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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES STAFF ANALYSIS
BILL #:     CS/HB 567 Designation of the State Dessert
SPONSOR(S): State Affairs Committee, McClure, Busatta Cabrera and others
TIED BILLS:       IDEN./SIM. BILLS: CS/SB 1006
    REFERENCE                                                   ACTION                  ANALYST            STAFF DIRECTOR or
                                                                                                           BUDGET/POLICY CHIEF
    1) Public Integrity & Elections Committee                   18 Y, 0 N               Friant             Rubottom
    2) State Affairs Committee                                  21 Y, 0 N, As CS        Landry             Williamson
                                           SUMMARY ANALYSIS
Current law provides 43 state designations such as the state pie, state fruit, state beverage, and state honey.
Florida does not, however, have a designation for a state dessert.
The bill designates the strawberry shortcake with natural Florida dairy topping as the official Florida state
dessert.
This bill does not appear to have a fiscal impact on state or local governments.
This docum ent does not reflect the intent or official position of the bill sponsor or House of Representatives .
STORAGE NAME: h0567c.SAC
DATE: 1/26/2022
                                                      FULL ANALYSIS
                                              I. SUBSTANTIVE ANALYSIS
    A. EFFECT OF PROPOSED CHANGES:
        Background
        State Emblems
        Chapter 15, F.S., designates official state emblems. It contains 43 state designations including the
        state pie, state fruit, state beverage, and state honey.1 Current law does not contain a designation for a
        state dessert.
        Six states including Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, and South Dakota have
        designated an official state dessert.2 Other states have an official state pie, such as Florida’s adoption
        of the Key Lime Pie in 2006 and Texas’s adoption of the Pecan Pie in 2013. 3 In 2016, Alabama
        designated the Lane Cake as the official state cake. 4
        Strawberry Industry
        Florida produces 12 percent of the United States value of strawberries annually, valued at $307
        million.5 Strawberries are the second highest valued of the berry, potato, vegetable, and watermelon
        crops in Florida.6
        There are approximately 8,000 acres of strawberries grown in Florida and it is the second largest
        producing region in the U.S. Plant City, Florida is known as the Winter Strawberry Capital of the World
        and is the dominate region in the U.S. that produces strawberries in the winter. 7
        Effect of the Bill
        The bill designates strawberry shortcake with natural Florida dairy topping as the official state dessert
        of Florida.
    B. SECTION DIRECTORY:
        Section 1 creates s. 15.0522, F.S., to designate the strawberry shortcake with natural Florida dairy
        topping as the official state dessert of Florida.
        Section 2 provides an effective date of July 1, 2022.
1 Official designations include the state flag, seal, motto, tree, fruit, beverage, citrus archive, anthem, song, shell, stone,
gem, wildflower, play, animal, freshwater and saltwater fishes, marine and saltwater mammals, butterfly, reptile, saltwater
reptile, tortoise, air fair, rodeo, festival, moving image center and archive, litter control symbol, pageant, opera program,
renaissance festival, railroad, history, and transportation museums, flagship, soil, fiddle contest, band, Sports Hall of
Fame, pie, honey, horse, and heritage cattle breed.
2 DE ST T1 29 § 321 (2009); ME ST T.1 § 226 (2011); SD ST § 1-6-16.7 (2000); MD GEN PROVIS § 7-313 (2014); MO ST
10.180 (2008); MA ST 2 § 41 (1996).
3 FL ST § 15.052 (2006); Texas Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 12, 83rd Legislature, Regular Session (2013).
4 AL ST § 1-2-41 (2016).
5 Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Florida Agriculture Overview and Statistics,
https://www.fdacs.gov/Agriculture-Industry/Florida-Agriculture-Overview-and-Statistics (last visited Jan. 24, 2022).
6 Id.
7 Florida Strawberry Growers Association, Facts About Florida Strawberries, https://floridastrawberry.org/facts-about-
florida-strawberrries (last visited Jan. 24, 2022).
STORAGE NAME: h0567c.SAC                                                                                                PAGE: 2
DATE: 1/26/2022
                           II. FISCAL ANALYSIS & ECONOMIC IMPACT STATEMENT
   A. FISCAL IMPACT ON STATE GOVERNMENT:
       1. Revenues:
           This bill does not create, modify, amend, or eliminate a state revenue source.
       2. Expenditures:
           This bill does not create, modify, amend, or eliminate state expenditures.
   B. FISCAL IMPACT ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
       1. Revenues:
           This bill does not create, modify, amend, or eliminate a local revenue source.
       2. Expenditures:
           This bill does not create, modify, amend, or eliminate local expenditures.
   C. DIRECT ECONOMIC IMPACT ON PRIVATE SECTOR:
       None.
   D. FISCAL COMMENTS:
       None.
                                               III. COMMENTS
   A. CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES:
       1. Applicability of Municipality/County Mandates Provision:
           Not applicable. The bill does not appear to affect county or municipal governments.
       3. Other:
           None.
   B. RULE-MAKING AUTHORITY:
       None.
   C. DRAFTING ISSUES OR OTHER COMMENTS:
       None.
                           IV. AMENDMENTS/COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE CHANGES
On January 26, 2022, the State Affairs Committee adopted one amendment and reported the bill favorably as
a committee substitute. The amendment provides that strawberry shortcake with natural Florida dairy topping
is designated as the official Florida state dessert.
The analysis is drafted to the committee substitute as approved by the State Affairs Committee.
STORAGE NAME: h0567c.SAC                                                                              PAGE: 3
DATE: 1/26/2022