Florida state lawmakers have taken the first steps to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in state documents and educational materials.

Just weeks after Gov. Ron DeSantis first used the term in a state document, legislation designating the Gulf of America advance in the Legislature.

Florida lawmakers advanced a bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, aligning with a Trump-era executive order.

A new bill introduced by a Florida lawmaker would require the state to update their geography to recognize the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.

Here’s where the Tamiami Trail is, what to know about its history and why the Florida senator that proposed its name change dropped the bill.