--- title: HR 1369. The Fight Against Suicide Day; February 17, 2026; recognize collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hr1369 cite_as: HR 1369, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1369 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1369.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1369/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73229 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. 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The Fight Against Suicide Day; February 17, 2026; recognize ## Text House Resolution 1369 By: Representatives Herring of the 145th, Frye of the 122nd, Rhodes of the 124th, Jones of the 25th, and Gisler of the 121st A RESOLUTION Recognizing February 17, 2026, as The Fight Against Suicide Day; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, suicide is the second leading cause of death among ages college-aged young adults, and growing numbers of students report persistent feelings of sadness, hopelessness, anxiety, and emotional distress; and WHEREAS, The Fight Against Suicide (TFAS) is an organization committed to creating a sustainable training structure for the gold standard in prevention– Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) Training– as well as continued access to care for students through dependable community; and WHEREAS, The Fight Against Suicide was founded in 2021 and held its inaugural "Fight Week" at the University of Georgia, which has grown into their flagship campus initiative that includes a structured, multi-day activation that combines suicide prevention training, peer connection, and fundraising for direct mental-health support and culminates in a in a ticketed, fully sanctioned amateur boxing event that draws students into the conversation and funds local suicide-prevention efforts; and WHEREAS, The Fight Against Suicide operates in conjunction with the Sam Asbury Foundation, a charitable nonprofit organization established in memory of UGA student Sam Asbury, which directs funds raised through The Fight Against Suicide to vetted suicide prevention and mental health initiatives, and aligns with The Fight Against Suicide's shared mission of advancing awareness, prevention, and hope for college students; and WHEREAS, in 2025 alone, The Fight Against Suicide reached 8,000 students at five college campuses across the country and raised $875,000 to benefit six different mental health and suicide prevention partners; and WHEREAS, The Fight Against Suicide has expanded its suicide-prevention training across campuses through QPR training and through its Speaker Series provided students with practical, real world mental-health education while strengthening direct connections to trusted counseling resources; and WHEREAS, in 2026, The Fight Against Suicide plans to increase access to QPR Training and certification, Sunshine Funds at their campuses, provide in-house counseling resources to students, grow strategic partnerships and donor support, and launch Campus Chapters to embed suicide prevention directly into university life year-round; and WHEREAS, The Fight Against Suicide is leading the charge in providing college students durable, on-campus suicide prevention lasting far beyond the one week a year that the organization is actually on each campus. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body recognize February 17, 2026, as The Fight Against Suicide Day in the State of Georgia. 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 public and the press. ## 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 designates February 17, 2026 as The Fight Against Suicide Day, honoring a nonprofit that runs suicide prevention training and fundraising events on college campuses. ### Plain-language summary This resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives recognizes February 17, 2026 as The Fight Against Suicide Day in Georgia. It highlights the work of The Fight Against Suicide (TFAS), an organization founded in 2021 at the University of Georgia that trains students in suicide prevention using Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) methods, hosts a campus event called Fight Week that includes an amateur boxing match, and raises money for mental health programs. The resolution notes that TFAS partners with the Sam Asbury Foundation, a nonprofit named for a UGA student, to direct funds to vetted mental health initiatives. It also lists TFAS's 2025 results, reaching 8,000 students and raising $875,000, and its 2026 goals of expanding training, counseling access, and campus chapters. The resolution directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies to the public and press. It does not create new law, funding, or requirements. ### What it does - Formally designates February 17, 2026 as The Fight Against Suicide Day in the State of Georgia. - Recites the history and activities of The Fight Against Suicide organization and its work on college campuses. - Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and distribute copies of the resolution to the public and press. - Does not create any new funding, program, or legal requirement; it is a symbolic recognition only. ### Who it affects This resolution mainly affects The Fight Against Suicide organization and the Sam Asbury Foundation, whose work it publicly recognizes. It has no direct legal effect on the general public, schools, or state agencies since it does not create obligations or funding. ### Why it matters Because this is a commemorative resolution, it does not change any law, create funding, or impose requirements. Its practical effect is limited to publicly honoring a suicide prevention organization and raising awareness of its campus programs among Georgians. ### Key provisions - The resolution's opening 'whereas' clauses describe TFAS's founding in 2021, its QPR training programs, and its Fight Week events at college campuses. - The resolved clause formally designates February 17, 2026 as The Fight Against Suicide Day in Georgia. - A further resolved clause directs the Clerk of the House to make copies available to the public and press, with no funding or enforcement mechanism attached. ## Status - Status: Passed (2026-02-12) - Last action: House Read and Adopted (2026-02-12) - Sponsors: Tangie Herring, Spencer Frye, Trey Rhodes, Todd Jones, Eric Gisler - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73229 > The history, votes, and amendments (134 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1369.md?full=1