---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regulation of Presidential Libraries"
description: "Regulation of Presidential Libraries; Preempting to the state all regulatory authority over the establishment, maintenance, activities, and operations of presidential libraries; defining the term “presidential library”; prohibiting counties, municipalities, or other political subdivisions from enacting or enforcing any ordinance, resolution, rule, or other measure regarding presidential libraries unless authorized by federal law, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 118"
citation: "Florida SB 118 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public lands and property"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-170"
primary_sponsors: ["Brodeur"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-12-19"
last_action: "2025-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7f1d3c1-f02f-40ff-ab33-424d854884b1"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/118/ByCategory"
source_hash: "e6cc83b4a010ba81df08e5b2c047ec7921f4884baca4b8e3a647e1d831393731"
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 118 (2025) — Regulation of Presidential Libraries

Regulation of Presidential Libraries; Preempting to the state all regulatory authority over the establishment, maintenance, activities, and operations of presidential libraries; defining the term “presidential library”; prohibiting counties, municipalities, or other political subdivisions from enacting or enforcing any ordinance, resolution, rule, or other measure regarding presidential libraries unless authorized by federal law, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-170.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 118 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/118/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 118 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/118/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **89–20** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **36–3** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brodeur — primary (person)
- Avila — cosponsor (person)
- DiCeglie — cosponsor (person)
- Fine — cosponsor (person)
- Gaetz — cosponsor (person)
- Gruters — cosponsor (person)
- Ingoglia — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-19** Filed `filing`
- **2025-01-15** Referred to Community Affairs; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 02/18/25, 11:00 am, 37 Senate Building
- **2025-02-18** Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18** Now in Rules
- **2025-03-04** Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-03-07** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/12/25, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2025-03-12** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 25 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2025-03-17** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/19/25
- **2025-03-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-19** Passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 3 `passage`
- **2025-03-19** Immediately certified
- **2025-03-19** In Messages
- **2025-04-28** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2025-04-28** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/29/2025)
- **2025-04-28** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2025-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-29** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** Passed; YEAS 89, NAYS 20 `passage`
- **2025-04-29** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-18** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-24** Chapter No. 2025-170

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7f1d3c1-f02f-40ff-ab33-424d854884b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).