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HB0885 • 2026

Transportation Facility Designations

Transportation Facility Designations

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Commerce Committee ; Brannan ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Andrade ; Daniels ; McFarland ; Nix ; Weinberger
Last action
2026-02-25
Official status
House - Laid on Table, refer to SB 628
Effective date
2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Transportation Facility Designations

Transportation Facility Designations ; Provides honorary designations of certain transportation facilities in specified counties; directs DOT to erect suitable markers.

What This Bill Does

  • Transportation Facility Designations ; Provides honorary designations of certain transportation facilities in specified counties; directs DOT to erect suitable markers.

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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937035

Floor amendment H 885 c1 • Daniels

Filed

Plain English: HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No.

  • HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No.
  • CS/HB 885 (2026) Amendment No.
  • 937035 Approved For Filing: 2/17/2026 10:01:46 PM Page 1 of 1 CHAMBER ACTION Senate House .
  • Representative Daniels offered the following: 1 2 Amendment 3 Remove line 29 and insert: 4 (6) That portion of S.R.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-25 House

    • Substituted SB 628 • Laid on Table, refer to SB 628

  2. 2026-02-19 House

    • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)

  3. 2026-02-12 House

    • Bill referred to House Calendar • Added to Second Reading Calendar

  4. 2026-02-11 House

    • Reported out of Commerce Committee • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) • CS Filed • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)

  5. 2026-02-10 House

    • Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee

  6. 2026-02-06 House

    • PCS added to Commerce Committee agenda

  7. 2026-01-21 House

    • Reported out of Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee • Now in Commerce Committee

  8. 2026-01-20 House

    • Favorable by Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee

  9. 2026-01-15 House

    • Added to Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee agenda

  10. 2026-01-13 House

    • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  11. 2026-01-05 House

    • Referred to Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee • Referred to Commerce Committee • Now in Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee

  12. 2025-12-23 House

    • Filed

Official Summary Text

Transportation Facility Designations ; Provides honorary designations of certain transportation facilities in specified counties; directs DOT to erect suitable markers.

Current Bill Text

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CS/HB 885 2026

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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S

A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to transportation facility 2
designations; providing honorary designations of 3
certain transportation facilities in specified 4
counties; directing the Department of Transportation 5
to erect suitable markers; providing an effective 6
date. 7
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9
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Section 1. Transportation facility designations; 11
Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers.— 12
(1) That portion of U.S. 90 in Baker County between N. 3rd 13
Street and the Nassau County line is designated as "State 14
Representative/Circuit Judge Hon. John J. Crews, Jr., Memorial 15
Highway." 16
(2) That portion of S.R. 295/Navy Boulevard between Duncan 17
Road and S.R. 292/Gulf Beach Highway in Escambia County is 18
designated as "Warrior Sacrifice Way." 19
(3) The bridge on Moncrief Road West over the Ribault 20
River in Duval County is designated as "Bernard Wilkes Ribault 21
River Bridge." 22
(4) That portion of U.S. 41 between North Creek and 23
Blackburn Point Road in Sarasota County is designated as "Dickey 24
Betts Memorial Highway." 25

CS/HB 885 2026

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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S

(5) That portion of S.R. 5/U.S. 1 between N.E. 38th Street 26
and E. Commercial Boulevard in Broward County is designated as 27
"Phil Smith Memorial Highway." 28
(6) The Department of Transportation is directed to erect 29
suitable markers designating the transportation facilities as 30
described in this section. 31
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026. 32