# Florida SB 308: Florida Museum of Black History

Florida SB 308, Florida Museum of Black History, is a 2026 Senate bill sponsored by Thomas J. "Tom" Leek (Republican); status failed, last action 2026-03-13 (Died in Messages) (as of 2026-11-01).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB308-2026
- As of: 2026-11-01
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Florida SB 308
- State: Florida
- Session: 2026
- Title: Florida Museum of Black History
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-10-30
- Last action: 2026-03-13, Died in Messages
- Sponsor: Thomas J. "Tom" Leek (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Appropriation, Community Affairs, Governmental Oversight and Accountability, Rules
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 4 (77 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Thomas J. "Tom" Leek (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-02-11 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 39 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-03 | Senate | Rules Vote | pass | 24 | 0 |   |
| 2026-01-26 | Senate | Governmental Oversight and Accountability Vote | pass | 9 | 0 |   |
| 2025-12-02 | Senate | Community Affairs Vote | pass | 5 | 0 |   |

## Actions (20)

- 2026-03-13: Died in Messages (House)
- 2026-02-11: In Messages (House)
- 2026-02-11: Immediately certified -SJ 299 (Senate)
- 2026-02-11: Passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 295 (Senate)
- 2026-02-11: Read 3rd time -SJ 295 (Senate)
- 2026-02-11: Amendment(s) adopted (958950) -SJ 295 (Senate)
- 2026-02-11: Read 2nd time -SJ 295 (Senate)
- 2026-02-09: Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/11/26 (Senate)
- 2026-02-03: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate)
- 2026-02-03: Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/03/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building (Senate)
- 2026-01-27: Now in Rules (Senate)
- 2026-01-26: Favorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2026-01-21: On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 01/26/26, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2026-01-13: Introduced (Senate)
- 2025-12-03: Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Senate)
- 2025-12-02: Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2025-11-24: On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 12/02/25, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2025-11-17: Referred to Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules (Senate)
- 2025-10-30: Filed (Senate)

## Bill text

- e1, 2026-07-01: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/308/BillText/e1/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/308/BillText/e1/PDF)
- Filed, 2025-10-30: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/308/BillText/Filed/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/308/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related bills

- SB 688: Naturopathic Medicine (vetoed)
- HB 325: Education and Workforce Development for Inmates (vetoed)
- HB 145: Claims Against the Government (vetoed)
- SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County (signed)
- HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families (signed)
- HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County (signed)

## Sources
- [e1 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/308/BillText/e1/HTML)
- [e1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/308/BillText/e1/PDF)
- [Filed (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/308/BillText/Filed/HTML)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/308/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related
- [SB 688: Naturopathic Medicine](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB688-2026)
- [HB 325: Education and Workforce Development for Inmates](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB325-2026)
- [HB 145: Claims Against the Government](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB145-2026)
- [SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB14-2026)
- [HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6507-2026)
- [HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6515-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB308-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).