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type: "Bill"
title: "State symbols; white shrimp as official state crustacean; 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 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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 1341"
citation: "Georgia HB 1341 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buddy DeLoach", "Jesse Petrea", "Lynn Smith", "Rick Townsend", "Ron Stephens", "Steven Sainz"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-20"
last_action: "2024-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac7d7daf-d4e3-4f6d-9318-36e1c92cde4c"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "38a5eb826603b355360e86aea9774b0ae465196788bc3568d7e15d0b908795ff"
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 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](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228873.pdf)
2. **LC 46 0836/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/224661.pdf)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac7d7daf-d4e3-4f6d-9318-36e1c92cde4c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).