---
type: "Bill"
title: "History of Communism"
description: "History of Communism; 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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 1264"
citation: "Florida SB 1264 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-102"
primary_sponsors: ["Collins", "Education Pre-K -12"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-03"
last_action: "2024-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1202689-3294-44f4-b4bd-0b91116a1e3d"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1264/ByCategory"
source_hash: "2250ff7d625dd278c1c68b76696e54ac47ee03fc8c27c4178d79aa03e053a9e3"
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 SB 1264 (2024) — History of Communism

History of Communism; 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.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-102.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S 1264 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1264/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 1264 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1264/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 1264 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1264/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 1264 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1264/BillText/e1/HTML)
5. **S 1264 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1264/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable — **13–6** (pass) · upper
- A - 114783, Adoption, Second Reading — **32–79** (fail) · lower
- Third Reading — **25–7** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **106–7** (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Appropriations Committee on Education — primary (organization)
- Collins — primary (person)
- Education Pre-K -12 — primary (person)
- Avila — cosponsor (person)
- Harrell — cosponsor (person)
- Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

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

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1202689-3294-44f4-b4bd-0b91116a1e3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).