HR548: HR548 Mayor Betty Hannah Highway; Fulton County; dedicate

This resolution honors Betty Hannah, who served the City of Fairburn for more than 28 years as a city council member and as its first female and longest serving mayor. It recounts her work on Fairburn's downtown district and her role in developing a city education campus that later named a building after her. The resolution's operative effect is to dedicate the portion of State Route 29 between State Route 138 and State Route 74 in Fulton County as the Mayor Betty Hannah Highway. It directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to put up and maintain signs marking the dedication, and instructs the Clerk of the House to send copies of the resolution to Mayor Hannah's family and to the department.

• Dedicates the section of State Route 29 between State Route 138 and State Route 74 in Fulton County as the Mayor Betty Hannah Highway.
• Directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the highway dedication.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to distribute copies of the resolution to Mayor Hannah's family and the Department of Transportation.

The Georgia Department of Transportation, which must install and maintain signage, the family of Mayor Betty Hannah, and residents and travelers on the designated stretch of State Route 29 in Fulton County.

The resolution creates a permanent, visible tribute to a local public figure by renaming a public roadway, requiring state resources for signage but making no other changes to law, funding, or regulation.

• Recounts Betty Hannah's biography and 28-plus years of service to the City of Fairburn as council member and mayor.
• Resolves that the portion of State Route 29 from State Route 138 to State Route 74 in Fulton County is dedicated as the Mayor Betty Hannah Highway.
• Authorizes and directs the Department of Transportation to erect and maintain appropriate signs for the dedication.
• Directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies of the resolution to Mayor Hannah's family and the Department of Transportation.

1. 2025-03-11House Second Readers (House)
2. 2025-03-10House First Readers (House)
3. 2025-03-06House Hopper (House)

• Lydia Glaize (D, HD-067)Primary sponsor

• road naming
• Fulton County
• Fairburn
• state highways
• commemorative resolution