--- title: HR 1388. Atlanta Community Food Bank; partnership efforts in Douglas County and its continued commitment to combating food insecurity throughout the State of Georgia; commend collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hr1388 cite_as: HR 1388, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1388 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1388.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1388/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73320 date: 2026-02-17 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/hr1387.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1389.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 131 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1388.md?full=1 bill_number: HR 1388 session: 2025-2026 Regular Session session_slug: 2025-2026 chamber: House bill_type: resolution status_date: 2026-02-17 last_action: House Read and Adopted sponsors: - Sylvia Baker - Kimberly Alexander - Kimberly New text_version: Introduced has_text: true legiscan_url: https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HR1388/2025 upstream_id: 2118586 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - food insecurity - Douglas County - community organizations - legislative commendation --- # HR 1388. Atlanta Community Food Bank; partnership efforts in Douglas County and its continued commitment to combating food insecurity throughout the State of Georgia; commend ## Text House Resolution 1388 By: Representatives Baker of the 64th, Alexander of the 66th, and New of the 40th A RESOLUTION Recognizing and commending the Atlanta Community Food Bank for its partnership efforts in Douglas County and its continued commitment to combating food insecurity throughout the State of Georgia; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, the ongoing challenge of food insecurity affects working families, seniors, veterans, and children across Georgia; and WHEREAS, the Atlanta Community Food Bank plays a vital role as a critical regional partner supporting local food pantries, faith-based organizations, and community agencies; and WHEREAS, its coordination of logistics, volunteer mobilization, and community partnerships strengthens food access in Douglas County and throughout the State of Georgia; and WHEREAS, the Atlanta Community Food Bank's leadership ensures that families receive nutritious food with dignity and respect. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body recognize and commend the Atlanta Community Food Bank for its partnership efforts in Douglas County and its continued commitment to combating food insecurity throughout the State of Georgia. 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 Atlanta Community Food Bank. ## 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 commends the Atlanta Community Food Bank for its partnership work fighting food insecurity in Douglas County and across the state. ### Plain-language summary This is a commendation resolution passed by the Georgia House of Representatives. It does not change any law or spend any state funding. Instead, it formally recognizes the Atlanta Community Food Bank for its work supporting local food pantries, faith-based groups, and community agencies in Douglas County and around Georgia. The resolution states that food insecurity affects working families, seniors, veterans, and children across the state, and credits the food bank's coordination of logistics, volunteers, and community partnerships with strengthening access to food. It directs the Clerk of the House to prepare a copy of the resolution for the Atlanta Community Food Bank as a formal token of recognition. ### What it does - Formally recognizes and commends the Atlanta Community Food Bank for its partnership work in Douglas County and statewide food insecurity efforts. - States the House's view that food insecurity affects working families, seniors, veterans, and children across Georgia. - Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and distribute a copy of the resolution to the Atlanta Community Food Bank. - Creates no new law, funding, or enforcement mechanism, since it is a commendation rather than legislation. ### Who it affects The resolution directly names the Atlanta Community Food Bank as the honoree. It also references the food pantries, faith-based organizations, and community agencies it partners with, and the working families, seniors, veterans, and children in Douglas County and across Georgia who benefit from its food distribution work. ### Why it matters The resolution carries symbolic rather than legal weight: it does not create funding, programs, or requirements. Its practical effect is a formal, public acknowledgment from the Georgia House recognizing an organization's role in addressing hunger in Douglas County and the state. ### Key provisions - The resolved clause has the House of Representatives recognize and commend the Atlanta Community Food Bank for its Douglas County partnership and statewide anti-hunger efforts. - A further resolved clause directs the Clerk of the House to prepare a copy of the resolution for distribution to the organization. - The whereas clauses describe the food bank's role coordinating logistics, volunteers, and partnerships to support food access, without creating any binding obligations. ## Status - Status: Passed (2026-02-17) - Last action: House Read and Adopted (2026-02-17) - Sponsors: Sylvia Baker, Kimberly Alexander, Kimberly New - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73320 > The history, votes, and amendments (131 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1388.md?full=1