No. CS/HB 31
Recognizing Judea and Samaria; Prohibits use of term "West Bank" in official government materials; prohibits use of moneys to create official government materials using such term; requires instructional materials & library media center collections adopted or acquired by certain entities on or after specified date to refer to certain area as Judea & Samaria; prohibits instructional materials & library media center collections adopted or acquired by certain entities on or after specified date from using term "West Bank."
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDThe bill creates section 1.016, Florida Statutes, directing every state agency to stop calling the region 'West Bank' and instead use the historical names Judea and Samaria.
State agencies may not use the term 'West Bank' in official government materials, and may not spend public money to create materials that use it.
Public school and charter school instructional materials and library media center collections adopted or acquired on or after July 1, 2026 must use the new terminology and may not call the area the West Bank.
Materials a school district or charter school already owns before July 1, 2026 are not required to be replaced or withdrawn.
AIMakes it unlawful for any state agency to use the term 'West Bank' in official government materials, or to spend public money producing materials that use it, when referring to Judea and Samaria.
AIStates the Legislature's intent to refer to the land Israel took from Jordan in 1967 by the historical names Judea, for the area south of Jerusalem, and Samaria, for the area north of Jerusalem.
AIApplies the same naming rule to instructional materials and library collections that school districts or charter schools adopt or acquire starting July 1, 2026; materials already in use before that date are not covered.