HR 1526: Representative Bubber Epps Interchange; Twiggs County; dedicate

This resolution honors former Georgia state Representative James A. "Bubber" Epps, Jr., who served on the Twiggs County Board of Commissioners, the Middle Georgia Regional Development Center Board, and represented House District 144 in the Georgia General Assembly from 2009 to 2019. It recounts his committee leadership roles and later service on the Middle Georgia Regional Commission Council. The resolution's operative effect is to designate the interchange of I-16 and State Route 96 in Twiggs County as the Representative Bubber Epps Interchange. 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 Representative Epps and the Department of Transportation.

• Dedicates the interchange of I-16 and State Route 96 in Twiggs County as the Representative Bubber Epps Interchange.
• Directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the newly named interchange.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to distribute copies of the resolution to Representative Epps and the Department of Transportation.

The designation directly affects the Georgia Department of Transportation, which must install and maintain signage, and travelers on I-16 and State Route 96 in Twiggs County who will see the new interchange name. It also formally honors former Representative James A. "Bubber" Epps, Jr.

The practical effect is limited to signage: the Department of Transportation must post and maintain new signs at the interchange. It creates no new rights, funding programs, or legal requirements beyond that administrative task, but it publicly memorializes a former legislator's decades of local and state service.

• Names the interchange of I-16 and State Route 96 in Twiggs County the Representative Bubber Epps Interchange.
• Authorizes and directs the Department of Transportation to erect and maintain appropriate signs for the dedication.
• Directs the Clerk of the House to make copies of the resolution available to Representative Epps and the Department of Transportation.

1. 2026-03-06House Second Readers (House)
2. 2026-03-04House First Readers (House)
3. 2026-03-03House Hopper (House)

• Danny Mathis (R, HD-133)Primary sponsor
• Rick Jasperse (R, HD-011)
• Alan Powell (R, HD-033)
• Lynn Smith (R, HD-070)
• Butch Parrish (R, HD-158)
• Robert Dickey (R, HD-134)

• Twiggs County
• highway naming
• Georgia Department of Transportation
• legislative honors