republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-233.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 233	Georgia HB 233 (2025_26)	bill	FOOD DRUGS AND COSMETICS STATE GOVERNMENT	enacted	Buddy DeLoach Devan Seabaugh James Burchett Leesa Hagan Rick Townsend Steven Sainz	5	18	4	2025-02-04	2025-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/e709e3b3-e19a-4007-9e7d-84b1b6648df1	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	65d66262c8cc6de393b96a74c6cebaaf0c83041535055e08b49a9d49b486f074	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. LC 39 4510/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Sen Ctee sub LC 39 4749S (committee substitute) — source
4. Sen Ctee sub LC 39 4802S (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen Floor Amend 1 (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/e709e3b3-e19a-4007-9e7d-84b1b6648df1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).