FL SB 420
deadPatriotic Displays at Public Schools
Florida · 2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did FL SB 420 pass?
No. FL SB 420 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process. Latest recorded action (2026-03-13): Died in Messages; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 182 (Ch. 2026-33)
What is FL SB 420 about?
Patriotic Displays at Public Schools; Requiring, subject to legislative appropriation, each district school board to adopt rules to require the display of portraits of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln at each public school in the district; requiring the Department of Education to select the portraits and make them available to each school district, etc.
Who sponsors FL SB 420?
Burgess, Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education are the primary sponsors of FL SB 420, joined by 2 cosponsors.
Description
Patriotic Displays at Public Schools; Requiring, subject to legislative appropriation, each district school board to adopt rules to require the display of portraits of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln at each public school in the district; requiring the Department of Education to select the portraits and make them available to each school district, etc.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-13
- Latest action
- 2026-03-13 — Died in Messages; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 182 (Ch. 2026-33)
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- Burgessprimary
- Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Educationprimary
- Gaetzcosponsor
- Yarboroughcosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-03-13
Died in Messages
failure
2026-03-13
Died in Messages; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 182 (Ch. 2026-33)
failure
2026-02-19
In Messages
2026-02-19
Immediately certified
2026-02-19
CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 2
passage
2026-02-19
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2026-02-19
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2026-02-17
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/26
2026-02-10
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2026-02-10
Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 21 NAYS 2
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-05
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/10/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
2026-02-04
CS by Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education read 1st time
2026-01-30
Now in Rules
2026-01-30
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2026-01-28
CS by Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; YEAS 9 NAYS 1
2026-01-23
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education, 01/28/26, 1:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
2026-01-14
Now in Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education
2026-01-13
Introduced
introduction
2026-01-13
Favorable by Education Pre-K - 12; YEAS 6 NAYS 1
committee-passage-favorable
2026-01-08
On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 01/13/26, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
2025-11-17
Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Rules
referral-committee
2025-11-06
Filed
filing
Versions
Documents
Votes
Favorable
2026-01-13 · pass · 6-1
Member-level votes (8)
- Berman: yes
- Burgess: yes
- Osgood: yes
- Yarborough: yes
- Calatayud: yes
- Simon: yes
- Davis: no
- Gaetz: other
Favorable with Committee Substitute
2026-01-28 · pass · 9-1
Member-level votes (10)
- Bradley: yes
- Calatayud: yes
- Gaetz: yes
- Massullo: yes
- Osgood: yes
- Simon: yes
- Yarborough: yes
- Pizzo: yes
- Burgess: yes
- Jones: no
Favorable
2026-02-10 · pass · 21-2
Member-level votes (24)
- Avila: yes
- Berman: yes
- Boyd: yes
- Bradley: yes
- Brodeur: yes
- Burgess: yes
- Burton: yes
- DiCeglie: yes
- Gaetz: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Grall: yes
- Harrell: yes
- Martin: yes
- Osgood: yes
- Pizzo: yes
- Rodriguez: yes
- Rouson: yes
- Simon: yes
- Trumbull: yes
- Wright: yes
- Passidomo: yes
- Davis: no
- Jones: no
- Hooper: other
Third Reading
2026-02-19 · pass · 36-2
Member-level votes (39)
- Arrington: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Polsky: yes
- Avila: yes
- Grall: yes
- Rodriguez: yes
- Berman: yes
- Gruters: excused
- Rouson: yes
- Bernard: yes
- Harrell: yes
- Sharief: yes
- Boyd: yes
- Hooper: yes
- Simon: yes
- Bracy Davis: yes
- Jones: no
- Smith: yes
- Bradley: yes
- Leek: yes
- Truenow: yes
- Brodeur: yes
- Martin: yes
- Trumbull: yes
- Burgess: yes
- Massullo: yes
- Wright: yes
- Burton: yes
- Mayfield: yes
- Yarborough: yes
- Calatayud: yes
- McClain: yes
- Albritton: yes
- Davis: no
- Osgood: yes
- DiCeglie: yes
- Passidomo: yes
- Gaetz: yes
- Pizzo: yes
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