Committee approves bill to designate pecan as Georgia's state nut
Summary
Senator Summers secured committee approval for Senate Bill 222 to designate the pecan as the state nut, citing the crop's production in south Georgia; Representative Camp asked a brief question about regional terminology before the bill passed by voice vote.
Senate Bill 222, introduced by Senator Summers, was advanced out of the State Planning & Community Affairs committee after the sponsor asked members to approve a designation making the pecan Georgia’s state nut. Summers said the Georgia Pecan Growers Association had pressed for a formal state symbol and described pecan production as an important agricultural activity in his district and statewide.
"The bottom line of it is is the pecan grower association ... they want the pecan to be designated and i'd appreciate the ... favorability of the panel here to move it forward," Summers said, asking the committee to support the bill. Representative Camp asked a clarifying question about regional naming, noting that in parts of middle Georgia people sometimes use a different term; Summers and others responded with an informal clarification about usage.
A motion to advance SB 222 was made and seconded; the committee approved the measure by voice vote. The transcript records that the motion carried but does not show a roll-call tally. The bill will proceed according to the legislature’s scheduling rules.
AI generated
The text on this page is AI generated. Summaries, highlights, analysis, and video transcripts are all produced from the original source material.
AI can make mistakes, so if you spot one, and we will fix it for everyone.
Note: the source content is unaltered by us. Any content source we link to, be it a video, an audio recording, or a document, is presented exactly as its publisher released it. That publisher is usually a government body, sometimes an individual official or another organisation.
