These 40 Florida roads may be renamed after Charlie Kirk under new proposal

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A new bill filed this week could redesignate 40 different roadways across the state after slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

According to News4JAX sister station WKMG in Orlando, the proposal — House Bill 113 — was filed on Tuesday by state Rep. Kevin Steele, who was outspoken following Kirk’s assassination last month.

Under this latest bill, universities and colleges across the state would be directed to rename local roadways after Kirk.

In addition, any school whose board of trustees fails to do so would have state funds withheld.

If approved, HB 113 would take effect immediately, giving these universities and colleges 90 days to make the required changes.

The schools and roads identified in the bill are as follows:

This isn’t the first push to memorialize Kirk in the Sunshine State.

Last month, Lake County unanimously approved a Charlie Kirk Memorial Highway, which recently had its signs erected.

Meanwhile, New College of Florida announced that it would commission a statue in Kirk’s likeness, with a specific location slated to be revealed in the coming months.

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Kirk was assassinated while speaking at a campus event at Utah Valley University last month, with explicit videos of the incident popping up on social media shortly after.

Authorities later announced the arrest of 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, who was taken into custody as the suspect in Kirk’s killing.

Prosecutors have since brought a murder charge against Robinson, whose parents reportedly told investigators that he’d become much more left-wing politically over the last year.