HR 1600: Cody, Sheri; receiving the 2026 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leadership Award; commend

This resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives congratulates Sheri Cody for receiving the 2026 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leadership Award, an honor given by the Georgia Women's Legislative Caucus during Women's History Month to recognize outstanding women leaders. The resolution recounts Cody's work as Executive Director of Twin Cedars Youth and Family Services, Inc., an organization providing foster care, advocacy, community and prevention services, and residential services in Columbus, Macon, and LaGrange, Georgia, as well as Opelika and East Alabama. It also notes her role as Vice President of the Board of Together Georgia and her advocacy work at the Georgia State Capitol on child welfare funding. The resolution directs the Clerk of the House to prepare a copy for distribution to Cody. It creates no new law and carries no funding or penalties.

• Congratulates and commends Sheri Cody by name for receiving the 2026 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leadership Award.
• Recounts her role as Executive Director of Twin Cedars Youth and Family Services, Inc. and the organization's programs and revenue.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and distribute a copy of the resolution to Sheri Cody.
• Extends the House's best wishes for her continued success, without creating any new legal requirement.

The resolution directly names and honors Sheri Cody. It also references Twin Cedars Youth and Family Services, Inc., Together Georgia, and the Georgia Women's Legislative Caucus, but imposes no obligations or benefits on any other person or organization.

This is a ceremonial resolution rather than a change to Georgia law. It has no practical effect on residents, agencies, or funding; its significance is limited to publicly recognizing an individual's work in child welfare services.

• The resolution's whereas clauses describe Sheri Cody's leadership at Twin Cedars Youth and Family Services and its roughly $14.8 million in 2024 annual revenue.
• The operative resolving clause formally congratulates and commends Cody for the award on behalf of the House of Representatives.
• A further resolving clause instructs the Clerk of the House to make a copy available for distribution to Cody.

1. 2026-03-04House Read and Adopted (House)
2. 2026-03-04House First Readers (House)
3. 2026-03-04House Hopper (House)

• Debbie Buckner (D, HD-137)Primary sponsor
• Carolyn Hugley (D, HD-141)
• Mary Oliver (D, HD-084)
• Vance Smith (R, HD-138)

• child welfare
• legislative honors
• Georgia Women's Legislative Caucus
• foster care services