--- title: HR 1130. Good Neighbor Homeless Shelter; 30 years of dedicated service; commend collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hr1130 cite_as: HR 1130, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1130 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1130.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1130/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/72550 date: 2026-01-28 status: passed corpus_version: bills-2026-09-13 license: Public record of the Georgia General Assembly, via LegiScan; see about.md publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1129.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1131.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 131 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1130.md?full=1 bill_number: HR 1130 session: 2025-2026 Regular Session session_slug: 2025-2026 chamber: House bill_type: resolution status_date: 2026-01-28 last_action: House Read and Adopted sponsors: - Matthew Gambill - Mitchell Scoggins text_version: Introduced has_text: true legiscan_url: https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HR1130/2025 upstream_id: 2100621 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - homeless shelters - Cartersville - commendation resolution - Bartow County --- # HR 1130. Good Neighbor Homeless Shelter; 30 years of dedicated service; commend ## Text House Resolution 1130 By: Representatives Gambill of the 15th and Scoggins of the 14th A RESOLUTION Congratulating and commending the Good Neighbor Homeless Shelter upon 30 years of dedicated service; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, in 2026, the Good Neighbor Homeless Shelter will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of its founding; and WHEREAS, the Good Neighbor Homeless Shelter provides men, women, and families in Cartersville, Georgia, with temporary shelter and physical, emotional, and spiritual support in times of need; and WHEREAS, established during an ice storm on February 2, 1996, the Good Neighbor Homeless Shelter has grown from humble beginnings in a borrowed house to transforming the lives of countless individuals in a 24-hour facility with capacity for 30 guests; and WHEREAS, the Good Neighbor Homeless Shelter now operates two emergency shelters as well offers more than 10 units of transitional housing for families and children; and WHEREAS, it is abundantly fitting and proper that the outstanding accomplishments of this extraordinary organization be appropriately recognized. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body congratulate the Good Neighbor Homeless Shelter upon 30 years of service, commend it for its many outstanding contributions on behalf of the citizens of Georgia, and extend best wishes for its continued growth, development, and success. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to make an appropriate copy of this resolution available for distribution to the Good Neighbor Homeless Shelter. ## Summaries written by Georgia Commons The following was written by claude-sonnet-5 from the text above and is not part of the resolution. Quote the text, not the summary. A Georgia House resolution congratulates the Good Neighbor Homeless Shelter in Cartersville on 30 years of service and directs the House Clerk to send it a copy of the resolution. ### Plain-language summary This is a ceremonial resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives, not a change to state law. It recognizes the Good Neighbor Homeless Shelter, founded in Cartersville, Georgia during an ice storm on February 2, 1996, as it approaches its 30th anniversary in 2026. The resolution describes the shelter's growth from a borrowed house to a 24-hour facility that can house 30 guests, and notes it now runs two emergency shelters plus more than 10 units of transitional housing for families and children. The House formally congratulates and commends the organization and directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare a copy of the resolution for the shelter. ### What it does - Formally congratulates and commends the Good Neighbor Homeless Shelter for 30 years of service to the Cartersville community. - Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and distribute a copy of the resolution to the shelter. - Creates no new law, funding, requirement, or penalty; it is a symbolic statement of recognition by the House. ### Who it affects The Good Neighbor Homeless Shelter in Cartersville, Georgia, and the people it serves, including men, women, and families receiving temporary shelter and transitional housing, are named directly in the resolution's text. ### Why it matters The resolution has no legal or budgetary effect; it is an official, public acknowledgment by the Georgia House of Representatives of a local nonprofit's three decades of providing shelter and support to homeless individuals and families in Cartersville. ### Key provisions - States the shelter was established during an ice storm on February 2, 1996, and now operates a 24-hour facility with capacity for 30 guests. - Notes the shelter currently runs two emergency shelters and more than 10 units of transitional housing for families and children. - Resolves that the House congratulates and commends the shelter and wishes it continued growth and success. - Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a copy of the resolution available for distribution to the shelter. ## Status - Status: Passed (2026-01-28) - Last action: House Read and Adopted (2026-01-28) - Sponsors: Matthew Gambill, Mitchell Scoggins - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/72550 > The history, votes, and amendments (131 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1130.md?full=1