HR71: HR71 Latasha R. Butts Memorial Highway; Baldwin County; dedicate

This resolution honors Latasha R. Butts, a Milledgeville native, former University of Tennessee basketball star, WNBA player, and college coach who died on October 21, 2024. It recounts her basketball career, including her time with the Minnesota Lynx and coaching stints at UCLA, LSU, and Georgia Tech, and notes she was head coach at Georgetown University at the time of her death. The resolution's operative effect is to dedicate the portion of State Route 49 in Baldwin County from the Milledgeville Bypass (SR 29/US 441) to the Macon Bibb County line as the Latasha R. Butts Memorial Highway. It directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the dedication, and directs the Clerk of the House to send copies of the resolution to Butts's family and to the department.

• Dedicates the section of State Route 49 in Baldwin County between the Milledgeville Bypass (SR 29/US 441) and the Macon Bibb County line as the Latasha R. Butts Memorial Highway.
• Directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the highway dedication.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to distribute copies of the resolution to Butts's family and the Department of Transportation.
• Formally honors Butts's basketball career, including her time at the University of Tennessee, the WNBA, and her coaching career at UCLA, LSU, Georgia Tech, and Georgetown.

The resolution primarily affects the Georgia Department of Transportation, which must install and maintain new signage, and residents and travelers in Baldwin County who use State Route 49. It also serves as a formal tribute to Latasha R. Butts and her family.

While largely symbolic, the resolution results in a real, physical change: new highway signage in Baldwin County bearing Butts's name, giving a lasting public marker of her life and career for local residents and travelers on State Route 49.

• The resolved clause dedicates the specified portion of State Route 49 in Baldwin County as the Latasha R. Butts Memorial Highway.
• A further resolved clause authorizes and directs the Department of Transportation to erect and maintain appropriate signs for the dedication.
• A final resolved clause directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies of the resolution to Butts's family and the Department of Transportation.

1. 2025-01-30House Second Readers (House)
2. 2025-01-29House First Readers (House)
3. 2025-01-28House Hopper (House)

• Floyd Griffin (D, HD-149)Primary sponsor

• highway dedication
• Baldwin County
• memorial resolution
• transportation signage