HR 156: Borsh, Anna; commend

This is a ceremonial resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives honoring Anna Borsh, a student at Panter Elementary School, for winning the 2024 Inclusion Award at Georgia Tech's K-12 InVenture Prize State and National Finals, part of the Raytheon Technologies Invention Convention United States Nationals. The resolution describes how Borsh, working with Nellie Klodner, created an app called Grocery Eyes that uses navigation, microphone, and camera features to help visually impaired people shop more independently. It notes the app won first at the state level, earning both students Amazon tablets, and then won again nationally, earning each student a trophy, certificate, and $1,000. The resolution congratulates Borsh, commends her contributions, and directs the House Clerk to send her a copy of the resolution.

• Formally congratulates and commends Anna Borsh for winning the 2024 Inclusion Award at a national invention competition.
• Recognizes the app Grocery Eyes, created by Borsh and Nellie Klodner, which helps visually impaired people navigate grocery stores.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and distribute a copy of the resolution to Anna Borsh.
• Creates no new law, funding, or regulation, since it is a purely ceremonial honor.

This resolution directly names Anna Borsh, a student at Panter Elementary School, and references her collaborator Nellie Klodner. It has no legal or regulatory effect on any other group of Georgians.

The resolution has no practical legal effect and changes no laws, but it gives official state recognition to a young Georgian's invention aimed at helping visually impaired people shop more independently, and provides her a keepsake record of that honor.

• The preamble recounts Borsh's award history, including a state-level win and a national first-place win with a $1,000 prize.
• The resolved clause formally congratulates and commends Anna Borsh on behalf of the House of Representatives.
• A further resolved clause directs the Clerk of the House to provide Borsh with a copy of the resolution.

1. 2025-02-04House Read and Adopted (House)
2. 2025-02-04House First Readers (House)
3. 2025-02-04House Hopper (House)

• Kimberly New (R, HD-040)Primary sponsor
• Martin Momtahan (R, HD-017)
• Joseph Gullett (R, HD-019)
• Tyler Smith (R, HD-018)
• Trey Kelley (R, HD-016)

• student achievement
• assistive technology
• Georgia House resolution
• accessibility