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Committee approves bill designating April as Georgia Native Plant Month
Summary
Senate Bill 240 (LC461131) was advanced by the Senate Natural Resources and the Environment Committee to designate April of each year as Georgia Native Plant Month; sponsor and committee members characterized the measure as simple and ceremonial.
A senator presented Senate Bill 240 (LC461131) to recognize native plants by designating April of each year as Georgia Native Plant Month. The presenter described the bill as a request from garden clubs and framed it as a ceremonial recognition.
"This is a very simple bill brought forward by for requested for the members of the garden clubs and this is just making April each year is a Georgia native plant month," the presenter said during the committee hearing.
Committee members asked a few light questions about scope (the presenter clarified the designation would cover the entire month, likely from 12:01 a.m. April 1 to the last day of April) and about Georgia's plant zones; no substantive amendments or fiscal discussions were recorded. A motion to "do pass" was made and seconded and the chair called for those in favor to raise their hands; the chair announced the item carried.
LC461131 was noted in testimony. The measure, as described in committee, is a recognition-style bill and the transcript does not include a roll-call tally or effective date.
