S 1428

Florida Senate - 2026  SB 1428
By Senator Garcia
36-01304-26  20261428__
1A bill to be entitled
2An act relating to the redesignations of state
3university and Florida College System institution
4roads; requiring state university and Florida College
5System institution boards of trustees to redesignate
6specified roads or portions of roads to certain names
7relating to Charlie James Kirk within a specified time
8period; requiring that state funds be withheld for any
9university or institution that fails to redesignate a
10road or portion of a roadway within such time period;
11providing an effective date.
12
13Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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15Section 1. (1)Each state university board of trustees, in
16exercising its authority delegated by the Board of Governors of
17the State University System, shall redesignate the following
18roadways or portions of roadways, as applicable:
19(a)The University of South Florida board of trustees shall
20redesignate USF Alumni Drive as Charlie James Kirk Drive.
21(b)The University of Central Florida board of trustees
22shall redesignate Gemini Boulevard South as Charlie James Kirk
23Boulevard.
24(c)The Florida State University shall redesignate
25Chieftain Way as Charlie James Kirk Road.
26(d)The Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
27shall redesignate West Osceola Street as Charlie James Kirk
28Street.
29(e)The Florida Atlantic University shall redesignate
30University Drive as Charlie James Kirk Drive.
31(f)The Florida Gulf Coast University shall redesignate
32FGCU Boulevard as Charlie James Kirk Boulevard.
33(g)The Florida International University shall redesignate
34Southwest 17th Street as Charlie James Kirk Street.
35(h)The Florida Polytechnic University shall redesignate
36Polytechnic Circle as Charlie James Kirk Circle.
37(i)New College of Florida shall redesignate College Drive
38as Charlie James Kirk Drive.
39(j)The University of Florida shall redesignate Stadium
40Road as Charlie James Kirk Road.
41(k)The University of North Florida shall redesignate UNF
42Drive as Charlie James Kirk Drive.
43(l)The University of West Florida shall redesignate Campus
44Drive as Charlie James Kirk Drive.
45(2)Each Florida College System institution board of
46trustees, in exercising its authority delegated by the State
47Board of Education, shall redesignate the following roadways or
48portions of roadways, as applicable:
49(a)Broward College shall redesignate College Avenue as
50Charlie James Kirk Avenue.
51(b)Chipola College shall redesignate College Street as
52Charlie James Kirk Street.
53(c)College of Central Florida shall redesignate Southwest
5426th Street as Charlie James Kirk Street.
55(d)Daytona State College shall redesignate Pinecrest
56Avenue as Charlie James Kirk Avenue.
57(e)Eastern Florida State College shall redesignate Titan
58Boulevard as Charlie James Kirk Boulevard.
59(f)Florida Gateway College shall redesignate Southeast
60College Place as Charlie James Kirk Drive.
61(g)The College of the Florida Keys shall redesignate
62College Road as Charlie James Kirk Road.
63(h)Florida SouthWestern State College shall redesignate
64FSW Parkway as Charlie James Kirk Parkway.
65(i)Florida State College at Jacksonville shall redesignate
66Broad Street as Charlie James Kirk Street.
67(j)Gulf Coast State College shall redesignate College
68Street as Charlie James Kirk Street.
69(k)Hillsborough College shall redesignate West Tampa Bay
70Boulevard from Air Cargo Road to North Dale Mabry Highway as
71Charlie James Kirk Drive.
72(l)Indian River State College shall redesignate Cross
73Campus Road as Charlie James Kirk Road.
74(m)Lake-Sumter State College shall redesignate College
75Drive as Charlie James Kirk Drive.
76(n)Miami Dade College shall redesignate Northeast 1st
77Avenue as Charlie James Kirk Avenue.
78(o)North Florida College shall redesignate Mockingbird
79Trail as Charlie James Kirk Drive.
80(p)Northwest Florida State College shall redesignate
81McCracken Way as Charlie James Kirk Drive.
82(q)Palm Beach State College shall redesignate Ersey Street
83as Charlie James Kirk Street.
84(r)Pasco-Hernando State College shall redesignate Mrs.
85Prameela Musunuru Health and Wellness Trail as Charlie James
86Kirk Trail.
87(s)Pensacola State College shall redesignate College
88Boulevard as Charlie James Kirk Boulevard.
89(t)Polk State College shall redesignate PSC Access Road as
90Charlie James Kirk Road.
91(u)St. Johns River State College shall redesignate Peoria
92Cemetery Road as Charlie James Kirk Road.
93(v)St. Petersburg College shall redesignate 5th Avenue
94North as Charlie James Kirk Avenue.
95(w)Sante Fe College shall redesignate Northwest 83rd
96Street as Charlie James Kirk Street.
97(x)Seminole State College of Florida shall redesignate
98College Drive as Charlie James Kirk Street.
99(y)South Florida State College shall redesignate College
100Drive as Charlie James Kirk Drive.
101(z)State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota shall
102redesignate 57th Avenue West as Charlie James Kirk Avenue.
103(aa)Tallahassee State College shall redesignate Progress
104Drive as Charlie James Kirk Drive.
105(bb)Valencia College shall redesignate Valencia College
106Drive as Charlie James Kirk Drive.
107(3)State funds shall be withheld from any state university
108or Florida College System institution whose board of trustees
109fails to redesignate the roadway or portion of a roadway listed
110in subsections (1) and (2), respectively, within 90 days after
111the effective date of this act.
112Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.