--- title: HR 1520. Hassan Raheem Glasgow Memorial Highway; Jefferson County; dedicate collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hr1520 cite_as: HR 1520, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1520 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1520.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1520/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73757 date: 2026-03-04 status: introduced 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/hr1519.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1521.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 132 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1520.md?full=1 bill_number: HR 1520 session: 2025-2026 Regular Session session_slug: 2025-2026 chamber: House bill_type: resolution status_date: 2026-02-26 last_action: House Second Readers sponsors: - Mack Jackson text_version: Introduced has_text: true legiscan_url: https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HR1520/2025 upstream_id: 2125962 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - highway dedication - Washington County - memorial resolution - Georgia Department of Transportation --- # HR 1520. Hassan Raheem Glasgow Memorial Highway; Jefferson County; dedicate ## Text House Resolution 1520 By: Representative Jackson of the 128th A RESOLUTION Honoring the life of Mr. Hassan Raheem Glasgow and dedicating a road in his memory; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, Mr. Hassan Raheem Glasgow was born on March 3, 1993, in Key West, Florida, a beloved son of Darlene Mathis and Edward Glasgow; and WHEREAS, Mr. Glasgow graduated from King's Fork High School in Suffolk, Virginia, and was employed with Emory University as a computer support specialist; and WHEREAS, Mr. Glasgow gave inspiration to many through his high ideals, morals, and deep concern for his fellow citizens, and the devotion, patience, and understanding he demonstrated to his family and friends were admired by others; and WHEREAS, he was a person of magnanimous strengths with an unimpeachable reputation for integrity, intelligence, fairness, and kindness, and by the example he made of his life, he made this world a better place in which to live; and WHEREAS, it is abundantly fitting and proper that this remarkable and distinguished Georgian be recognized appropriately by dedicating a road in his memory. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that the portion of State Route 540 in Washington County from State Route 231 to the Jefferson County line is dedicated as the Hassan Raheem Glasgow Memorial Highway. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation is authorized and directed to erect and maintain appropriate signs dedicating the Hassan Raheem Glasgow Memorial Highway. 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 family of Mr. Hassan Raheem Glasgow and to the Department of Transportation. ## 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 would honor the late Hassan Raheem Glasgow by dedicating a stretch of State Route 540 in Washington County as the Hassan Raheem Glasgow Memorial Highway. ### Plain-language summary This resolution memorializes Hassan Raheem Glasgow, who was born in 1993 in Key West, Florida, graduated from King's Fork High School in Suffolk, Virginia, and worked at Emory University as a computer support specialist. The resolution recounts his personal qualities and contributions to those around him. The operative part of the resolution designates the portion of State Route 540 in Washington County between State Route 231 and the Jefferson County line as the Hassan Raheem Glasgow Memorial Highway. It directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the dedication, and directs the Clerk of the House to send copies of the resolution to Glasgow's family and to the Department of Transportation. ### What it does - Dedicates the section of State Route 540 in Washington County from State Route 231 to the Jefferson County line as the Hassan Raheem Glasgow Memorial Highway. - Directs the Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the highway dedication. - Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to distribute copies of the resolution to Glasgow's family and the Department of Transportation. ### Who it affects The family and community of Hassan Raheem Glasgow, drivers using this stretch of State Route 540 in Washington County, and the Georgia Department of Transportation, which must install and maintain the memorial signage. ### Why it matters The resolution creates a lasting public memorial along a specific Georgia highway, requiring the Department of Transportation to post signs, but it does not change any law, funding, or regulation affecting the general public beyond the signage itself. ### Key provisions - The resolution's whereas clauses describe Glasgow's birth, education, career at Emory University, and personal character. - The first resolving clause designates the named portion of State Route 540 in Washington County as the Hassan Raheem Glasgow Memorial Highway. - A further resolving clause directs the Department of Transportation to erect and maintain appropriate signs for the dedication. - A final resolving clause directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies of the resolution to Glasgow's family and the Department of Transportation. ## Status - Status: Introduced (2026-02-26) - Last action: House Second Readers (2026-03-04) - Sponsors: Mack Jackson - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73757 > The history, votes, and amendments (132 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1520.md?full=1