Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida S264: Official State Bird
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Requiring the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to develop and conduct a certain survey; requiring the commission to provide the survey and certain website information to specified persons during a specified timeframe; requiring that the survey include specified bird species, etc.
What the bill says
An act relating to the official state bird; requiring the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to develop and conduct a certain survey; requiring the commission to provide the survey and certain website information to specified persons during a specified timeframe; requiring that the survey include specified bird species; requiring the commission to submit the results of the survey to the Legislature by a specified date; providing an effective date.
From the introduced text, October 23, 2025:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to the official state bird; requiring the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to develop and conduct a certain survey; requiring the commission to provide the survey and certain website information to specified persons during a specified timeframe; requiring that the survey include specified bird species; requiring the commission to submit the results of the survey to the Legislature by a specified date; providing an effective date. WHEREAS, in 1927, the Florida Legislature designated the northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) as the official state bird, and WHEREAS, dating back to the 1998 Regular Session, the Legislature has, on a number of occasions, reviewed and considered legislation to replace the northern mockingbird as the official state bird, and WHEREAS, Florida is one of five states that has designated the northern mockingbird as the official state bird, and WHEREAS, in 2008, the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission held a vote among 78,000 Florida schoolchildren which coincided with the general election, and the schoolchildren voted to recommend the American osprey (Pandion haliaetus carolinensis) as Floridaâs new official state bird, and WHEREAS, the time has come to allow the next generation of Floridians to make their voices heard and to have the participants in the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commissionâs Florida Youth Conservation Centers Network summer camps hold …
Sponsors
- Polsky, Tina (D, SD-030) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Died in Environment and Natural Resources
- : Introduced
- : Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy
- : Filed
Subjects: Fiscal Policy, Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, Environment and Natural Resources
Common questions
- What is S264?
- S264 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Official State Bird.
- What does S264 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to the official state bird; requiring the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to develop and conduct a certain survey; requiring the commission to provide the survey and certain website information to specified persons during a specified timeframe; requiring that the survey include specified bird species; requiring the commission to submit the results of the survey to the Legislature by a specified date; providing an effective date.
- What is the status of S264?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Environment and Natural Resources (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored S264?
- Polsky, Tina (D, SD-030).
- Where is the official record for S264?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/264
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