---
type: "Bill"
title: "Holocaust Remembrance Day"
description: "Holocaust Remembrance Day; Requiring the Governor to proclaim a specified day annually as “Holocaust Remembrance Day”; authorizing “Holocaust Remembrance Day” to be observed in this state’s public schools and be observed by public exercise as the Governor may designate, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 356"
citation: "Florida SB 356 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["commercial relations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-86"
primary_sponsors: ["Berman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2025-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/310185f3-ca34-47ff-a962-6497dbcd6f89"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/356/ByCategory"
source_hash: "13d9c85c5b592b5a5f55d14c8f928ae35ffd2c36fe52201bf40ecac91ad024a5"
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 356 (2025) — Holocaust Remembrance Day

Holocaust Remembrance Day; Requiring the Governor to proclaim a specified day annually as “Holocaust Remembrance Day”; authorizing “Holocaust Remembrance Day” to be observed in this state’s public schools and be observed by public exercise as the Governor may designate, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-86.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 356 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/356/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 356 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/356/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Berman — primary (person)
- Arrington — cosponsor (person)
- Avila — cosponsor (person)
- Bernard — cosponsor (person)
- Brodeur — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Gaetz — cosponsor (person)
- Polsky — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-24** On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 03/03/25, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2025-03-03** Favorable by Education Pre-K - 12; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** 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
- **2025-03-25** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/27/25
- **2025-03-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-27** Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-27** Immediately certified
- **2025-03-27** 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 114, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-29** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-27** Chapter No. 2025-86

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/310185f3-ca34-47ff-a962-6497dbcd6f89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).