-03-04	House	Bill referred to House Calendar
2024-03-01	House	In Messages
2024-03-01	Senate	CS passed as amended; YEAS 25 NAYS 7
2024-03-01	Senate	Read 3rd time
2024-03-01	Senate	Amendment(s) adopted (898582)
2024-03-01	Senate	Read 2nd time
2024-02-28	Senate	Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/01/24
2024-02-28	Senate	Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2024-02-27	Senate	Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 13 NAYS 6
2024-02-27	Senate	CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Education read 1st time
2024-02-22	Senate	Now in Fiscal Policy
2024-02-22	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/27/24, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
2024-02-22	Senate	Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2024-02-20	Senate	CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Education; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
2024-02-15	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Education, 02/20/24, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
2024-02-08	Senate	Now in Appropriations Committee on Education
2024-02-07	Senate	CS by Education Pre-K -12 read 1st time
2024-02-07	Senate	Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2024-02-06	Senate	CS by Education Pre-K -12; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
2024-02-01	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K -12, 02/06/24, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
2024-01-10	Senate	Introduced
2024-01-10	Senate	Referred to Education Pre-K -12; Appropriations Committee on Education; Fiscal Policy
2024-01-03	Senate	Filed

H1349 (Similar To) 2024-03-05 - Laid on Table

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
1003	42		Amended Code	See Bill Text
1004	6496		Amended Code	See Bill Text
1004	64991		Amended Code	See Bill Text
1004	89		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1264
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1264/BillText/Filed/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1264/BillText/c1/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1264/BillText/c2/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1264/BillText/e1/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1264/BillText/er/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1264/Amendment/834692/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1264/Amendment/898582/HTML
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1264/Analyses/2024s01264.pre.ed.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1264/Analyses/2024s01264.ed.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1264/Analyses/2024s01264.pre.aed.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1264/Analyses/2024s01264.aed.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1264/Analyses/2024s01264.pre.fp.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1264/Analyses/2024s01264.fp.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1264/Vote/2024-02-06%200830AM~S01264%20Vote%20Record.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1264/Vote/2024-02-20%200830AM~S01264%20Vote%20Record.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1264/Vote/2024-02-27%200900AM~S01264%20Vote%20Record.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1264/Vote/SenateVote_s01264c2032.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1264/Vote/HouseVote_s01264e1867.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1264/Vote/HouseVote_s01264e1895.PDF