HR 1300: Representative Penny Houston Roundabout; Cook County; dedicate

This resolution does not change any law or spend new money. It directs the Department of Transportation to name specific pieces of the state highway system after people the General Assembly wants to honor or memorialize. Each dedication is tied to a precise location, such as a road, bridge, interchange, or intersection identified by route numbers and county. The honorees include former state Representative Penny Houston, whose name goes on a Cook County roundabout, along with local business leaders, a Medal of Honor recipient, a pastor, a beauty pageant winner, a former state senator, a police captain, and several private citizens including young people who died in accidents or violence. The resolution also directs the Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking each dedication, and instructs the Clerk of the House to send copies of the resolution to the honorees or their families.

• Dedicates a roundabout at State Route 76 and State Route 37 in Cook County as the Representative Penny Houston Roundabout.
• Names 17 additional highway facilities (interchanges, bridges, intersections, and highway segments) across multiple Georgia counties after specific individuals.
• Directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking each of the 18 dedications.
• Instructs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to distribute copies of the resolution to the Department of Transportation, living honorees, and families of deceased honorees.
• Creates no new spending, regulations, or legal requirements beyond the naming and signage directives.

The Georgia Department of Transportation, which must install and maintain the new signage, and the named honorees or their surviving family members, including former legislators, a Medal of Honor recipient's family, a pastor, business leaders, and families of young people who died in accidents or violence.

While the resolution carries no legal or financial consequences beyond signage costs, it gives permanent public recognition to specific Georgians on the state highway system, meaning drivers in counties like Cook, Cobb, Cherokee, Douglas, Fulton, and others will see these names on road signs.

• Part I through Part XVIII contain the biographical background explaining why each honoree is being recognized.
• The operative resolving clauses name each specific highway facility being dedicated, identified by route numbers, counties, and cross streets.
• The final resolving clauses direct the Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs for all 18 dedications.
• The last clause directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies of the resolution to the Department of Transportation and to the honorees or their families.

1. 2026-05-12Effective Date 2026-05-12
2. 2026-05-12Act 720
3. 2026-05-12House Date Signed by Governor (House)
4. 2026-04-10House Sent to Governor (House)
5. 2026-04-02House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub (House)
6. 2026-04-02Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute (Senate)
7. 2026-04-02Senate Third Read (Senate)
8. 2026-04-02Senate Taken from Table (Senate)

• Jaclyn Ford (R, HD-170)Primary sponsor
• Charles Cannon (R, HD-172)
• James Hatchett (R, HD-155)
• Jan Jones (R, HD-047)
• Gerald Greene (R, HD-154)
• Katie Dempsey (R, HD-013)
• Greg Dolezal (R, SD-027)

1. PassedHouse voteMarch 6, 2026

   170 yea, 0 nay (2 not voting, 5 absent)

   Adopt: House Vote #667

2. PassedSenate voteApril 2, 2026

   52 yea, 0 nay (1 not voting, 1 absent)

   Adoption By Substitute: Senate Vote #940

3. PassedHouse voteApril 2, 2026

   171 yea, 0 nay (3 not voting, 2 absent)

   Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #862

• highway naming
• Cook County
• state highway system
• memorial dedications
• Penny Houston