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+type: "Bill"
+title: "State Symbols; muscadine grape as the official state grape; designate"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state symbols, so as to designate the muscadine grape as the official state grape; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2019_20"
+identifier: "SB 358"
+citation: "Georgia SB 358 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dean Burke", "Ellis Black", "Freddie Sims", "Larry Walker, III", "Tyler Harper", "Zahra Karinshak"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-02-03"
+last_action: "2021-01-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1190dcd-d25d-4154-9cda-32bf38e4a496"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "5c9da139683bd518d9b26582043257f25b06be0ef1a26d6440e84dccdbf95558"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia SB 358 (2019_20) — State Symbols; muscadine grape as the official state grape; designate
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state symbols, so as to designate the muscadine grape as the official state grape; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **As introduced LC 45 0376** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/189238.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192871.pdf)
+3. **Floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192866.pdf)
+4. **SB 358/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194234.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **50–2** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dean Burke — primary (person)
+- Ellis Black — primary (person)
+- Freddie Sims — primary (person)
+- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
+- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
+- Zahra Karinshak — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-02-03** Senate Hopper
+- **2020-02-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-24** Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-05** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-09** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2020-03-10** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-10** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2020-03-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2020-03-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2020-06-17** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-06-19** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2020-06-19** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2020-06-29** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-08-05** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2020-08-05** Act 598 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-01-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1190dcd-d25d-4154-9cda-32bf38e4a496`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+