Committee approves bill to rename spoil island in Jupiter Inlet for Andrew Red Harris

Representative Snyder told the committee HB 1219 would formally rename a spoil island and adjacent mangrove shoals in Jupiter Inlet the "Andrew Red Harris Shoal" in recognition of a local resident and his family’s foundation’s environmental work. Snyder said the renaming stemmed from work on mangrove renourishment and habitat projects.

An amendment clarified that the geographic feature being named is a spoil island rather than a shoal; Snyder described the amendment as technical. Representative Skidmore said he was pleased to support a naming bill he could vote for.

The committee adopted the technical amendment, received no opposing public testimony, and voted 18-0 to report the bill favorably. The bill proceeds with the technical clarification recorded in the amendment.