HR373: HR373 University of Georgia Block and Bridle Club; occasion of its 50th Great Southland Stampede Rodeo; recognize

This resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives honors the University of Georgia Block and Bridle Club for 50 years of hosting the Great Southland Stampede Rodeo. The text recounts the rodeo's founding in 1974 at Stegeman Coliseum, when livestock judging team members pledged personal property as collateral to fund the first event, and describes its growth into what the resolution calls the largest student-run rodeo in the United States. The resolution does not change any Georgia law. It formally commends the club's student leaders for their work supporting agricultural education, community engagement, and charitable giving, and directs the Clerk of the House to prepare a copy of the resolution for distribution to the club.

• Formally recognizes and commends the University of Georgia Block and Bridle Club for organizing the Great Southland Stampede Rodeo for 50 years.
• States the House's best wishes for the rodeo's continued success over its next 50 years.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare a copy of the resolution for distribution to the club.
• Creates no new law, funding, or regulatory requirement; it is a ceremonial statement of recognition.

The University of Georgia Block and Bridle Club, its student leaders, and the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences are the direct subjects of this recognition. The resolution also references the Greater Athens community and local elementary school students who have taken part in the rodeo.

The resolution carries no legal or financial effect and changes nothing about how Georgians live or are governed. Its practical significance is symbolic: it puts the General Assembly's formal recognition on record and gives the club an official copy to mark the milestone.

• The whereas clauses describe the rodeo's 1974 founding, its funding by student team members' personal collateral, and its growth into the largest student-run rodeo in the United States.
• The first resolving clause formally commends the Block and Bridle Club's student leaders and wishes the rodeo continued success.
• The second resolving clause directs the Clerk of the House to provide a copy of the resolution to the University of Georgia Block and Bridle Club.

1. 2025-02-24House Read and Adopted (House)
2. 2025-02-24House First Readers (House)
3. 2025-02-24House Hopper (House)

• Houston Gaines (R, HD-120)Primary sponsor
• Marcus Wiedower (R, HD-121)
• Trey Rhodes (R, HD-124)
• Spencer Frye (D, HD-122)

• University of Georgia
• legislative recognition
• agricultural education
• Athens Georgia
• rodeo