--- title: HR 1440. Contributions of Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Atlanta, Asian American Advocacy Fund, Asian American Voices for Education, Georgia AAPI Hub, Raksha, and We Love Buford Highway on Asian American Advocacy Day; recognize collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hr1440 cite_as: HR 1440, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1440 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1440.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1440/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73504 date: 2026-02-20 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/hr1439.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1441.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 134 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1440.md?full=1 bill_number: HR 1440 session: 2025-2026 Regular Session session_slug: 2025-2026 chamber: House bill_type: resolution status_date: 2026-02-20 last_action: House Read and Adopted sponsors: - Long Tran - Michelle Au - Saira Draper - Akbar Ali - Samuel Park text_version: Introduced has_text: true legiscan_url: https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HR1440/2025 upstream_id: 2121420 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - Asian American advocacy - legislative recognition - community organizations - Georgia House resolutions --- # HR 1440. Contributions of Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Atlanta, Asian American Advocacy Fund, Asian American Voices for Education, Georgia AAPI Hub, Raksha, and We Love Buford Highway on Asian American Advocacy Day; recognize ## Text House Resolution 1440 By: Representatives Tran of the 80th, Au of the 50th, Draper of the 90th, Ali of the 106th, and Park of the 107th A RESOLUTION Recognizing and commending the contributions of Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Atlanta, Asian American Advocacy Fund, Asian American Voices for Education, Georgia AAPI Hub, Raksha, and We Love Buford Highway on Asian American Advocacy Day; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Atlanta, Asian American Advocacy Fund, Asian American Voices for Education, Georgia AAPI Hub, Raksha, and We Love Buford Highway collectively serve diverse needs of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) as well as Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian (AMEMSA) communities in Georgia, including teachers, schools, parents, students, and survivors of violence; and WHEREAS, these organizations work to amplify community voices and to build and promote a politically and civically conscious and engaged Asian American community in Georgia; and WHEREAS, these organizations have worked to strengthen the non-profit ecosystem in Georgia and their work enhances the social, cultural, political, and economic well-being of AAPI communities across Georgia; and WHEREAS, these organizations have worked to advance the economic stability and dignity of AAPI and AMEMSA communities, including representing, organizing, and preserving multicultural small businesses in Georgia; and WHEREAS, these organizations provide culturally sensitive and linguistically appropriate services to AAPI and AMEMSA communications in multiple languages, spanning voter education, legal services, advocacy, counseling, supportive services, mutual aid, and a plethora of other direct services; and WHEREAS, these organizations work in multiracial partnerships across public, private, and community sectors to respond to community needs and strengthen community resilience; and WHEREAS, these organizations have empowered the next generation of leaders by investing in teacher leadership and youth leadership the arts, and storytelling; and WHEREAS, these organizations increase visibility of current and past contributions of AAPI and AMEMSA communities; and WHEREAS, it is abundantly fitting and proper that the outstanding efforts and service of these exemplary organizations be appropriately recognized. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body recognize and commend the contributions of Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Atlanta, Asian American Advocacy Fund, Asian American Voices for Education, Georgia AAPI Hub, Raksha, and We Love Buford Highway on Asian American Advocacy Day. 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 Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Atlanta, Asian American Advocacy Fund, Asian American Voices for Education, Georgia AAPI Hub, Raksha, and We Love Buford Highway. ## 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 recognizes six Asian American and Pacific Islander advocacy and service organizations for their work in Georgia communities on Asian American Advocacy Day. ### Plain-language summary This is a ceremonial resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives, not a change to any state law. It recognizes and commends six organizations: Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Atlanta, Asian American Advocacy Fund, Asian American Voices for Education, Georgia AAPI Hub, Raksha, and We Love Buford Highway. The resolution describes these groups' work serving Asian American, Pacific Islander, and Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian communities in Georgia, including services like voter education, legal aid, counseling, small business support, and youth leadership programs. It directs the Clerk of the House to prepare a copy of the resolution for distribution to each of the six organizations as a formal token of recognition. ### What it does - Formally recognizes and commends six named Asian American and Pacific Islander advocacy organizations on Asian American Advocacy Day. - Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and distribute a copy of the resolution to each named organization. - Creates no new law, funding, or regulatory requirement; it is a symbolic statement of the House's appreciation. ### Who it affects The six named organizations (Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Atlanta, Asian American Advocacy Fund, Asian American Voices for Education, Georgia AAPI Hub, Raksha, and We Love Buford Highway) and the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in Georgia they serve. ### Why it matters The resolution has no legal effect on Georgians' rights or obligations, but it gives public, official recognition from the Georgia House to organizations serving AAPI and related communities, which can raise their visibility and acknowledge their community work. ### Key provisions - The resolution's whereas clauses describe the organizations' work in voter education, legal services, counseling, small business support, and youth leadership. - The resolving clause states the House recognizes and commends the six organizations on Asian American Advocacy Day. - A further resolving clause directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies of the resolution to the six organizations. ## Status - Status: Passed (2026-02-20) - Last action: House Read and Adopted (2026-02-20) - Sponsors: Long Tran, Michelle Au, Saira Draper, Akbar Ali, Samuel Park - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73504 > The history, votes, and amendments (134 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1440.md?full=1