Overview
- HB 113, filed by Republican state Rep. Kevin Steele, directs 40 public colleges and universities to redesignate specific on‑campus roads as “Charlie James Kirk” routes.
- The measure lists exact roadways at each institution and tasks boards of trustees with carrying out the changes under threat of withheld state funds.
- Targeted roads include prominent thoroughfares such as the University of Florida’s Stadium Road, Florida State University’s Chieftain Way, the University of Central Florida’s Gemini Boulevard South, and UNF Drive in Jacksonville.
- Democratic lawmakers and students criticize the bill as politicizing higher education and raising constitutional and recruitment concerns, while Steele says it aims to honor Kirk’s legacy and encourage dialogue.
- The effort follows other Florida memorials, including a Lake County highway designation and a planned statue at New College of Florida, and the bill is pending with no Senate companion filed to date.