SB0628 • 2026

Transportation Facility Designations

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Gaetz
Last action: 2026-04-14
Official status: Approved by Governor
Effective date: 2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material did not specify the exact costs or financial implications of erecting new signs, leaving these points unsupported in the candidate explanation.

Transportation Facility Honorary Designations

This law provides honorary names for certain transportation facilities in specified counties and a municipality in Florida and directs the Department of Transportation to put up signs with these new names.

What This Bill Does

Provides honorary designations for specific portions of Navy Boulevard, U.S. 90, U.S. 41, S.R. 5/U.S. 1, S.R. 46, Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway, East Las Olas Boulevard, A1A, S.W. 1st Street, Halifax Drive, Granada Blvd., U.S. 331, N.E. Eglin Parkway, College Avenue, and the Tallahassee International Airport.
Changes the name of a part of Southern Boulevard to 'President Donald J. Trump Highway'.
Requires the Department of Transportation to put up signs with these new names on the roads and highways.
Updates an existing law about a memorial interchange in Osceola County.

Who It Names or Affects

People who use the named transportation facilities will see the new signs.
The Florida Department of Transportation is responsible for putting up the signs.

Terms To Know

Designation: A special name given to a road or highway by law.
Memorial Highway: A road named after someone who is remembered for their contributions, usually with a sign.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify the cost of erecting new signs.
It only affects certain roads and highways in specific counties and cities in Florida.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

376033

Floor amendment S 628 Filed • Brannan

Senate: Concurred as Amended 3/11/2026

Plain English: The amendment adds new honorary names for several roads and bridges across Florida, replacing some existing designations with new ones.

Designates a portion of S.R. 295/Navy Boulevard in Escambia County as 'Warrior Sacrifice Way'.
Designates a portion of U.S. 90 in Baker County as 'State Representative/Circuit Judge Hon. John J. Crews, Jr., Memorial Highway'.
Designates the Moncrief Road West bridge over the Ribault River in Duval County as 'Bernard Wilkes Ribault River Bridge'.
Designates a portion of U.S. 41 in Sarasota County as 'Dickey Betts Memorial Highway'.

The amendment includes several other designations that are not listed here due to space constraints.
It replaces an existing designation on Southern Boulevard with a new one for the entirety of S.R. 80, but does not provide details about the removed section.

264008

Floor amendment S 628 Filed • Davis

Senate: Withdrawn 3/11/2026

Plain English: The amendment designates several highways in Florida as memorial highways for specific individuals and replaces an existing highway designation with a new, expanded one.

Removes lines 14-39 from the bill.
Designates portions of U.S. 41, S.R. 5/U.S. 1, and S.R. 46 as memorial highways for Dickey Betts, Phil Smith, and Mayor Larry A. Dale respectively.
Designates the entirety of S.R. 80 as 'President Donald J. Trump Highway', replacing an existing designation in Palm Beach County.

The amendment text is incomplete and does not provide details on how or where memorial highways will be marked, which limits a full understanding of the practical implications.
The withdrawal status of the amendment means it did not become part of the bill.

169580

Floor amendment S 628 Filed • Davis

House: Concur 3/12/2026

Plain English: The amendment removes specific lines from the bill text.

Deletes lines 14 through 16 of the existing bill.

The exact content and impact of the deleted lines are not provided, making it unclear what information or requirements were removed.

387786

Floor amendment S 628 Filed • Gaetz

House: Concurred as Amended 3/12/2026

Plain English: The amendment changes the names of several roads in Florida and adds new designations for highways and interchanges.

Removes lines 29 to 41 and inserts new road designations, including renaming parts of S.R. 842 as 'Terry Stiles Memorial Boulevard', S.R. A1A as 'Rick Case Memorial Highway', and other roads with similar honors.
Designates the entirety of S.R. 80 from Palm Beach County to Lee County as 'President Donald J. Trump Highway', replacing an existing designation for a portion of Southern Boulevard in Palm Beach County.

The amendment text is incomplete and does not provide full details beyond line 41, so additional changes after this point are unclear.
Specific impacts or requirements for the Department of Transportation regarding these new designations are not fully detailed in the provided text.

494741

Floor amendment S 628 Filed • Brannan

Senate: Concurred 3/13/2026

Plain English: The amendment removes existing designations and adds new road names and memorial highways across various counties in Florida.

Designates a portion of S.R. 968/S.W. 1st Street between S.W. 17th Avenue and S.W. 19th Avenue as 'Charles Dascal Way' in Miami-Dade County.
Designates a portion of Halifax Drive between Granada Blvd. North and John Anderson Drive as 'Lowell Lohman Road' in Volusia County.
Designates the access road to the Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce at 126 East Orange Avenue as 'George Mirabal Road' in Volusia County.
Designates a portion of U.S. 331 between U.S. 90 and the bridge crossing Choctawhatchee Bay as the 'Esteena K. Wells Memorial Highway' in Walton County.

The amendment text was cut off, so it's unclear what all changes were made beyond line 34.
Specific details about the implementation and maintenance of these new designations are not provided.

374018

Floor amendment S 628 Filed • Simon

House: Concur 3/12/2026

Plain English: The amendment designates an airport in Tallahassee as the 'Bobby Bowden Tallahassee International Airport' and directs the Department of Transportation to erect signage for this designation.

Designates the airport at 3300 Capital Circle Southwest, Tallahassee, or the nearest one, as the 'Bobby Bowden Tallahassee International Airport'.
Directs the Department of Transportation to put up signs indicating the new name of the airport.

The amendment does not specify how the designation will be implemented beyond erecting signage.
It is unclear if there are any financial implications or additional requirements for this change.

Bill History

2026-04-14 The Florida Senate and Florida House of Representatives
• Approved by Governor
2026-04-09 The Florida Senate and Florida House of Representatives
• Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
2026-03-13 Senate
• Concurred in House amendment(s) to Senate amendment(s) (494741) -SJ 888 • Passed; YEAS 31 NAYS 4 -SJ 888 • Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
2026-03-12 House
• Added to Senate Message List • Amendment 494741 adopted • Amendment 169580 Concur • Concurred in Senate amendment 387786 as amended • Amendment 374018 Concur • Passed as amended; YEAS 81, NAYS 22
2026-03-12 Senate
• In returning messages
2026-03-11 Senate
• Amendment(s) to House amendment(s) adopted (169580, 374018, 387786) -SJ 822 • Concurred in House amendment(s) as amended (376033) -SJ 823 • Passed as amended; YEAS 34 NAYS 3 -SJ 823
2026-03-11 House
• In Messages
2026-02-25 House
• Substituted for CS/HB 885 • Read 2nd time • Amendment 376033 adopted • Read 3rd time • Added to Third Reading Calendar • Passed as amended; YEAS 82, NAYS 26
2026-02-25 Senate
• In returning messages
2026-02-19 Senate
• Read 2nd time -SJ 350 • Read 3rd time -SJ 350 • Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 -SJ 350 • Immediately certified -SJ 356
2026-02-19 House
• In Messages • Bill referred to House Calendar • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026) • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2026-02-17 Senate
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/26
2026-02-12 Senate
• Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2026-02-09 Senate
• On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/12/26, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building
2026-01-28 Senate
• Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 • Now in Fiscal Policy
2026-01-23 Senate
• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 01/28/26, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
2026-01-13 Senate
• Introduced
2026-01-12 Senate
• Favorable by Transportation; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 • Now in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
2026-01-05 Senate
• On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 01/12/26, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
2025-12-09 Senate
• Referred to Transportation; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Fiscal Policy
2025-11-20 Senate
• Filed

Official Summary Text

Transportation Facility Designations; Providing honorary designations of certain transportation facilities in specified counties and a specified municipality; directing the Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers; revising a specified interchange designation, etc.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

ENROLLED

2026

Legislature

SB 628, 1st Engrossed

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2 An act relating to transportation facility
3 designations; providing honorary designations of
4 certain transportation facilities in specified
5 counties and a specified municipality; directing the
6 Department of Transportation to erect suitable
7 markers; amending chapter 2006-316, Laws of Florida;
8 revising a specified interchange designation;
9 providing an effective date.
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11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13 Section 1.
Transportation facility designations; Department

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of Transportation to erect suitable markers.—

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(1) That portion of S.R. 295/Navy Boulevard between Duncan

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Road and S.R. 292/Gulf Beach Highway in Escambia County is

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designated as “Warrior Sacrifice Way.”

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(2) That portion of U.S. 90 in Baker County between N. 3rd

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Street and the Nassau County line is designated as “State

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Representative/Circuit Judge Hon. John J. Crews, Jr., Memorial

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Highway.”

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(3) That portion of U.S. 41 between North Creek and

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Blackburn Point Road in Sarasota County is designated as “Dickey

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Betts Memorial Highway.”

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(4) That portion of S.R. 5/U.S. 1 between N.E. 38th Street

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and E. Commercial Boulevard in Broward County is designated as

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“Phil Smith Memorial Highway.”

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(5) That portion of S.R. 46 between Sanford Avenue and E.

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Lake Mary Boulevard in Seminole County is designated as “Mayor

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Larry A. Dale Memorial Highway.”

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(6) The northbound off-ramp from U.S. 1 Alternate/Martin

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Luther King, Jr., Parkway to E. 21st Street in Duval County is

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designated as “Terry L. Fields Memorial Access.”

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That portion of S.R. 842/East Las Olas Boulevard

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between South Andrews Avenue and S.E. 6th Avenue in Broward

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County is designated as “Terry Stiles Memorial Boulevard.”

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) That portion of S.R. A1A between the north end of the

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Hillsboro Inlet and the next mile marker north of 991 Hillsboro

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Mile in Broward County is designated as “Rick Case Memorial

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Highway.”

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) That portion of S.R. 968/S.W. 1st Street between S.W.

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17th Avenue and S.W. 19th Avenue in Miami-Dade County is

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designated as “Charles Dascal Way.”

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) That portion of Halifax Drive between Granada Blvd.

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North and John Anderson Drive in Volusia County is designated as

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“Lowell Lohman Road.”

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(1
1
) The access road leading to the Daytona Regional

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Chamber of Commerce located at 126 East Orange Avenue in Daytona

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Beach in Volusia County is designated as “George Mirabal Road.”

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(1
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) That portion of U.S. 331 between U.S. 90 and the

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bridge crossing the Choctawhatchee Bay in Walton County is

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designated as the “Esteena K. Wells Memorial Highway.”

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(1
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) That portion of S.R. 85/N.E. Eglin Parkway between

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Richbourg Avenue and Florida Place S.E. in Okaloosa County is

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designated as “Superintendent Pledger V. Sullivan Memorial

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Highway.”

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(1
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) That portion of College Avenue between Copeland Street

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and South Monroe Street in Leon County is designated as

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“President John Thrasher Memorial Boulevard.”

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(1
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) Notwithstanding s. 334.071(3), Florida Statutes, the

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airport located at 3300 Capital Circle Southwest in Tallahassee,

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or nearest thereto, is designated as the “Bobby Bowden

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Tallahassee International Airport.”

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(1
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) Notwithstanding s. 334.071(3), Florida Statutes, the

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entirety of S.R. 80, consisting of the 124 contiguous miles of

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highway stretching from S.R. A1A/S. Ocean Boulevard in Palm

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Beach County, continuing westward through Hendry County, and

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ending at a junction with U.S. 41/Cleveland Avenue in Lee

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County, is designated as “President Donald J. Trump Highway.”

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This designation shall replace and expand the designation

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adopted in ch. 2025-214, Laws of Florida, for that portion of

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Southern Boulevard between Kirk Road and S. Ocean Boulevard in

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Palm Beach County.

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(1
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) The Department of Transportation is directed to erect

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suitable markers designating the transportation facilities as

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described in this section.

77 Section 2. Section 8 of chapter 2006-316, Laws of Florida,
78 is amended to read:
79 Section 8. Senator N. Ray Carroll Memorial Interchange
80 designated; Department of Transportation to erect suitable
81 markers.—
82 (1)
Upon completion of construction, the new Nolte Road

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interchange

The Florida Turnpike interchange being constructed

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at Milepost 240 and Kissimmee Park Road
in Osceola County is
85 designated as “Senator N. Ray Carroll Memorial Interchange.”
86 (2) The Department of Transportation is directed to erect
87 suitable markers designating Senator N. Ray Carroll Memorial
88 Interchange as described in subsection (1).
89 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.