---
type: "Bill"
title: "State symbols; Brunswick stew as the official state stew; 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 Brunswick stew as the official state stew; to provide for 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 233"
citation: "Georgia HB 233 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FOOD", "DRUGS", "AND COSMETICS", "STATE GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buddy DeLoach", "Devan Seabaugh", "James Burchett", "Leesa Hagan", "Rick Townsend", "Steven Sainz"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e709e3b3-e19a-4007-9e7d-84b1b6648df1"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "65d66262c8cc6de393b96a74c6cebaaf0c83041535055e08b49a9d49b486f074"
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 233 (2025_26) — State symbols; Brunswick stew as the official state stew; 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 Brunswick stew as the official state stew; to provide for 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 233/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239306.pdf)
2. **LC 39 4510/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231139.pdf)
3. **Sen Ctee sub LC 39 4749S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236536.pdf)
4. **Sen Ctee sub LC 39 4802S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238195.pdf)
5. **Sen Floor Amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238830.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #90 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **152–2** (pass) · lower
- House Vote #442 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **113–51** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #403 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **52–1** (pass) · upper
- Senate Vote #402 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **17–36** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Buddy DeLoach — primary (person)
- Devan Seabaugh — primary (person)
- James Burchett — primary (person)
- Leesa Hagan — primary (person)
- Rick Townsend — primary (person)
- Steven Sainz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-02-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-02-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-02-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-02-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-02-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-25** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2025-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2025-04-04** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2025-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-01** Act 59 `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e709e3b3-e19a-4007-9e7d-84b1b6648df1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).