--- title: HR 476. Georgia peanut industry; Georgia Peanut Day at the state capitol; March 4, 2025; recognize collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hr476 cite_as: HR 476, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr476 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr476.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr476/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/71108 date: 2025-03-03 status: passed corpus_version: bills-2026-09-12 license: Public record of the Georgia General Assembly, via LegiScan; see about.md publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr475.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr477.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 131 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr476.md?full=1 bill_number: HR 476 session: 2025-2026 Regular Session session_slug: 2025-2026 chamber: House bill_type: resolution status_date: 2025-03-03 last_action: House Read and Adopted sponsors: - Robert Dickey - Jaclyn Ford - Steven Meeks - Joe Campbell - Angie O'Steen - Charles Cannon text_version: Introduced has_text: true legiscan_url: https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HR476/2025 upstream_id: 1990362 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - Georgia peanut industry - agriculture - state resolutions - Georgia Peanut Day --- # HR 476. Georgia peanut industry; Georgia Peanut Day at the state capitol; March 4, 2025; recognize ## Text House Resolution 476 By: Representatives Dickey of the 134th, Ford of the 170th, Meeks of the 178th, Campbell of the 171st, O’Steen of the 169th, and others A RESOLUTION Commending the Georgia peanut industry and recognizing March 4, 2025, as Georgia Peanut Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, peanuts and peanut products are recognized throughout our nation and the world as an appetizing and nutritious food, providing protein and other nutrients as part of a well-balanced diet; and WHEREAS, the State of Georgia leads the United States in peanut production, producing 50 percent of the total supply in the nation in 2024; and WHEREAS, our state further leads the nation in peanut exports, supplying nearly half of the United States' peanut exports and contributing more than $442 million toward our nation's balance of trade; and WHEREAS, peanut production is the largest single cash food row crop in Georgia with gross farm receipts totaling hundreds of millions of dollars; and WHEREAS, more than 250 Georgia companies engaged in warehousing, processing, manufacturing, and marketing totally depend on the peanut industry, and hundreds of other Georgia companies that engage in financing, supplying, distributing, and transporting are dependent to some extent on the peanut industry; and WHEREAS, the Georgia peanut industry has played a significant role in the economic growth and prosperity of our state, contributing an estimated $2 billion to the Georgia economy and supporting the livelihood of more than 150,000 Georgians. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body commend the Georgia peanut industry for its outstanding contributions to the economic health of the State of Georgia and recognize March 4, 2025, as Georgia Peanut Day at the state capitol. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to make an appropriate copy of this resolution available for distribution to the Georgia Peanut Commission. ## Summaries written by Georgia Commons The following was written by claude-sonnet-5 from the text above and is not part of the resolution. Quote the text, not the summary. A Georgia House resolution recognizes March 4, 2025 as Georgia Peanut Day at the state capitol and commends the state's peanut industry for its economic contributions. ### Plain-language summary This resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives honors the state's peanut industry. It cites Georgia's leading role in national peanut production and exports, and notes the industry's contribution to the state economy and jobs. The resolution does not change any Georgia law. It formally recognizes March 4, 2025 as Georgia Peanut Day at the state capitol and directs the Clerk of the House to send a copy of the resolution to the Georgia Peanut Commission. ### What it does - Commends the Georgia peanut industry for its contributions to the state's economy. - Designates March 4, 2025 as Georgia Peanut Day at the state capitol. - Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to send a copy of the resolution to the Georgia Peanut Commission. ### Who it affects The resolution primarily affects the Georgia peanut industry, including growers, processors, warehousing and manufacturing companies, and the Georgia Peanut Commission, which will receive a copy of the resolution. ### Why it matters While the resolution carries no legal or financial effect, it gives formal state recognition to an industry that the text describes as contributing an estimated $2 billion to Georgia's economy and supporting more than 150,000 jobs. ### Key provisions - The preamble states Georgia produced 50 percent of the nation's peanut supply in 2024 and supplies nearly half of U.S. peanut exports. - The preamble states the industry contributes an estimated $2 billion to the Georgia economy and supports more than 150,000 Georgians. - The resolving clause commends the peanut industry and designates March 4, 2025 as Georgia Peanut Day at the state capitol. - A further resolved clause directs the Clerk of the House to distribute a copy of the resolution to the Georgia Peanut Commission. ## Status - Status: Passed (2025-03-03) - Last action: House Read and Adopted (2025-03-03) - Sponsors: Robert Dickey, Jaclyn Ford, Steven Meeks, Joe Campbell, Angie O'Steen, Charles Cannon - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/71108 > The history, votes, and amendments (131 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr476.md?full=1