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SB 1428

Redesignations of State University and Florida College System Institution Roads

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Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1428 By Senator Garcia 36-01304-26 20261428__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the redesignations of state
3 university and Florida College System institution
4 roads; requiring state university and Florida College
5 System institution boards of trustees to redesignate
6 specified roads or portions of roads to certain names
7 relating to Charlie James Kirk within a specified time
8 period; requiring that state funds be withheld for any
9 university or institution that fails to redesignate a
10 road or portion of a roadway within such time period;
11 providing an effective date.
13 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
15 Section 1. (1) Each state university board of trustees, in
16 exercising its authority delegated by the Board of Governors of
17 the State University System, shall redesignate the following
18 roadways or portions of roadways, as applicable:
19 (a) The University of South Florida board of trustees shall
20 redesignate USF Alumni Drive as Charlie James Kirk Drive.
21 (b) The University of Central Florida board of trustees
22 shall redesignate Gemini Boulevard South as Charlie James Kirk
23 Boulevard.
24 (c) The Florida State University shall redesignate
25 Chieftain Way as Charlie James Kirk Road.
26 (d) The Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
27 shall redesignate West Osceola Street as Charlie James Kirk
28 Street.
29 (e) The Florida Atlantic University shall redesignate
30 University Drive as Charlie James Kirk Drive.
31 (f) The Florida Gulf Coast University shall redesignate
32 FGCU Boulevard as Charlie James Kirk Boulevard.
33 (g) The Florida International University shall redesignate
34 Southwest 17th Street as Charlie James Kirk Street.
35 (h) The Florida Polytechnic University shall redesignate
36 Polytechnic Circle as Charlie James Kirk Circle.
37 (i) New College of Florida shall redesignate College Drive
38 as Charlie James Kirk Drive.
39 (j) The University of Florida shall redesignate Stadium
40 Road as Charlie James Kirk Road.
41 (k) The University of North Florida shall redesignate UNF
42 Drive as Charlie James Kirk Drive.
43 (l) The University of West Florida shall redesignate Campus
44 Drive as Charlie James Kirk Drive.
45 (2) Each Florida College System institution board of
46 trustees, in exercising its authority delegated by the State
47 Board of Education, shall redesignate the following roadways or
48 portions of roadways, as applicable:
49 (a) Broward College shall redesignate College Avenue as
50 Charlie James Kirk Avenue.
51 (b) Chipola College shall redesignate College Street as
52 Charlie James Kirk Street.
53 (c) College of Central Florida shall redesignate Southwest
54 26th Street as Charlie James Kirk Street.
55 (d) Daytona State College shall redesignate Pinecrest
56 Avenue as Charlie James Kirk Avenue.
57 (e) Eastern Florida State College shall redesignate Titan
58 Boulevard as Charlie James Kirk Boulevard.
59 (f) Florida Gateway College shall redesignate Southeast
60 College Place as Charlie James Kirk Drive.
61 (g) The College of the Florida Keys shall redesignate
62 College Road as Charlie James Kirk Road.
63 (h) Florida SouthWestern State College shall redesignate
64 FSW Parkway as Charlie James Kirk Parkway.
65 (i) Florida State College at Jacksonville shall redesignate
66 Broad Street as Charlie James Kirk Street.
67 (j) Gulf Coast State College shall redesignate College
68 Street as Charlie James Kirk Street.
69 (k) Hillsborough College shall redesignate West Tampa Bay
70 Boulevard from Air Cargo Road to North Dale Mabry Highway as
71 Charlie James Kirk Drive.
72 (l) Indian River State College shall redesignate Cross
73 Campus Road as Charlie James Kirk Road.
74 (m) Lake-Sumter State College shall redesignate College
75 Drive as Charlie James Kirk Drive.
76 (n) Miami Dade College shall redesignate Northeast 1st
77 Avenue as Charlie James Kirk Avenue.
78 (o) North Florida College shall redesignate Mockingbird
79 Trail as Charlie James Kirk Drive.
80 (p) Northwest Florida State College shall redesignate
81 McCracken Way as Charlie James Kirk Drive.
82 (q) Palm Beach State College shall redesignate Ersey Street
83 as Charlie James Kirk Street.
84 (r) Pasco-Hernando State College shall redesignate Mrs.
85 Prameela Musunuru Health and Wellness Trail as Charlie James
86 Kirk Trail.
87 (s) Pensacola State College shall redesignate College
88 Boulevard as Charlie James Kirk Boulevard.
89 (t) Polk State College shall redesignate PSC Access Road as
90 Charlie James Kirk Road.
91 (u) St. Johns River State College shall redesignate Peoria
92 Cemetery Road as Charlie James Kirk Road.
93 (v) St. Petersburg College shall redesignate 5th Avenue
94 North as Charlie James Kirk Avenue.
95 (w) Sante Fe College shall redesignate Northwest 83rd
96 Street as Charlie James Kirk Street.
97 (x) Seminole State College of Florida shall redesignate
98 College Drive as Charlie James Kirk Street.
99 (y) South Florida State College shall redesignate College
100 Drive as Charlie James Kirk Drive.
101 (z) State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota shall
102 redesignate 57th Avenue West as Charlie James Kirk Avenue.
103 (aa) Tallahassee State College shall redesignate Progress
104 Drive as Charlie James Kirk Drive.
105 (bb) Valencia College shall redesignate Valencia College
106 Drive as Charlie James Kirk Drive.
107 (3) State funds shall be withheld from any state university
108 or Florida College System institution whose board of trustees
109 fails to redesignate the roadway or portion of a roadway listed
110 in subsections (1) and (2), respectively, within 90 days after
111 the effective date of this act.
112 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.