Florida 2025 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H8065 Compare Versions

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13	13	A resolution designating August 9, 2025, as "Bob 2
14	14	Graham Day" in the State of Florida. 3
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16	16	WHEREAS, born on November 9, 1936, Daniel Robert "Bob" 5
17	17	Graham was raised on a cattle and dairy farm deep in the Florida 6
18	18	Everglades, attended Miami Senior High School, earned his 7
19	19	bachelor's degree in political science at the University of 8
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22	22	WHEREAS, after serving in both the Florida House of 11
23	23	Representatives and the Florida Senate, Bob Graham was elected 12
24	24	as Florida's 38th Governor in 1978, and his career in state 13
25	25	politics enabled him to personally witness Florida's rise from a 14
26	26	rural Southern backwater to an economic and political 15
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28	28	WHEREAS, in Governor Graham's first term, led by First Lady 17
29	29	Adele Graham, Florida became a national leader in providing in -18
30	30	home services to seniors, creating a statewide network of 19
31	31	services, assuring access to assistance for needy elders in the 20
32	32	metropolitan areas and to those in the most rural of Florida 's 21
33	33	counties, and allowing more families to live out their days at 22
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35	35	WHEREAS, in 1979, Governor Graham instituted the 24
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47	47	program in the country, which led to the Preservation 2000 26
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49	49	WHEREAS, in 1981, Governor Graham established the Save Our 28
50	50	Rivers program, which raised $320 million over 10 years and 29
51	51	enabled the water management districts to acquire 1.7 million 30
52	52	acres of land for water conservation; established the Save Our 31
53	53	Coast program, which resulted in the purchase of 73 miles of 32
54	54	coastline, protecting natural Florida beauty for future 33
55	55	generations; and, with singer Jimmy Buffett, founded Save the 34
56	56	Manatee, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation 35
57	57	and recovery of the manatee species as defined by the federal 36
58	58	Endangered Species Act of 1973, and 37
59	59	WHEREAS, in 1982, Governor Graham, togeth er with renowned 38
60	60	environmental champion Marjory Stoneman Douglas and others, 39
61	61	developed what became the Save Our Everglades program to restore 40
62	62	Everglades National Park, which was announced on August 9, 1983, 41
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64	64	WHEREAS, in 1984, Governor Graham enacted th e Warren 43
65	65	Henderson Wetlands Protection Act, Florida's first law directed 44
66	66	specifically at preservation and protection of wetlands, and 45
67	67	WHEREAS, at the end of his Governorship in 1987, Bob Graham 46
68	68	was sworn in to the United States Senate, where he was known not 47
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84	84	the Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001, and 53
85	85	WHEREAS, ever mindful of his undergraduate alma mater, 54
86	86	where he was president of the Epsilon Zeta chapter of Sigma Nu 55
87	87	fraternity, served as chancellor o f the student honor court, and 56
88	88	was inducted into Blue Key and the University Hall of Fame, Bob 57
89	89	Graham established the Bob Graham Center for Public Service at 58
90	90	the University of Florida in 2006 to continue his legacy of 59
91	91	leadership and public service as well as to train the next 60
92	92	generations of Florida leaders, and 61
93	93	WHEREAS, in 2011, Bob Graham established the Florida 62
94	94	Conservation Coalition, comprised of concerned Floridians 63
95	95	representing various organizations, for the purpose of 64
96	96	advocating for positive environm ental initiatives and opposing 65
97	97	adverse proposals, and 66
98	98	WHEREAS, throughout his 38 consecutive years in public 67
99	99	office and nearly 20 years thereafter as an author, speaker, and 68
100	100	advocate, Bob Graham worked tirelessly to further environmental 69
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102	102	security, and civil rights, and his outstanding record of 71
103	103	service has established Bob Graham as one of the most 72
104	104	accomplished public figures in the history of this state, NOW, 73
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117	117	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of 76
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