--- title: HR 1355. First Senior Center of Georgia; commend collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hr1355 cite_as: HR 1355, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1355 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1355.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1355/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73214 date: 2026-02-12 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/hr1354.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1356.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 131 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1355.md?full=1 bill_number: HR 1355 session: 2025-2026 Regular Session session_slug: 2025-2026 chamber: House bill_type: resolution status_date: 2026-02-12 last_action: House Read and Adopted sponsors: - Long Tran - Michelle Au - Soo Hong - Ruwa Romman - Akbar Ali text_version: Introduced has_text: true legiscan_url: https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HR1355/2025 upstream_id: 2116249 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - senior services - Vietnamese community - Atlanta nonprofits - ceremonial resolution --- # HR 1355. First Senior Center of Georgia; commend ## Text House Resolution 1355 By: Representatives Tran of the 80th, Au of the 50th, Hong of the 103rd, Romman of the 97th, and Ali of the 106th A RESOLUTION Recognizing the First Senior Center of Georgia; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, the First Senior Center of Georgia (FSC), founded in 2017 by current CEO Von Tran, is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing free services to the Vietnamese elderly community in and around Atlanta; and WHEREAS, the elderly Vietnamese community faces many issues, including struggling with language barriers, limited education, and the difficulties of adapting to a modern environment, all of which can often leave them feeling isolated; and WHEREAS, the First Senior Center of Georgia operates with the mission to provide quality culturally and linguistically competent health and social services to Vietnamese and minority seniors in Georgia and to cultivate a community where Vietnamese and minority seniors have a sense of belonging, experience exceptional care, and lead fulfilling lives; and WHEREAS, the First Senior Center of Georgia operates a bi-weekly food pantry dedicated to serving low-income families with seniors aged 65 and above, social & community health services, interpretation & translation, transportation, funeral support services, and rental assistance; and WHEREAS, it is abundantly fitting and proper that this remarkable organization be appropriately commended. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body recognize the First Senior Center of Georgia and extend their best wishes for its continued growth and 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 First Senior Center of Georgia. ## 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 the First Senior Center of Georgia, an Atlanta-area nonprofit serving Vietnamese and minority senior citizens, for its community services. ### Plain-language summary This is a ceremonial resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives recognizing the First Senior Center of Georgia (FSC), a nonprofit founded in 2017 by Von Tran that provides free services to elderly Vietnamese residents in and around Atlanta. The resolution describes the organization's mission of offering culturally and linguistically appropriate health and social services to Vietnamese and minority seniors. It lists some of the group's programs, including a bi-weekly food pantry for low-income seniors 65 and older, social and community health services, interpretation and translation help, transportation, funeral support, and rental assistance. The resolution does not change any Georgia law; it simply has the House formally recognize the organization and directs the Clerk of the House to send FSC an official copy of the resolution. ### What it does - Formally recognizes the First Senior Center of Georgia on behalf of the Georgia House of Representatives. - Describes the organization's mission of serving Vietnamese and minority seniors with culturally and linguistically appropriate care. - Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and send an official copy of the resolution to the organization. - Does not create, amend, or repeal any Georgia statute or allocate any state funding. ### Who it affects The First Senior Center of Georgia and its staff and clients, particularly elderly Vietnamese and other minority residents in the Atlanta area who use its food pantry, health and social services, transportation, translation, and rental assistance programs. ### Why it matters The resolution carries no legal or funding changes; its main effect is a public, official acknowledgment from the Georgia House of the nonprofit's work serving isolated elderly Vietnamese residents, which may raise the organization's visibility in the community. ### Key provisions - The resolution's whereas clauses describe FSC's founding in 2017, its mission, and the challenges facing elderly Vietnamese residents such as language barriers and isolation. - The resolved clause has the House of Representatives recognize FSC and extend wishes for its continued growth and success. - A further resolved clause directs the Clerk of the House to make a copy of the resolution available for distribution to FSC. ## Status - Status: Passed (2026-02-12) - Last action: House Read and Adopted (2026-02-12) - Sponsors: Long Tran, Michelle Au, Soo Hong, Ruwa Romman, Akbar Ali - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73214 > The history, votes, and amendments (131 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1355.md?full=1