HR440: HR440 American Heart Month in Macon-Bibb County; February 2025; recognize

This resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives designates February 2025 as American Heart Month in Macon-Bibb County. It follows the American Heart Association's national observance, which began in 1963, and its Go Red for Women initiative focused on women's cardiovascular health. The resolution notes that heart disease is the leading cause of death among women in the United States and disproportionately affects African American women. It credits a coalition of women-led organizations, including several sororities and civic groups, for partnering with the American Heart Association of the Central Georgia Region to raise awareness in Macon-Bibb County. The resolution directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies to the public and press, but it creates no new law, funding, or requirements.

• Formally recognizes February 2025 as American Heart Month in Macon-Bibb County through a House resolution.
• Encourages Macon-Bibb County residents to work together to improve women's health and understanding of heart disease.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and distribute copies of the resolution to the public and press.
• Creates no binding legal requirements, funding, or penalties; it is a symbolic statement by the House.

The resolution is directed at residents of Macon-Bibb County, and it names several women-led civic and sororal organizations, along with the American Heart Association of the Central Georgia Region, as partners in heart disease awareness efforts.

While the resolution has no legal effect on Georgia law, it publicly spotlights heart disease as the leading cause of death among women, especially African American women, and formally lends the Georgia House's recognition to local awareness campaigns in Macon-Bibb County.

• The whereas clauses describe the American Heart Association's designation of February as American Heart Month, an observance dating to 1963.
• The whereas clauses note cardiovascular disease is the top killer of women nationally and disproportionately affects African American women.
• The resolved clause formally recognizes February 2025 as American Heart Month in Macon-Bibb County and calls on residents to raise awareness of heart disease.
• A further resolved clause instructs the Clerk of the House to make copies available to the public and the press.

1. 2025-02-27House Read and Adopted (House)
2. 2025-02-27House First Readers (House)
3. 2025-02-27House Hopper (House)

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

• heart disease awareness
• women's health
• Macon-Bibb County
• public health observance