HR27: HR27 Addiction Recovery Awareness Day; January 21, 2025; recognize

This House resolution does not change any Georgia law. It formally designates January 21, 2025 as Addiction Recovery Awareness Day in the State of Georgia. The resolution's preamble notes that millions of Americans, including about 900,000 Georgians, are in recovery from substance use disorders and mental illness, and it credits peer-led recovery community organizations with educating the public and policymakers about access to prevention, treatment, and recovery support. The resolution states that the House of Representatives recognizes the day and recommits to helping Georgians seeking treatment. It also directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make copies of the resolution available for distribution to the public and the press.

• Designates January 21, 2025 as Addiction Recovery Awareness Day in the State of Georgia through a House resolution.
• States the House's recognition of Georgians in recovery from substance use disorders and mental illness.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and distribute copies of the resolution to the public and press.
• Creates no new legal requirements, funding, or penalties, since it is a commemorative resolution rather than a law.

The resolution speaks to Georgians in recovery from substance use disorders and mental illness, their families and communities, peer-led recovery community organizations, and the House Clerk's office, which must distribute copies of the resolution.

Because this is a commemorative resolution, it carries symbolic rather than legal weight. It does not create programs, funding, or requirements, but it publicly acknowledges the scale of substance use recovery in Georgia and the role of peer support organizations.

• The whereas clauses describe substance use disorders and mental illness as affecting millions nationwide and about 900,000 Georgians specifically.
• The resolved clause formally designates January 21, 2025 as Addiction Recovery Awareness Day in Georgia.
• A further resolved clause directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to distribute copies of the resolution to the public and press.

1. 2025-01-15House Read and Adopted (House)
2. 2025-01-15House First Readers (House)
3. 2025-01-15House Hopper (House)

• Matthew Gambill (R, HD-015)Primary sponsor
• Michelle Au (D, HD-050)
• Katie Dempsey (R, HD-013)
• Sharon Cooper (R, HD-045)
• Lee Hawkins (R, HD-027)
• Yasmin Neal (D, HD-079)

• addiction recovery
• mental health
• substance use disorders
• commemorative resolution