--- title: HR 156. Borsh, Anna; commend collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hr156 cite_as: HR 156, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr156 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr156.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr156/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/69903 date: 2025-02-04 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. 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Borsh, Anna; commend ## Text House Resolution 156 By: Representatives New of the 40th, Momtahan of the 17th, Gullett of the 19th, Smith of the 18th, and Kelley of the 16th A RESOLUTION Congratulating and commending Anna Borsh; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, Anna Borsh received the 2024 Inclusion Award from Georgia Tech's K-12 InVenture Prize State and National Finals at the Raytheon Technologies Invention Convention United States Nationals; and WHEREAS, Ms. Borsh is a diligent, hard-working student from Panter Elementary School; and WHEREAS, with the help of Nellie Klodner, Ms. Borsh created the app "Grocery Eyes," which helps visually impaired people navigate through the grocery store more easily; and WHEREAS, both Ms. Borsh and Ms. Klodner created the app in the hope that visually impaired people can gain more independence through using the app's navigation, microphone, and camera features to help locate items; and WHEREAS, prior to winning the 2024 Inclusion Award at the United States Nationals, "Grocery Eyes" won the same title from the state level competition where each student won an Amazon tablet; and WHEREAS, as first prize winners at the United States Nationals, each student received a trophy, certificate, and $1,000.00 prize; and WHEREAS, this remarkable young student has personified the selfless dedication, mental agility, verbal adroitness, and personal maturity necessary for such an honorary award; and WHEREAS, it is abundantly fitting and proper that the outstanding accomplishments of this extraordinary student be appropriately recognized. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body congratulate Anna Borsh upon receiving the 2024 Inclusion Award from Georgia Tech's K-12 InVenture Prize State and National Finals, commend her for her many outstanding contributions on behalf of the citizens of Georgia, and extend best wishes for continued growth, development, and success. 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 Anna Borsh. ## 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 congratulates Panter Elementary School student Anna Borsh for winning a national invention competition award for an app that helps visually impaired shoppers. ### Plain-language summary 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. ### What it does - 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. ### Who it affects 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. ### Why it matters 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. ### Key provisions - 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. ## Status - Status: Passed (2025-02-04) - Last action: House Read and Adopted (2025-02-04) - Sponsors: Kimberly New, Martin Momtahan, Joseph Gullett, Tyler Smith, Trey Kelley - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/69903 > The history, votes, and amendments (131 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr156.md?full=1