republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/sb-222.md

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Bill	State Symbols; pecan as the official state nut; 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 pecan as the official state nut; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	SB 222	Georgia SB 222 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Billy Hickman Bo Hatchett Brandon Beach Brian Strickland Bruce Thompson Burt Jones Butch Miller Carden Summers Chuck Payne Chuck Hufstetler Clint Dixon Frank Ginn Freddie Powell Sims Jason Anavitarte Jeff Mullis John Albers John Albers John Kennedy Larry Walker, III Lee Anderson Max Burns Mike Dugan Nikki Merritt Randy Robertson Russ Goodman Sally Harrell Steve Gooch Tyler Harper	4	17	1	2021-02-22	2021-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/e83f8b2e-fe00-4224-b2c4-23c8b219ab2e	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	7a30b16a3e6cc3c3203232b9cd0b7f45d7e794f22cd47e2fa90d3342f0a5359e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 222 (2021_22) — State Symbols; pecan as the official state nut; 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 pecan as the official state nut; 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 50 0190 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 222/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• MOTION TO TABLE ALL BILLS ON RULES CALENDAR — 33–14 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Nikki Merritt — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Sally Harrell — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Tyler Harper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-22 Senate Hopper
• 2021-02-23 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2021-02-26 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-01 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2021-03-03 Senate Tabled
• 2021-03-03 Senate Taken from Table
• 2021-03-03 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2021-03-03 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2021-03-05 House First Readers reading-1
• 2021-03-08 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2021-03-22 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-31 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2021-03-31 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2021-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-04-09 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-04-09 Act 13 executive-signature
• 2021-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e83f8b2e-fe00-4224-b2c4-23c8b219ab2e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).