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+type: "Bill"
+title: "State symbols; white shrimp as official state crustacean; 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 other state symbols, so as to designate white shrimp as the official state crustacean; to provide legislative findings and declarations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2023_24"
+identifier: "HB 1341"
+citation: "Georgia HB 1341 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Buddy DeLoach", "Jesse Petrea", "Lynn Smith", "Rick Townsend", "Ron Stephens", "Steven Sainz"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-02-20"
+last_action: "2024-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac7d7daf-d4e3-4f6d-9318-36e1c92cde4c"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "38a5eb826603b355360e86aea9774b0ae465196788bc3568d7e15d0b908795ff"
+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 HB 1341 (2023_24) — State symbols; white shrimp as official state crustacean; 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 other state symbols, so as to designate white shrimp as the official state crustacean; to provide legislative findings and declarations; 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. **HB 1341/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228873.pdf)
+2. **LC 46 0836/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/224661.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #610 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **171–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #771 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Buddy DeLoach — primary (person)
+- Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
+- Lynn Smith — primary (person)
+- Rick Townsend — primary (person)
+- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
+- Steven Sainz — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-20** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2024-02-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-29** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2024-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-21** Senate Tabled
+- **2024-03-26** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2024-03-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-26** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2024-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-04-25** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-04-25** Act 495 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac7d7daf-d4e3-4f6d-9318-36e1c92cde4c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+