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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 420: Patriotic Displays at Public Schools

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 420 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on November 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Patriotic Displays at Public Schools. Primary sponsor: Danny Burgess (Republican), Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education. It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 13, 2026): Died in Messages; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 182 (Ch. 2026-33).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Patriotic Displays at Public Schools; Requiring, subject to legislative appropriation, each district school board to adopt rules to require the display of portraits of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln at each public school in the district; requiring the Department of Education to select the portraits and make them available to each school district, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Danny BurgessPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate23
Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 EducationPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Don GaetzCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate1
Clay YarboroughCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate4

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died in Messages; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 182 (Ch. 2026-33)
  2. In Messages
  3. Immediately certified
  4. CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 2
  5. Read 3rd time
  6. Read 2nd time
  7. Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/26
  8. Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  9. Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 21 NAYS 2
  10. On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/10/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
  11. CS by Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education read 1st time
  12. Now in Rules

Showing 12 most recent of 21 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source