HR253: HR253 Pace Day at the Capitol; February 26, 2025; recognize

This resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives designates February 26, 2025 as Pace Day at the Capitol. It honors the Pace Center for Girls, an organization founded in Jacksonville, Florida in 1985 that provides free middle and high school academics, counseling, case management, and life skills programs for girls who have experienced trauma, aiming to keep them out of the juvenile justice system. The resolution notes the center now serves 23 communities and more than 3,000 girls a year across Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. It directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare a copy of the resolution for distribution to the Pace Center for Girls. The resolution does not change any Georgia law; it is a ceremonial recognition.

• Formally designates February 26, 2025 as Pace Day at the Capitol in the Georgia House of Representatives.
• Recognizes the Pace Center for Girls for its work providing education, counseling, and life skills training to girls affected by trauma.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and distribute a copy of the resolution to the Pace Center for Girls.
• Creates no new law, funding, or penalties; it is a symbolic honor with no regulatory effect.

The resolution directly names the Pace Center for Girls, a nonprofit serving girls in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. It also involves the Clerk of the House of Representatives, who must prepare the commemorative copy, but it does not impose obligations on the public.

The resolution has no legal or regulatory effect on Georgians; it is a ceremonial gesture. Its main practical outcome is public recognition for the Pace Center for Girls and a formal document the organization can display, rather than any change to policy, funding, or law.

• The resolved clause recognizes February 26, 2025 as Pace Day at the Capitol in honor of the Pace Center for Girls' service to women and girls.
• A further resolved clause directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a copy of the resolution available for distribution to the organization.
• The preamble (whereas clauses) describes the Pace Center for Girls' founding in 1985, its programs, and the scale of the communities and girls it serves.

1. 2025-02-12House Read and Adopted (House)
2. 2025-02-12House First Readers (House)
3. 2025-02-12House Hopper (House)

• Miriam Paris (D, HD-142)Primary sponsor
• Tangie Herring (D, HD-145)
• Anissa Jones (D, HD-143)
• Floyd Griffin (D, HD-149)
• Dale Washburn (R, HD-144)
• Lydia Glaize (D, HD-067)

• ceremonial resolution
• Pace Center for Girls
• juvenile justice
• women and girls services