HR49: HR49 Manuel Estevan Paez Teran Day; January 18, 2025; recognize

This resolution asks the Georgia House of Representatives to formally recognize January 18, 2025, as Manuel Estevan Paez Teran Day. Manuel Teran was an environmental activist who worked to protect forests and nature, and who was killed in Atlanta on January 18, 2023, while participating in an environmental protest. The resolution states that family, friends, and supporters will gather on the second anniversary of Teran's death to honor their memory. It resolves that the House recognizes the day in honor of Teran's work to protect the environment. It also directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare copies of the resolution for distribution to the public and the press. The resolution does not change any Georgia law; it is a symbolic statement by the House.

• Designates January 18, 2025, as Manuel Estevan Paez Teran Day through a formal House resolution.
• States the day honors Teran's environmental advocacy and their death in Atlanta on January 18, 2023.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make copies of the resolution available to the public and the press.

The resolution most directly affects the family, friends, and supporters of Manuel Estevan Paez Teran, as well as environmental activists whose work it references. It also involves the Clerk of the House of Representatives, who must distribute copies of the resolution.

Because this is a resolution rather than a bill, it creates no new law, funding, or penalty. Its practical effect is a formal, public acknowledgment by the Georgia House of Teran's death and activism, memorialized through an official document distributed to the public and press.

• The whereas clauses describe Manuel Teran as an environmentalist who worked to protect forests and was killed in Atlanta on January 18, 2023, during a protest.
• The resolving clause designates January 18, 2025, as Manuel Estevan Paez Teran Day in honor of their environmental work.
• A further resolution directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare copies for distribution to the public and press.

1. 2025-01-28House Second Readers (House)
2. 2025-01-27House First Readers (House)
3. 2025-01-17House Hopper (House)

• Gabriel Sanchez (D, HD-042)Primary sponsor
• Park Cannon (D, HD-058)
• Ruwa Romman (D, HD-097)
• Eric Bell (D, HD-075)
• Samuel Park (D, HD-107)
• El-Mahdi Holly (D, HD-116)

• environmental activism
• commemorative day
• Atlanta protest
• House resolution