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New State Symbols for 2007

2007 Symbol Legislation by State

State

Designation

Symbol

Bill

Activity

Status

News

Butterfly

Diana fritillary butterfly

Officially adopted 02/28/07

Rice

Officially adopted 03/27/07

One of the official state songs

"Rocky Mountain High"

Officially adopted 03/14/07

Renaissance faire

Southern Connecticut Renaissance Festival

Joint Committee on Gov. Admin. and Elections 01/11/07

Polka

Ballroom Polka

Joint Committee on Gov. Admin. and Elections 01/11/07

Polka

Ballroom Polka

Joint Committee on Gov. Admin. and Elections 01/12/07

Renaissance festival

Southern Connecticut Renaissance Festival

Joint Committee on Gov. Admin. and Elections 01/19/07

Florida cracker horse (Marshtackie)

Filed 09/12/07

Florida cracker horse (Marshtackie)

Tourism & Trade Committee 10/09/07

Kalo (Colocasia esculenta)

Approved by Governor 04/24/07
Effective 01/01/25

Official plant

Kalo (Colocasia esculenta)

Passed Senate 02/08/07

State insect

Monarch butterfly

Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure 01/08/07

State bat

Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis)

Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure 01/23/07

Official beverage

Water

Introduced/Adopted 03/19/07

Channel catfish

Passed in Senate 03/14/07

Fish

Bluegill

Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources 02/06/07

Firefighter's museum
Fallen firefighter's memorial

Kansas firefighter's museum
Kansas fallen firefighter's memorial

Signed by Governor 03/28/07

Grass

Little bluestem

Hearing scheduled 02/12/07

Official state music

Bluegrass

Signed by Governor 03/19/07

Official state orchestra

Louisville Orchestra

House Committee on State Government 01/03/07

Official state orchestra

Louisville Orchestra

Committee on State and Local Government 01/04/07

Heritage fish ^{Note 2}

Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus oquassa)

Signed by Governor 03/28/07

Soil

Sassafras sandy loam

Hearing scheduled for 03/07/07

Bird ^{Note 3}

Raven

Hearing scheduled for 03/07/07

Official vegetable

Squash

Public hearing 05/01/07

Official syrup

Guthrie's Battleground Syrup

Public hearing 05/01/07

Official candy

Assorted wafers

Public Hearing 05/01/07

Official reptile

Garter Snake

Signed by Governor 01/03/07

Official book

"Moby Dick"

Public Hearing 05/01/07

Recreational and team sport

Volleyball

Committee on Senate Ethics & Rules 11/15/07

Official shellfish

Quahog

Public hearing 11/7/07

Official shellfish

Quahog

No further action taken 01/02/07

Official artist

Norman Rockwell

Public hearing 11/7/07

Folk play

Hill Fire

Died in Committee 01/30/07

Fruit

Watermelon

Died in Committee 01/30/07

Vegetable

Sweet potato

Died in Committee 01/30/07

Poem

"I Am Mississippi"

Died in Committee 01/30/07

Song

"My Home Mississippi"

Died in Committee 01/30/07

Land mammal ^{Note 1}

Black Bear

Died in Committee 01/30/07

Song

"Mississippi Song"

Died in Committee 01/30/07

Three-toed box turtle

Signed by Governor 06/21/07

Invertebrate

Crayfish

Signed by Governor 06/21/07

Game bird

Bobwhite quail

Signed by Governor 07/13/07

Grass

Big Bluestem

Signed by Governor 06/11/07

Mushroom

Smooth chanterelle

Laid over 03/15/07

"Montana Lullaby"

Signed by Governor 04/25/07

"Live Free or Die"

Signed by Governor 06/18/07

Vegetable

Jersey tomato

Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee 01/10/06

Vegetable

Jersey tomato

Senate Economic Growth Committee 03/21/06

Steam Locomotive

John Bull

Assembly State Government Committee 01/10/06

Soil

Downer Soil

Passed by Assembly 05/22/06
Senate Economic Growth Committee 6/08/06

Cowboy song

New Mexico

Consumer &: Public Affairs Committee recommends passage 02/20/07

Bolo tie

Signed by Governor 03/13/07

~~Christmas~~ Red and green or Christmas

Signed by Governor 04/02/07

Tie

Bolo tie

Passed in Senate 02/22/07

Slogan

"I Love New York"

Passed in Assembly 06/11/07

Collard festival

Ayden Collard Festival

Signed by Governor 04/28/07

Collard festival

Ayden Collard Festival

HB 406 Substituted 04/19/07

Food festival of the Piedmont Triad Region of the State of North Carolina

Lexington Barbecue Festival

Signed by Governor 08/31/07

Amphibian

American bullfrog

Passed in House 04/19/07
Failed in Senate 07/12/07

Community theater

Thalian Association in Wilmington

Signed by Governor 06/07/07

Community theater

Thalian Association in Wilmington

Committee on Rules 04/09/07
Held in Senate 05/16/07

Blackberry festival

Caldwell County Blackberry Festival

Committee on Rules 04/12/07

Official state fruit

Chokecherry

Signed by Governor 03/29/07

Spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum)

Introduced 10/10/07

Cookiing pot

Dutch oven

Passed in House 03/15/07

Watermelon

Approved by Governor 04/24/07
Effective: 11/01/07

Official soil

Jory soil

Public hearing 03/27/07

Flag

Design change

Passed in House

Horse

Marsh Tacky

Committee on Invitations and Memorial Resolutions 01/09/07

Pledge to flag

Amended to add "state under God"

Signed by Governor 06/15/07

Tie

Bolo tie

Signed by Governor 06/15/07

Amphibian

Texas blind salamander

Vetoed by Governor 05/26/07

Denver Harbor

Mythical town

Passed in House 05/08/07

Silver

Precious metal

Signed by Governor 06/15/07

~~Shoe~~ Footware

Cowboy boot

Signed by Governor 06/15/07

Choral chamber music ensemble

Counterpoint

General, Housing & Military Affairs Committee 01/19/07

Amphibian

Shenandoah Mountain Salamander

Left in General Laws Committee 12/08/06

Fruit

~~Ginger Gold~~ Apple

Passed in Senate 02/06/07
House Committee on Rules: Tabled 02/14/07

Fruit

Ginger Gold Apple

Committee on Rules: Tabled 01/24/07

Song

"Virginia, Ever Enshrined"

Left in Rules 02/06/07

Song

"Cradle of Liberty"

Left in Rules 02/06/07

State festival

Virginia Covered Bridge Festival

SB 1375 substituted 02/16/07

Song

"Virginia"

Left in Rules 02/06/07

Virginia Covered Bridge Festival

Signed by Governor 03/15/07
Effective 07/01/07

Amphibian

Pacific chorus frog

Signed by Governor 04/30/07

Walla Walla sweet onion

Signed by Governor 04/20/07

Lady Washington

Signed by Governor 05/08/07

Official Christmas tree

Any evergreen tree...placed or located in *the rotunda of the state capitol building during the month of December

Referred to State Gov & Tribal Affairs 01/18/07

Oak tree

Garry oak

"X" filed (killed)in Rules Committee 03/21/07

State tartan

Described in bill

Public hearing 11/28/07

1. Mississippi already has two official land mammals, the white-tailed deer and the red fox. This legislation "adds" the black bear to the list.
2. Maine adopted the eastern brook trout as a state heritage fish in 2005. This bill "adds" the Arctic char as a second heritage fish.
3. Maryland's current official state bird is the Baltimore oriole. This bill nominates the raven as an additional state bird.

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