HR886: HR886 Rachel Hodge Memorial Intersection; Camden County; dedicate

This resolution from the Georgia General Assembly honors Rachel Hodge, a Camden County native who worked as an Emergency 911 Communications Officer with the Camden County Sheriff's Office. She died on April 18, 2020, while driving home from work. The resolution formally dedicates the intersection of State Route 25 Spur/Satilla Bluff Road and Pine Forest Drive in Camden County as the Rachel Hodge Memorial Intersection. It directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to put up and maintain signs marking the dedication, and it directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to send copies of the resolution to Ms. Hodge's family and to the Department of Transportation.

• Dedicates the intersection of State Route 25 Spur/Satilla Bluff Road and Pine Forest Drive in Camden County as the Rachel Hodge Memorial Intersection.
• Directs the Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the memorial intersection.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to distribute copies of the resolution to Ms. Hodge's family and the Department of Transportation.

The resolution primarily affects the Georgia Department of Transportation, which must install and maintain signage, the Camden County community, and the family of Rachel Hodge, who is being memorialized.

While largely symbolic, the resolution creates a lasting public memorial for a local emergency dispatcher, requiring a state agency to install specific roadway signage and formally recognizing her service and death in the Georgia General Assembly's official record.

• The resolution's preamble recounts Rachel Hodge's life, her work as a 911 Communications Officer with the Camden County Sheriff's Office, and her death on April 18, 2020.
• The operative clause dedicates the named intersection in Camden County as the Rachel Hodge Memorial Intersection.
• A further clause authorizes and directs the Department of Transportation to erect and maintain appropriate signs for the dedication.
• A final clause directs the Clerk of the House to send copies of the resolution to Ms. Hodge's family and the Department of Transportation.

1. 2025-04-02House Second Readers (House)
2. 2025-03-31House First Readers (House)
3. 2025-03-31House Hopper (House)

• Steven Sainz (R, HD-180)Primary sponsor

• memorial resolution
• Camden County
• Department of Transportation
• road naming