Florida Senate - 2024                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 918
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  01/16/2024           .                                
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       The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability
       (Polsky) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. (1) The Fish and Wildlife Conservation
    6  Commission shall consider alternatives to the official state
    7  bird by collecting submissions from:
    8         (a) Commissioners, who may nominate alternatives to the
    9  official state bird; and
   10         (b) Residents of this state.
   11         (2) No later than July 1, 2024, the commission shall
   12  implement a portal on its publicly available website to collect
   13  submissions from the residents of this state.
   14         (3) No later than January 1, 2025, the Fish and Wildlife
   15  Conservation Commission shall submit a report to the President
   16  of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives
   17  which includes a recommendation on whether to retain the current
   18  official state bird or adopt a new official state bird.
   19         (4) During the 2025 Regular Session, the Legislature shall
   20  consider legislation to adopt a new official state bird if the
   21  Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission recommends such a
   22  change.
   23         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.
   24  
   25  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   26  And the title is amended as follows:
   27         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   28  and insert:
   29                        A bill to be entitled                      
   30         An act relating to the official state bird; requiring
   31         the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to
   32         consider alternatives to the official state bird by
   33         collecting submissions from specified persons;
   34         requiring the commission to implement, by a specified
   35         date, an online portal on its website to receive
   36         submissions from certain persons; requiring the
   37         commission to provide a specified report to the
   38         Legislature by a specified date; requiring the
   39         Legislature to consider, during a specified
   40         legislative session, certain legislation under
   41         specified conditions; providing an effective date.