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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 880: 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

SB 880 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on February 19, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Designation of the State Birds. Primary sponsor: Ileana Garcia (Republican). Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): 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; Designating the American flamingo as the official state bird and the Florida scrub-jay as the official state songbird; providing that such designations supersede the designation of the mockingbird as the official Florida state bird, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Ileana GarciaPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate36

“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. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3. Now in Rules
  4. Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
  5. On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 04/10/25, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building
  6. Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
  7. Favorable by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
  8. On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 03/25/25, 11:00 am, 110 Senate Building
  9. Introduced
  10. Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Rules
  11. Filed

Sources

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