Florida Senate · 2025 Regular Session

SB 118: Regulation of Presidential Libraries

Third Reading · March 19, 2025 · Yeas 36, nays 3

What the bill does

The bill reserves to the state all regulatory authority over the establishment, maintenance, activities and operations of presidential libraries, defines presidential library, and bars counties, municipalities and other political subdivisions from enacting or enforcing any ordinance, resolution, rule or other measure on presidential libraries unless authorized by federal law, among other changes.

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The Legislature's own summary of the bill (its latest version)
Regulation of Presidential Libraries: Preempting to the state all regulatory authority over the establishment, maintenance, activities, and operations of presidential libraries; defining the term “presidential library”; prohibiting counties, municipalities, or other political subdivisions from enacting or enforcing any ordinance, resolution, rule, or other measure regarding presidential libraries unless authorized by federal law, etc.

Official source ↗

How each party voted

Democrats
Yea 7 · Nay 3
Republicans
Yea 28 · Nay 0
No party
Yea 1 · Nay 0

Senate President Ben Albritton voted yea.

Bill

Bill
SB 118
Motion
Third Reading
Date
March 19, 2025, 03:14 PM
Session
2025 Regular Session
Presiding
President Albritton
Yeas–nays
Yeas 36, nays 3

Official vote record (PDF) ↗
The bill on flsenate.gov ↗

The chamber on this vote

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How each member voted