SR7: SR7 State Highway System; dedicate certain portions

This resolution does not change any law affecting how Georgians drive or how roads are built. Instead, it formally dedicates specific segments of the state highway system, including named highways, bridges, intersections, interchanges and roundabouts in counties across Georgia, in honor of individuals or groups of people. Each dedication is preceded by a series of 'whereas' clauses describing the honoree's life, service, and community contributions, ranging from military veterans and a Medal of Honor recipient to educators, business owners, civil rights leaders and a Georgia Department of Transportation worker killed in the line of duty. The resolution's final sections direct the Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking each dedicated site, and direct the Secretary of the Senate to distribute copies of the resolution to the department and to the honorees or their families. No funding amounts, penalties, or effective dates beyond the dedications themselves are specified in the text.

• Dedicates specific named segments of numbered state routes, such as State Route 145 in Franklin County, as memorial highways honoring named individuals.
• Names specific bridges over creeks and rivers, including bridges in Worth, Sumter, Echols, Fayette and Walker counties, after individuals connected to those areas.
• Designates several road intersections and interchanges across counties like Cobb, Forsyth, Fulton and Chatham after educators, elected officials and civic leaders.
• Directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking each of the named road facilities.
• Directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute copies of the resolution to the Department of Transportation and to the honorees or their surviving family members.

The resolution most directly affects the Georgia Department of Transportation, which must post and maintain the new signage, and the named honorees or their families, who receive formal recognition. Drivers in the affected counties, including Franklin, Worth, Cobb, Forsyth, Fulton, Chatham, Sumter, Echols, Bleckley, Barrow, Newton, Muscogee, Carroll, Floyd, Walton and others, will see the new names on highway signs.

While the resolution carries no regulatory or financial impact on Georgians generally, it changes what appears on highway signage in numerous counties and formalizes public recognition of veterans, educators, elected officials and community figures, adding a permanent civic marker to the roads people already use.

• Part I through Part XXVII contain the biographical 'whereas' clauses explaining who each dedication honors and why, without changing any statute.
• Part XXVIII contains the operative dedications, naming exact state routes, mile points, bridges over specific waterways, and intersections by cross street in each affected county.
• The resolution directs the Department of Transportation to erect and maintain appropriate signs for each dedicated road facility.
• The resolution directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute copies to the Department of Transportation and to the named honorees or their families.

1. 2025-05-14Effective Date 2025-05-14
2. 2025-05-14Act 366
3. 2025-05-14Senate Date Signed by Governor (Senate)
4. 2025-04-07Senate Sent to Governor (Senate)
5. 2025-03-31Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub (Senate)
6. 2025-02-24House Passed/Adopted By Substitute (House)
7. 2025-02-24House Third Readers (House)
8. 2025-02-21House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute (House)

• Greg Dolezal (R, SD-027)Primary sponsor
• Rick Jasperse (R, HD-011)

1. PassedSenate voteFebruary 3, 2025

   52 yea, 0 nay (3 not voting, 1 absent)

   Adoption: Senate Vote #19

2. PassedHouse voteFebruary 24, 2025

   174 yea, 0 nay (1 not voting, 5 absent)

   Adopt: House Vote #78

3. PassedSenate voteMarch 31, 2025

   50 yea, 0 nay (6 not voting, 0 absent)

   Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #359

• highway dedications
• memorial roads and bridges
• Georgia Department of Transportation
• state route naming