--- title: HR 1263. Walton, George; James Oglethorpe Chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution's 2025-2026 Good Citizens; commend collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hr1263 cite_as: HR 1263, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1263 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1263.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1263/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/72937 date: 2026-02-05 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/hr1262.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1264.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 131 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1263.md?full=1 bill_number: HR 1263 session: 2025-2026 Regular Session session_slug: 2025-2026 chamber: House bill_type: resolution status_date: 2026-02-05 last_action: House Read and Adopted sponsors: - Debbie Buckner text_version: Introduced has_text: true legiscan_url: https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HR1263/2025 upstream_id: 2109954 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - legislative commendation - Daughters of the American Revolution - student recognition - Columbus Georgia schools --- # HR 1263. Walton, George; James Oglethorpe Chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution's 2025-2026 Good Citizens; commend ## Text House Resolution 1263 By: Representative Buckner of the 137th A RESOLUTION Commending the George Walton & James Oglethorpe Chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution's 2025-2026 Good Citizens; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, the Daughters of the American Revolution is a nonprofit, nonpolitical volunteer women's service organization dedicated to the promotion of historic preservation, education, and patriotism in communities across the nation; and WHEREAS, the Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizens Award and Scholarship Contest was created in 1934 to recognize and reward individuals who possess the qualities of dependability, service, leadership, and patriotism in their homes, schools, and communities; and WHEREAS, the George Walton & James Oglethorpe Chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution have honored the following students as their 2025-2026 Good Citizens: Rachel Jo Davis of Rainey-McCullers School of the Arts, Anh-Thu Hoag Nguyen of Columbus High School, Mary Abigail Penoncello of Marion CountyHigh School, Daniel Alexander Rivera of Hardaway High School, Zoey Jacoria Roberts of Spencer High School, and Skylar Mackenzie Toombs of Northside High School; and WHEREAS, the State of Georgia looks with great anticipation toward the future of these bright and promising young Georgians. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body heartily commend the George Walton & James Oglethorpe Chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution's 2025-2026 Good Citizens and express their most sincere best wishes for continued success. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to make appropriate copies of this resolution available for distribution to the George Walton & James Oglethorpe Chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution's 2025-2026 Good Citizens. ## 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 six students named 2025-2026 Good Citizens by the George Walton and James Oglethorpe Chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution. ### Plain-language summary This resolution is a ceremonial statement from the Georgia House of Representatives honoring six local students. The Daughters of the American Revolution, a national women's service organization, runs a Good Citizens Award and Scholarship Contest that has recognized young people for dependability, service, leadership, and patriotism since 1934. The resolution names six students from Columbus-area high schools chosen by the George Walton and James Oglethorpe Chapters as this year's Good Citizens honorees. It directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare copies of the resolution for distribution to the honorees. The resolution does not change any Georgia law; it is a formal expression of recognition and good wishes. ### What it does - Formally commends six named students chosen as 2025-2026 Good Citizens by two local Daughters of the American Revolution chapters. - Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare copies of the resolution for distribution to the honored students. - Expresses the House's best wishes for the students' continued success but creates no new law, funding, or requirement. ### Who it affects The six named students from Columbus-area high schools, the George Walton and James Oglethorpe Chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, who must prepare and distribute copies of the resolution. ### Why it matters The resolution carries symbolic rather than legal weight. It gives the named students and their families formal public recognition from the Georgia House of Representatives, but it does not alter any Georgia statute, create funding, or impose obligations beyond distributing copies of the document. ### Key provisions - The resolution's whereas clauses describe the Daughters of the American Revolution's mission and the history of the Good Citizens contest, created in 1934. - It names six specific students and their high schools as the chapters' 2025-2026 Good Citizens honorees. - The resolving clause has the House commend the students and wish them continued success. - A further resolving clause directs the Clerk of the House to make copies available for distribution to the honorees. ## Status - Status: Passed (2026-02-05) - Last action: House Read and Adopted (2026-02-05) - Sponsors: Debbie Buckner - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/72937 > The history, votes, and amendments (131 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1263.md?full=1