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type: "Bill"
title: "Gulf of America"
description: "Gulf of America; Requires state agencies to update geographic materials to reflect new federal designation of \"Gulf of Mexico\" as \"Gulf of America\"; & requires instructional materials & library media center collections adopted or acquired by certain entities on or after specified date to reflect new federal designation of \"Gulf of Mexico\" as \"Gulf of America\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 549"
citation: "Florida HB 549 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["transportation designations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-7"
primary_sponsors: ["Porras"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-11"
last_action: "2025-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6053972c-7639-43b8-8195-49a41e0a5e74"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/549/ByCategory"
source_hash: "eaa5fc3a3a057a856889a1efe4f1c51c06af0efc86015528e42be93cbca2bf17"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---
# Florida HB 549 (2025) — Gulf of America
Gulf of America; Requires state agencies to update geographic materials to reflect new federal designation of "Gulf of Mexico" as "Gulf of America"; & requires instructional materials & library media center collections adopted or acquired by certain entities on or after specified date to reflect new federal designation of "Gulf of Mexico" as "Gulf of America".
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-7.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 549 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/549/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 549 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/549/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 549 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/549/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 549 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/549/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Passage, Third Reading — **7829** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **289** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Education & Employment Committee — primary (organization)
- Porras — primary (person)
- Barnaby — cosponsor (person)
- Buchanan — cosponsor (person)
- Chamberlin — cosponsor (person)
- Kendall — cosponsor (person)
- Rizo — cosponsor (person)
- Sapp — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-11** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-19** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Referred to Budget Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Now in Education & Employment Committee
- **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2025-03-11** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- **2025-03-13** Favorable with CS by Education & Employment Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- **2025-03-14** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2025-03-14** CS Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-14** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2025-03-17** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2025-03-18** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2025-03-20** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2025-03-20** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2025-03-20** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2025-03-27** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/3/2025)
- **2025-04-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-03** Amendment 808611 adopted
- **2025-04-03** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-03** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-03** CS passed as amended; YEAS 78, NAYS 29 `passage`
- **2025-04-03** In Messages
- **2025-04-07** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Received `enrolled`
- **2025-04-09** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-09** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2025-04-09** Substituted for CS/SB 1058
- **2025-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** CS passed; YEAS 28 NAYS 9 `passage`
- **2025-04-09** Immediately certified
- **2025-04-09** In Messages
- **2025-04-09** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-04-11** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-14** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-17** Chapter No. 2025-7
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6053972c-7639-43b8-8195-49a41e0a5e74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).