republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-1341.md

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Bill	State symbols; white shrimp as official state crustacean; 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 white shrimp as the official state crustacean; to provide legislative findings and declarations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 1341	Georgia HB 1341 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Buddy DeLoach Jesse Petrea Lynn Smith Rick Townsend Ron Stephens Steven Sainz	2	17	2	2024-02-20	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/ac7d7daf-d4e3-4f6d-9318-36e1c92cde4c	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	38a5eb826603b355360e86aea9774b0ae465196788bc3568d7e15d0b908795ff	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1341 (2023_24) — State symbols; white shrimp as official state crustacean; 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 white shrimp as the official state crustacean; to provide legislative findings and declarations; 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 1341/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 46 0836/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #610 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 171–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #771 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Buddy DeLoach — primary (person)
• Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
• Lynn Smith — primary (person)
• Rick Townsend — primary (person)
• Ron Stephens — primary (person)
• Steven Sainz — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-20 House Hopper introduction
• 2024-02-21 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-02-22 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-02-27 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-29 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-29 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-03-04 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-03-14 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-18 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-03-21 Senate Tabled
• 2024-03-26 Senate Taken from Table
• 2024-03-26 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-03-26 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-04-02 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-25 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-04-25 Act 495 executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ac7d7daf-d4e3-4f6d-9318-36e1c92cde4c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).