--- title: HR 1159. Worth County High School football team; winning the 2025 GHSA Class A Division 1 State Football Championship; commend collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hr1159 cite_as: HR 1159, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1159 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1159.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1159/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/72646 date: 2026-01-29 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/hr1158.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1160.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 131 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1159.md?full=1 bill_number: HR 1159 session: 2025-2026 Regular Session session_slug: 2025-2026 chamber: House bill_type: resolution status_date: 2026-01-29 last_action: House Read and Adopted sponsors: - Bill Yearta text_version: Introduced has_text: true legiscan_url: https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HR1159/2025 upstream_id: 2102363 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - high school football - Worth County - GHSA championship - legislative honors --- # HR 1159. Worth County High School football team; winning the 2025 GHSA Class A Division 1 State Football Championship; commend ## Text House Resolution 1159 By: Representative Yearta of the 152nd A RESOLUTION Congratulating the Worth County High School football team for winning the 2025 GHSA Class A Division 1 State Football Championship; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, the Worth County High School football team has established and maintained a proud tradition of excellence with equal emphases on character and academics; and WHEREAS, excellent play, superior teamwork, and extraordinary resilience made this team a spectacular one to observe throughout the season, and as a fitting finale to its remarkable 2025 campaign, the team captured its well-deserved state football championship; and WHEREAS, this superlative team brought special recognition to its school and to Worth County by winning the 2025 GHSA Class A Division 1 State Football Championship; and WHEREAS, the phenomenal performance of the team is a clear indication of the outstanding athletic ability, dedication, hard work, and unity of purpose and spirit of each member of the team; its superb offensive and defensive talents; and the astute direction of their coaches; and WHEREAS, as this magnificent team earned its well-deserved reputation for excellence by performing with courage and precision over months of training and competition, it is abundantly proper to call them champions. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body congratulate the Worth County High School football team for winning the 2025 GHSA Class A Division 1 State Football Championship and extend best wishes for their continued 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 Worth County High School football team. ## 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 formally congratulates the Worth County High School football team for winning the 2025 GHSA Class A Division 1 State Football Championship. ### Plain-language summary This resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives honors the Worth County High School football team for capturing the 2025 GHSA Class A Division 1 State Football Championship. It praises the team's play, teamwork, coaching, and character throughout the season. The resolution does not change any law. It simply states the House's congratulations and best wishes for the team's continued success, and directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare a copy of the resolution for distribution to the team. ### What it does - Formally congratulates the Worth County High School football team for winning the 2025 GHSA Class A Division 1 State Football Championship. - Extends the House's best wishes for the team's continued success. - Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and distribute a copy of the resolution to the team. ### Who it affects The Worth County High School football team, its coaches, and the school and community of Worth County are directly named and honored by this resolution. ### Why it matters The resolution carries no legal or financial effect; it is a ceremonial statement of recognition. For the team and community, it serves as an official, on-the-record honor from the Georgia House of Representatives celebrating their championship season. ### Key provisions - The resolving clause has the House of Representatives congratulate the team for winning the 2025 GHSA Class A Division 1 State Football Championship. - A further resolution clause directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a copy available for distribution to the team. ## Status - Status: Passed (2026-01-29) - Last action: House Read and Adopted (2026-01-29) - Sponsors: Bill Yearta - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/72646 > The history, votes, and amendments (131 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1159.md?full=1