FL Passes Bill Placing “Gulf Of America” In K-12 Lessons

Florida Politics reports:

The next stop for bills promoting the “Gulf of America” name is Gov. Ron DeSantis’ desk. DeSantis was the first state official to use the new name in an executive order declaring a state of emergency over a winter storm last month. That order said the inclement weather was headed to Florida across the “Gulf of America.”

On Friday, he received the bills that would change 92 statutory references in Florida law to refer to the body of water along Florida’s west coast as the new name (HB 575) and put “Gulf of America” in K-12 instructional materials (HB 549).

Republican Sen. Nick DiCeglie, who sponsored the Senate version of the reviser bill, said the “Gulf of America is patriotic” and that the “long overdue” bill “is

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