HR473: HR473 Miss Georgia Peach Scholarship Pageant; 2024 Georgia Peach Queens; commend

This is a ceremonial resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives, not a change to state law. It recognizes the Miss Georgia Peach Scholarship Pageant, a statewide pageant open to girls ages 4 to 24 that started in Peach County in 1982 through the Pilot Club of Fort Valley to serve as ambassadors for the Georgia Peach Festival. The resolution highlights Georgia's peach industry, noting the state ranks third nationally in peach production, and names the five girls and young women crowned as 2024 Peach Queens. It directs the Clerk of the House to send a copy of the resolution to the pageant's Board of Directors. It does not create any new rules, funding, or legal requirements.

• Formally commends the Miss Georgia Peach Scholarship Pageant for promoting Georgia's peach industry.
• Congratulates five named individuals crowned as 2024 Georgia Peach Queens at various age levels.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to send a copy of the resolution to the pageant's Board of Directors.
• Creates no new law, funding, or enforceable requirement; it is a ceremonial statement of recognition.

The resolution directly names and honors the Miss Georgia Peach Scholarship Pageant, its Board of Directors, and the five 2024 Peach Queens. It has no legal effect on the general public, businesses, or government agencies.

The resolution has no practical or legal impact on Georgians' daily lives. Its significance is symbolic, publicly recognizing a long-running community pageant and the state's peach industry rather than changing any law or policy.

• Recites the history of the Miss Georgia Peach Scholarship Pageant, founded in 1982 in Peach County by the Pilot Club of Fort Valley.
• Notes Georgia's peach industry ranks third nationally in production, citing its economic significance.
• Names the five 2024 Georgia Peach Queens: Charleigh Harper, Mia Loyd, Kendall Bella Gaines, Skye Harris, and Ellie James Young.
• Resolves that the House commends the pageant and congratulates the queens.
• Directs the Clerk of the House to distribute a copy of the resolution to the pageant's Board of Directors.

1. 2025-03-03House Read and Adopted (House)
2. 2025-03-03House First Readers (House)
3. 2025-03-03House Hopper (House)

• Robert Dickey (R, HD-134)Primary sponsor
• Patty Stinson (D, HD-150)
• Jaclyn Ford (R, HD-170)
• Shaw Blackmon (R, HD-146)
• Bethany Ballard (R, HD-147)
• William Werkheiser (R, HD-157)

• ceremonial resolution
• Georgia peach industry
• Miss Georgia Peach pageant
• Peach County