Florida SB 150: Public Safety

Bill Text

150 
Designation of the State Birds 
2025-10-09T04:40:32Z 
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 state bird, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 150 

 By Senator Rodriguez 

 40-00526-26 2026150__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to designation of the state birds; 
 3 creating s. 15.0352, F.S.; designating the American 
 4 flamingo as the official state bird and the Florida 
 5 scrub-jay as the official state songbird; providing 
 6 that such designations supersede the designation of 
 7 the mockingbird as the official state bird; providing 
 8 an effective date. 
 9 
 10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
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 12 Section 1. Section 15.0352, Florida Statutes, is created to 
 13 read: 
 14 15.0352 Official state birds.— 
 15 (1) The American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) is 
 16 designated the official Florida state bird. 
 17 (2) The Florida scrub-jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens) is 
 18 designated the official Florida state songbird. 
 19 Section 2. The designation of the American flamingo as the 
 20 official Florida state bird and the Florida scrub-jay as the 
 21 official Florida state songbird by s. 15.0352, Florida Statutes, 
 22 supersedes the designation of the mockingbird as the official 
 23 Florida state bird by Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 3, 
 24 adopted during the 1927 Regular Session. 
 25 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.