With Florida’s Museum of Black History soon taking shape in St. Johns County, state lawmakers are moving closer to setting up a board to run it.

Sen. Tom Leek’s legislation ( SB 308 ), which would create an Administrative Board to oversee the museum’s construction, operation, and administration, has advanced through the Community Affairs committee.

Leek noted that the bill was familiar to the panel and the Senate at large. It passed unanimously in the 2025 Session.

The Bboard would have to be in place by the beginning of August.

The Governor, the Senate President and the House Speaker would each appoint three members of the Board, which would also have two Senators and two Representatives. None of the nine members picked by leadership could hold elected office while servi

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