republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2024/sb-1264.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2024	SB 1264	Florida SB 1264 (2024)	bill		enacted	2024-102	Collins Education Pre-K -12	5	38	6	2024-01-03	2024-04-18	openstates	ocd-bill/b1202689-3294-44f4-b4bd-0b91116a1e3d	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1264/ByCategory	2250ff7d625dd278c1c68b76696e54ac47ee03fc8c27c4178d79aa03e053a9e3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. S 1264 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. S 1264 c2 (committee substitute) — source
4. S 1264 e1 (engrossed) — source
5. S 1264 er (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/b1202689-3294-44f4-b4bd-0b91116a1e3d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).