SR95: SR95 "Sonny Perdue Legislative Center"; naming the forthcoming new legislative office complex

Georgia is building a new legislative office complex on the State Capitol grounds. This resolution names that forthcoming building the 'Sonny Perdue Legislative Building,' after George Ervin 'Sonny' Perdue III, who served in the Georgia State Senate, as Georgia's Governor from 2003 to 2011, as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, and currently as Chancellor of the University System of Georgia. The resolution recounts Perdue's military service in the U.S. Air Force, his time in the Georgia Senate including a stint as President Pro Tempore, his two terms as governor, his federal cabinet post under President Trump, and his current role leading the state's university system. It directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute copies of the resolution to Perdue, the public, and the press.

• Designates the new state legislative office complex, once completed, as the 'Sonny Perdue Legislative Building.'
• Recites Sonny Perdue's biography and public service record as the stated reason for the naming.
• Directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute copies of the resolution to Perdue, the public, and the press.
• Does not appropriate funding or set a construction timeline; it only assigns the building's future name.

This resolution primarily affects the Georgia General Assembly and its members, who will occupy the new building, as well as Sonny Perdue, whose name will be attached to it. It has no direct effect on the general public beyond the building's name.

Once the new legislative office complex is finished, lawmakers, staff, lobbyists, and visitors will refer to it by this name, permanently linking the building on the Capitol grounds to Perdue's decades of service as a state senator, governor, federal cabinet secretary, and university system chancellor.

• The resolution's whereas clauses detail Perdue's Air Force service, Georgia Senate tenure, two terms as governor starting in 2002, and role as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture under President Trump.
• The operative resolving clause designates the new legislative office complex 'forever' as the 'Sonny Perdue Legislative Building.'
• A further resolving clause directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute copies of the resolution to Perdue and to the public and press.

1. 2025-02-18House Second Readers (House)
2. 2025-02-13House First Readers (House)
3. 2025-02-12Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute (Senate)
4. 2025-02-12Senate Third Read (Senate)
5. 2025-02-10Senate Read Second Time (Senate)
6. 2025-02-06Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute (Senate)
7. 2025-02-04Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
8. 2025-02-03Senate Hopper (Senate)

• Greg Dolezal (R, SD-027)Primary sponsor
• Max Burns (R, SD-023)
• Russ Goodman (R, SD-008)
• Sam Watson (R, SD-011)
• John Kennedy (R, SD-018)
• Randy Robertson (R, SD-029)
• Billy Hickman (R, SD-004)
• Bo Hatchett (R, SD-050)
• John Albers (R, SD-056)
• Mike Hodges (R, SD-003)
• Brian Strickland (R, SD-042)
• Larry Walker (R, SD-020)
• Steve Gooch (R, SD-051)
• Carden Summers (R, SD-013)
• Drew Echols (R, SD-049)
• Shawn Still (R, SD-048)
• Colton Moore (R, SD-053)
• Frank Ginn (R, SD-047)
• Chuck Payne (R, SD-054)
• Bill Cowsert (R, SD-046)
• Brandon Beach (R, SD-021)
• Matt Brass (R, SD-006)
• Ricky Williams (R, SD-025)
• Lee Anderson (R, SD-024)
• Timothy Bearden (R, SD-030)
• Clint Dixon (R, SD-045)
• Ed Harbison (D, SD-015)
• Michael Rhett (D, SD-033)
• David Lucas (D, SD-026)
• Ed Setzler (R, SD-037)

1. PassedSenate voteFebruary 12, 2025

   47 yea, 4 nay (1 not voting, 4 absent)

   Adoption By Substitute: Senate Vote #49

• state capitol construction
• building naming
• Sonny Perdue
• Georgia legislature
• government facilities