--- title: HR 1280. Cartersville High School competition cheerleading team; winning the 2025 GHSA Class 4A State Championship; commend collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hr1280 cite_as: HR 1280, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1280 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1280.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1280/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/72989 date: 2026-02-06 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/hr1279.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1281.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 131 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1280.md?full=1 bill_number: HR 1280 session: 2025-2026 Regular Session session_slug: 2025-2026 chamber: House bill_type: resolution status_date: 2026-02-06 last_action: House Read and Adopted sponsors: - Matthew Gambill - Mitchell Scoggins text_version: Introduced has_text: true legiscan_url: https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HR1280/2025 upstream_id: 2111491 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - Cartersville High School - cheerleading - GHSA championship - legislative honors --- # HR 1280. Cartersville High School competition cheerleading team; winning the 2025 GHSA Class 4A State Championship; commend ## Text House Resolution 1280 By: Representatives Gambill of the 15th and Scoggins of the 14th A RESOLUTION Congratulating the Cartersville High School competition cheerleading team for winning the 2025 GHSA Class 4A State Championship; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, the Cartersville High School competition cheerleading 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 second consecutive state cheerleading championship title; 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 and the astute direction of coaches Breanna Johnson, Cissi Adams, Trista Edge, and Kailah Dempsey; and WHEREAS, this all-star team included Ava Barnes, Keely Blalock, Averie Brotherton, Kendra Caldwell, Emerie Elrod, Makenzie Fletcher, Georgia Graves, McKenzie Ham, Addie Harris, Callie Hastings, Presley Ledford, Charleigh Lowry, Claire Pogue, Laney Saunders, Kyndal Shook, and Kalee Wyatt; 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 the Cartersville High School competition cheerleading team for winning the 2025 GHSA Class 4A State 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 Cartersville High School competition cheerleading 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 Cartersville High School competition cheerleading team for winning the 2025 GHSA Class 4A State Championship. ### Plain-language summary This is a commemorative resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives, not a change to state law. It honors the Cartersville High School competition cheerleading team for capturing its second consecutive state championship in the 2025 GHSA Class 4A competition. The resolution names the team's coaches and every athlete on the roster, praises their teamwork and dedication, and directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare an official copy of the resolution for the team. It carries no funding, penalties, or enforceable requirements; its only effect is the formal congratulatory statement and the distributed copy. ### What it does - Formally congratulates the Cartersville High School competition cheerleading team for winning the 2025 GHSA Class 4A State Championship. - Names the team's four coaches and sixteen team members in the official record. - Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare a copy of the resolution for distribution to the team. - Extends the House's best wishes for the team's continued success, with no binding legal effect. ### Who it affects The Cartersville High School competition cheerleading team, its named coaches and athletes, and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, who is tasked with preparing a copy of the resolution for the team. ### Why it matters The resolution has no effect on Georgia law, funding, or policy. Its practical impact is symbolic: it creates an official state record recognizing the team's championship and gives the athletes and coaches a keepsake copy from the Georgia House of Representatives. ### Key provisions - The whereas clauses describe the team's 2025 season, its second consecutive state title, and credit coaches Breanna Johnson, Cissi Adams, Trista Edge, and Kailah Dempsey. - The resolved clause has the House of Representatives formally congratulate the team and wish it continued success. - A further resolved clause directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a copy available for distribution to the team. ## Status - Status: Passed (2026-02-06) - Last action: House Read and Adopted (2026-02-06) - Sponsors: Matthew Gambill, Mitchell Scoggins - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/72989 > The history, votes, and amendments (131 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1280.md?full=1