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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 81: 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 81 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on January 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Designation of the State Birds. Primary sponsor: Chip LaMarca (Republican), Jim Mooney (Republican). It lists 6 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee.

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 2 · Republican 6

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Chip LaMarcaPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse100
Jim MooneyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse120
Linda ChaneyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse61
Lindsay CrossCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse60
Peggy Gossett-SeidmanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse91
Mike GottliebCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse102
Kim KendallCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse18
Juan PorrasCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse119

“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 Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  4. Now in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
  5. Referred to State Affairs Committee
  6. Referred to Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
  7. Filed

Sources

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