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FL S0378

Bill

Status

Failed

3/14/2022

Primary Sponsor

Tina Polsky

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Origin

Senate

2022 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Designates the Florida scrub-jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens) as the official Florida state bird, replacing the mockingbird

  • Supersedes Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 3 from the 1927 Regular Session, which originally designated the mockingbird as the state bird

  • The Florida scrub-jay is the only bird species endemic to Florida, measuring 9-11 inches with blue wings, head, and tail

  • The Florida scrub-jay is protected under the federal Endangered Species Act as a threatened species, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and Florida's Endangered and Threatened Species Rule

Legislative Description

Designation of the State Bird

Last Action

Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government

3/14/2022

Committee Referrals

Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government10/13/2021

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