--- title: HR 1187. Whitaker, Community Supervision Officer Traci; Department of Community Supervision 2025 Officer of the Year; commend collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hr1187 cite_as: HR 1187, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1187 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1187.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1187/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/72750 date: 2026-02-02 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/hr1186.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1188.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 131 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1187.md?full=1 bill_number: HR 1187 session: 2025-2026 Regular Session session_slug: 2025-2026 chamber: House bill_type: resolution status_date: 2026-02-02 last_action: House Read and Adopted sponsors: - James Burchett - John Corbett text_version: Introduced has_text: true legiscan_url: https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HR1187/2025 upstream_id: 2104387 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - legislative commendation - Department of Community Supervision - probation and parole officers - state employee recognition --- # HR 1187. Whitaker, Community Supervision Officer Traci; Department of Community Supervision 2025 Officer of the Year; commend ## Text House Resolution 1187 By: Representatives Burchett of the 176th and Corbett of the 174th A RESOLUTION Recognizing and commending Community Supervision Officer Traci Whitaker, the Department of Community Supervision 2025 Officer of the Year; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, founded on the tenets of public safety and progress, the Georgia Department of Community Supervision commenced operations on July 1, 2015, through the passage of House Bill 310; and WHEREAS, Community Supervision Officer Traci Whitaker has honorably served the State of Georgia for eleven years and has shown herself to be an outstanding embodiment of the Department’s core values of selfless service, accountability, integrity, teamwork, and professional development; and WHEREAS, Officer Whitaker routinely goes above and beyond to provide efficient, effective, selfless, and dedicated service to her coworkers and the State of Georgia; and WHEREAS, Officer Whitaker's commitment to public safety while helping create opportunities for successful outcomes for the individuals she supervises serves as an example for her fellow officers; and WHEREAS, it is abundantly fitting and proper that the outstanding accomplishments of this remarkable and distinguished Georgian be appropriately recognized. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body recognize and commend Community Supervision Officer Traci Whitaker on being named the Department of Community Supervision’s 2025 Officer of the Year. 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 Community Supervision Officer Traci Whitaker. ## 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 commends Community Supervision Officer Traci Whitaker for being named the Department of Community Supervision's 2025 Officer of the Year. ### Plain-language summary This is a ceremonial resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives honoring a specific state employee. It recognizes Traci Whitaker, a Community Supervision Officer with the Georgia Department of Community Supervision, who was named the department's 2025 Officer of the Year after eleven years of service. The resolution states that the House commends Whitaker for her work and directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare a copy of the resolution for her. It does not change any Georgia law, create any program, or spend any state funds; it is purely a formal statement of recognition. ### What it does - Formally recognizes and commends Traci Whitaker for being named the Department of Community Supervision's 2025 Officer of the Year. - Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and distribute a copy of the resolution to Whitaker. - Makes no changes to Georgia statutes, funding, or agency operations; it is a symbolic honor only. ### Who it affects The resolution directly names Community Supervision Officer Traci Whitaker and references the Georgia Department of Community Supervision, the state agency that oversees probation and parole supervision. It has no effect on the general public or other state agencies. ### Why it matters The resolution has no practical legal effect on Georgians; it is a formal, symbolic honor. Its significance is limited to publicly recognizing one state employee's service record within the Department of Community Supervision. ### Key provisions - Recites that the Department of Community Supervision began operations on July 1, 2015 under House Bill 310, providing background context. - States Whitaker has served the state for eleven years and embodies the department's core values. - Resolves that the House recognizes and commends Whitaker for being named 2025 Officer of the Year. - Directs the Clerk of the House to make a copy of the resolution available for distribution to Whitaker. ## Status - Status: Passed (2026-02-02) - Last action: House Read and Adopted (2026-02-02) - Sponsors: James Burchett, John Corbett - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/72750 > The history, votes, and amendments (131 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1187.md?full=1