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type: "Bill"
title: "State government; Southeast Georgia Soap Box Derby as official soap box derby of the State of Georgia; 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 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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 1026"
citation: "Georgia HB 1026 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Efstration", "Devan Seabaugh", "James Burchett", "Jan Jones", "Leesa Hagan", "Steven Sainz"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c6c7912-e94b-46cd-8ddc-3694188b47f6"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "fc0b7d07c8b4b4e1c2c702a5d17d08fcfffc4cb70a84356b9a882b0734028747"
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 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](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229094.pdf)
2. **LC 54 0318/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221777.pdf)
3. **Sen Ctee sub LC 49 1902S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227643.pdf)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c6c7912-e94b-46cd-8ddc-3694188b47f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).