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GA HB65

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/15/2025

Primary Sponsor

Angela Moore

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Designates collard greens as the official Georgia state greens and "potlikka" (the liquid from cooking collard greens) as the official Georgia state dipping sauce of the official Georgia state bread
  • Georgia is the second highest producer of collards in the country, with almost 30,000 acres and nearly 20 percent of the state's farmed acreage devoted to the crop
  • Amends Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated by adding new Code section 50-3-94 to the state symbols provisions
  • Effective date is contingent on a separate act designating cornbread as the official Georgia state bread becoming law on or before July 1, 2025; if that act does not pass, HB 65 is automatically repealed on July 1, 2025

Legislative Description

State symbols; designate collard greens as official state greens; potlikka as official state dipping sauce of the official state bread

Last Action

House Committee Favorably Reported

2/25/2026

Committee Referrals

Special Rules1/16/2025

Full Bill Text

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