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Title: Recognizing Judea and Samaria Act

Mandates that state agencies in Mississippi must no longer use the term “West Bank” in official government materials, which are defined as guidance, rules, materials, briefings, press releases, or communications prepared by any state department, division, office, board, commission, or institution.

The Legislature intends for the land controlled by Israel from Jordan after the Six-Day War to be referred to by its historical names, “Judea” for the land south of Jerusalem and “Samaria” for the land north of Jerusalem.

State funds are prohibited from being used to create official government materials that refer to this region as the “West Bank,” although the head of a state agency can waive this prohibition if deemed in the state’s interest, provided they submit a written explanation to the Legislature or Governor. This act is set to take effect on July 1, 2026.

Last update: Died In Committee

Title: Prohibits state agencies from using the term “West Bank” in official government materials and instead requires the area to be referred to as Judea and Samaria

Requires Missouri state agencies to refer to the West Bank region by its historical names “Judea and Samaria” instead of “West Bank” in all official government materials.

Specifically, the bill defines the area south of Jerusalem as “Judea” and the area north of Jerusalem as “Samaria”, referencing the land that Israel controlled after the 1967 Six-Day War. State agencies are prohibited from using the term “West Bank” in official documents, communications, press releases, rules, or briefings, and cannot spend state money on materials that use the term.

The director of a state agency can request a waiver if they determine it is in the state’s interest, and must submit a written explanation to legislative leaders within 30 days of making such a determination.

Applies to all state departments, divisions, offices, boards, commissions, and institutions, effectively mandating a specific geographical terminology across state government communications.

Latest update: Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

Title: Recognizing Judea and Samaria Act

Mandates that the State of Georgia, in all official communications and government materials, must refer to the lands Israel gained control of from Jordan during the 1967 Six-Day War as “Judea and Samaria,” specifically designating the area south of Jerusalem as “Judea” and the area north as “Samaria,” and prohibiting the use of the term “West Bank” for these territories.

Starting July 1, 2026, state funds cannot be used to create or distribute any official documents or communications that refer to Judea and Samaria as the “West Bank,” with an exception for obligations under federal law.

Latest update: House Second Readers

Title: Recognizing Judea and Samaria

Mandates state agencies in Florida to cease using the term “West Bank” in any official government materials, which are defined as guidance, rules, press releases, or any work product created by a state agency.

Prohibits state agencies from spending money to create official materials that use the term “West Bank” to refer to the area.

Requires that instructional materials and library collections adopted by school districts and charter schools on or after July 1, 2026, must refer to the land liberated by Israel from Jordan during the 1967 Six-Day War by its historical names of “Judea and Samaria,” with “Judea” being the land south of Jerusalem and “Samaria” being the land north of Jerusalem, and explicitly forbids the use of “West Bank” in these adopted materials.

Latest update: In committee; CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time

Title: Recognizing Judea and Samara

Mandates that Florida state agencies and educational institutions cease using the term “West Bank” in official government materials and instructional materials, and instead use refer to that geographical areas as “Judea and Samaria”

Prohibits use of state funds to create official government materials that use the term “West Bank” for this region. Instructional materials and library collections adopted or acquired by district school boards or charter school governing boards on or after July 1, 2026, must comply with this naming convention, prohibiting the use of “West Bank” and requiring the use of “Judea and Samaria”

Latest update: Added to Second Reading Calendar

Title : Recognizing Judea and Samaria

Bill rejects the term “West Bank” and maintains it describes a political construct imposed by Jordan during its occupation from 1948 to 1967, intended to sever the land from its Jewish roots and identity.

Last update: House APPROP Committee action; Do Pass, voting: (11-6-0-1-0-0)

Title : Recognizing Judea and Samaria

Bill rejects the term “West Bank” and maintains it describes a political construct imposed by Jordan during its occupation from 1948 to 1967, intended to sever the land from its Jewish roots and identity.

Last Action: House APPROP Committee action; Do Pass, voting: (10-6-0-2-0-0)

Title: State government; use of term “West Bank” prohibited as reference to Judea and Samaria

Bill Progress : In Committee

Last Action: House Senate Government Hearing 2/4/2026

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Latest Update: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned