republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-1026.md

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Bill	State government; Southeast Georgia Soap Box Derby as official soap box derby of the State of Georgia; 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 Southeast Georgia Soap Box Derby as the official soap box derby of the State of Georgia; to provide for promotion of the Southeast Georgia Soap Box Derby; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 1026	Georgia HB 1026 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Chuck Efstration Devan Seabaugh James Burchett Jan Jones Leesa Hagan Steven Sainz	3	16	3	2024-01-24	2024-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/1c6c7912-e94b-46cd-8ddc-3694188b47f6	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	fc0b7d07c8b4b4e1c2c702a5d17d08fcfffc4cb70a84356b9a882b0734028747	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1026 (2023_24) — State government; Southeast Georgia Soap Box Derby as official soap box derby of the State of Georgia; 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 Southeast Georgia Soap Box Derby as the official soap box derby of the State of Georgia; to provide for promotion of the Southeast Georgia Soap Box Derby; 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 1026/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 54 0318/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Sen Ctee sub LC 49 1902S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #453 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 155–1 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #722 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 49–2 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #794 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 169–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
• Devan Seabaugh — primary (person)
• James Burchett — primary (person)
• Jan Jones — primary (person)
• Leesa Hagan — primary (person)
• Steven Sainz — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-24 House Hopper introduction
• 2024-01-25 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-01-26 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-02-01 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-09 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-09 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-02-12 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-03-21 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-03-21 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-26 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-03 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-06 Act 591 executive-signature
• 2024-05-06 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1c6c7912-e94b-46cd-8ddc-3694188b47f6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).