GA HB233

Designates the fourth Friday in November as "National Sugarcane Syrup Day" in Georgia to honor the family farm tradition of making sugarcane syrup

Designates Brunswick stew as the official Georgia state stew, citing a plaque in Brunswick, Georgia claiming the first Brunswick stew was made on July 2, 1898 on St. Simons Island

Designates cornbread as the official Georgia state bread

Expands prohibition on state contracts from companies owned by China to companies owned or operated by any "foreign country of concern" as designated by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce under 15 C.F.R. Section 791.4

Increases civil penalty for false certification from twice the contract amount to triple the entire purchase value (minimum $250,000), with contract termination and permanent ban on state bidding