---
type: "Bill"
title: "State symbols; cotton as official state fabric; 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 cotton as the official state fabric; to provide legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 1310"
citation: "Georgia HB 1310 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Al Williams", "Angie O'Steen", "Chas Cannon", "Jaclyn Ford", "Robert Dickey", "Steven Meeks"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-12"
last_action: "2026-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc5cb4e1-d06c-4b8c-95b0-9727c1561060"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "b9118c83d56d8422cde61e03e2b9b82b9ff9a776a0d2f4d00f4133698154056d"
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 1310 (2025_26) — State symbols; cotton as official state fabric; 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 cotton as the official state fabric; to provide legislative findings; 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 1310/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/249039.pdf)
2. **LC 60 0287/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/242574.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #592 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **158–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #912 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **39–10** (pass) · upper
- Senate Vote #981 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **50–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Al Williams — primary (person)
- Angie O'Steen — primary (person)
- Chas Cannon — primary (person)
- Jaclyn Ford — primary (person)
- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
- Steven Meeks — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-02-12** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-02-17** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-02-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-02-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-23** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-31** Senate Tabled
- **2026-04-02** Senate Taken from Table
- **2026-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2026-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-06** Act 430 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc5cb4e1-d06c-4b8c-95b0-9727c1561060`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).