---
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).