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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 11: Designation of the State Birds

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 11 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on September 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Designation of the State Birds. Primary sponsor: Chip LaMarca (Republican), Jim Mooney (Republican). It lists 20 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 13, 2026): Died in Rules.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Designation of the State Birds; Designates American flamingo as official state bird and the Florida scrub-jay as the official state songbird; provides that such designation supersedes designation of mockingbird as official Florida state bird.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 7 · Republican 14

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Chip LaMarcaPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse100
Jim MooneyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse120
Yvette BenarrochCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse81
Linda ChaneyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse61
Lindsay CrossCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse60
Dan DaleyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse96
Kim DanielsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse14
Tiffany EspositoCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse77
Peggy Gossett-SeidmanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse91
Mike GottliebCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse102
Kim KendallCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse18
Rob LongCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse90
Johanna LópezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Danny NixCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse75
Persons-MulickaCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Rachel PlakonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse36
Juan PorrasCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse119
Mike RedondoCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse118
Alex RizoCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse112
Debra TendrichCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse89
Susan ValdésCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse64
Meg WeinbergerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse94

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died in Rules
  2. Received
  3. Referred to Rules
  4. In Messages
  5. Passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 1
  6. Read 3rd time
  7. Added to Third Reading Calendar
  8. Read 2nd time
  9. Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/11/2026)
  10. Added to Second Reading Calendar
  11. Bill released to House Calendar
  12. Reported out of State Affairs Committee

Showing 12 most recent of 23 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source