---
type: "Bill"
title: "The Designation of the Gulf of Mexico"
description: "The Designation of the Gulf of Mexico; Changes designation of Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 575"
citation: "Florida HB 575 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["aviation", "public lands and property", "reclamation", "and use", "state organization", "vessels"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-8"
primary_sponsors: ["Sirois", "Weinberger"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2025-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b906b08e-3d71-4367-984f-a38aeab54ae3"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/575/ByCategory"
source_hash: "51d479cd49b5136f16339f8492ef5232225e5199e41a69912e4135713b7d12e5"
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 575 (2025) — The Designation of the Gulf of Mexico

The Designation of the Gulf of Mexico; Changes designation of Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-8.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 575 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/575/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 575 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/575/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **28–9** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **78–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sirois — primary (person)
- Weinberger — primary (person)
- Rizo — cosponsor (person)
- Sapp — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-12** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-19** Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2025-03-07** Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-03-11** Favorable by Government Operations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2025-03-11** 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** 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** Passed; YEAS 78, NAYS 27 `passage`
- **2025-04-03** In Messages
- **2025-04-07** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Received `enrolled`
- **2025-04-09** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-09** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2025-04-09** Substituted for SB 608
- **2025-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** 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. 2025-8

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b906b08e-3d71-4367-984f-a38aeab54ae3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).