CS/SB 420: Patriotic Displays at Public Schools

GENERAL BILL by Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education, Burgess; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Yarborough, Gaetz

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.

Current Bill Version Posted: 1/30/2026 04:08 PM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education (AED)
  2. Education Pre-K - 12 (ED)
  3. Rules (RC)

• Related Bills (2)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 371 (c1) by Education Administration Subcommittee Patriotic Displays at Public Schools Last Action: 3/13/2026 H Died on Second Reading Calendar	Identical
  S 182 (er) by Jones Education Last Action: 3/17/2026 S Ordered engrossed, then enrolled	Compare

• Analyses (2)

  Links in this section are PDF documents.

  • Rules (Pre-Meeting)   2/9/2026
  • Rules (Post-Meeting)   2/10/2026

• Committee Votes (1)

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  Date	Version	Committee	Result
  2/10/2026 9:00 AM	S 420	Rules	21 Yeas - 2 Nays

• Floor Votes (1)

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  Date	Chamber	Result
  2/19/2026 11:08 AM	Senate	36 Yeas - 2 Nays

• Citations - Statute (1)

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  1003.44

  Patriotic programs; rules.

  Page 1 (pdf)

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  11/6/2025	S	• Filed
  11/17/2025	S	• Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Rules
  1/8/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 01/13/26, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
  1/13/2026	S	• Favorable by Education Pre-K - 12; YEAS 6 NAYS 1 • Introduced
  1/14/2026	S	• Now in Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education
  1/23/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education, 01/28/26, 1:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
  1/28/2026	S	• CS by Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; YEAS 9 NAYS 1
  1/30/2026	S	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Now in Rules
  2/4/2026	S	• CS by Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education read 1st time
  2/5/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/10/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
  2/10/2026	S	• Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 21 NAYS 2 • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  2/17/2026	S	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/26
  2/19/2026	S	• Read 2nd time -SJ 345 • Read 3rd time -SJ 345 • CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 2 -SJ 345 • Immediately certified -SJ 356
  2/19/2026	H	• In Messages
  3/13/2026	H	• Died in Messages