HR 1531: Representative Mandi L. Ballinger Memorial Interchange; Cherokee County; dedicate

This resolution honors the late Representative Mandi Lia Ballinger, who represented Georgia's 23rd House District starting in 2012 and worked on legislation involving domestic violence survivors, child abuse, and juvenile justice reform. The resolution recounts her background as a victim advocate and founder of a Child Advocacy Center before her time in the legislature. The operative part of the resolution dedicates the interchange of I-575 and State Route 5/Riverstone Parkway in Cherokee County as the Representative Mandi L. Ballinger Memorial 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 her family and to the Department of Transportation.

• Dedicates the interchange of I-575 and State Route 5/Riverstone Parkway in Cherokee County as the Representative Mandi L. Ballinger Memorial Interchange.
• Directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the interchange's new name.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to send copies of the resolution to Ballinger's family and the Department of Transportation.

The Georgia Department of Transportation, which must install and maintain signage, and the family of the late Representative Mandi Lia Ballinger, who receive a copy of the resolution. Drivers using the I-575 and State Route 5/Riverstone Parkway interchange in Cherokee County will see the new memorial name on signage.

The resolution creates a lasting public memorial to a former state legislator by permanently renaming a Cherokee County highway interchange in her honor, requiring the state to install and maintain signage reflecting that name.

• The resolution's whereas clauses recount Representative Ballinger's biography, career as a victim advocate, and legislative record before her death.
• The first resolved clause names the I-575 and State Route 5/Riverstone Parkway interchange in Cherokee County the Representative Mandi L. Ballinger Memorial Interchange.
• The second resolved clause authorizes and directs the Department of Transportation to erect and maintain appropriate signs for the dedication.
• The final resolved clause directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies of the resolution to Ballinger's family 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)

• Bill Fincher (R, HD-023)Primary sponsor
• Rick Jasperse (R, HD-011)
• Brad Thomas (R, HD-021)
• Jordan Ridley (R, HD-022)
• Mitchell Scoggins (R, HD-014)
• Jan Jones (R, HD-047)

• memorial resolution
• Cherokee County
• transportation naming
• Georgia House of Representatives