SR265: SR265 Samuel Micah Moon Memorial Interchange; Douglas County; dedicate

This resolution honors Samuel Micah Moon, a Lithia Springs High School student born in Austell, Georgia, who was killed on March 4, 2023, when he was shot at a sweet 16 birthday party in Douglas County along with nine other children. The resolution recounts his life, family, and interests before turning to its operative purpose. It formally dedicates the interchange of Interstate 20 and State Route 92 in Douglas County as the Samuel Micah Moon Memorial Interchange. It directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the dedication, and it directs the Secretary of the Senate to send copies of the resolution to Mr. Moon's family and to the Department of Transportation.

• Dedicates the interchange of Interstate 20 and State Route 92 in Douglas County as the Samuel Micah Moon Memorial Interchange.
• Directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the memorial dedication at the interchange.
• Directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute copies of the resolution to Mr. Moon's family and to the Department of Transportation.

The resolution most directly affects the family of Samuel Micah Moon, the Georgia Department of Transportation, which must install and maintain signage, and residents and drivers in Douglas County who use the Interstate 20 and State Route 92 interchange.

If adopted, drivers passing through this Douglas County interchange would see signage memorializing Samuel Micah Moon, giving his family and community a lasting public tribute tied to a specific highway location, though the resolution creates no new laws, funding, or regulations.

• The resolution's preamble (whereas clauses) recounts Mr. Moon's birth, education at Lithia Springs High School, interests, and his death on March 4, 2023 in a shooting at a Douglas County birthday party.
• The first resolving clause dedicates the Interstate 20 and State Route 92 interchange in Douglas County as the Samuel Micah Moon Memorial Interchange.
• A second resolving clause directs the Department of Transportation to erect and maintain appropriate signs for the dedication.
• A third resolving clause directs the Secretary of the Senate to provide copies of the resolution to Mr. Moon's family and the Department of Transportation.

1. 2025-02-27Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
2. 2025-02-26Senate Hopper (Senate)

• Donzella James (D, SD-028)Primary sponsor

• memorial resolution
• Douglas County
• highway naming
• Department of Transportation