--- title: HR 1667. Bryce Johnson Memorial Bridge; Worth and Tift Counties; dedicate collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hr1667 cite_as: HR 1667, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1667 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1667.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1667/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/74045 date: 2026-03-18 status: introduced 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. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1666.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1668.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 132 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1667.md?full=1 bill_number: HR 1667 session: 2025-2026 Regular Session session_slug: 2025-2026 chamber: House bill_type: resolution status_date: 2026-03-12 last_action: House Second Readers sponsors: - Bill Yearta - Angie O'Steen - Jaclyn Ford - Matthew Gambill - Stan Gunter text_version: Introduced has_text: true legiscan_url: https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HR1667/2025 upstream_id: 2133321 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - bridge dedication - Worth County - Tift County - memorial resolution - Georgia Department of Transportation --- # HR 1667. Bryce Johnson Memorial Bridge; Worth and Tift Counties; dedicate ## Text House Resolution 1667 By: Representatives Yearta of the 152nd, O’Steen of the 169th, Ford of the 170th, Gambill of the 15th, and Gunter of the 8th A RESOLUTION Recognizing the life of Mr. Bryce Alan Johnson and dedicating a bridge in his memory; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, Mr. Bryce Alan Johnson graduated as valedictorian and STAR student of 1990 from Tiftarea Academy; and WHEREAS, he graduated magna cum laude from Brewton-Parker College with a bachelor's degree, earned a master's degree from Valdosta State University, and obtained a law degree from Mercer University; and WHEREAS, Mr. Johnson began his legal career as an assistant district attorney in the Oconee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office and later served as an associate at the Carter and Richbourg law firm and as assistant solicitor-general of Tift County; and WHEREAS, he was elected as solicitor-general of Worth County in 2008 and was elected district attorney of the Tifton Judicial Circuit in 2020; and WHEREAS, Mr. Johnson's leadership and vision were instrumental to numerous district and state Republican organizations, including through multiple county chairmanships, two district chairmanships, and participation with the Republican State Committee; and WHEREAS, it is abundantly fitting and proper that this remarkable and distinguished Georgian be recognized appropriately by dedicating a bridge in his memory. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that the bridge on State Route 20 over Ty Ty Creek at the Worth-Tift county line is dedicated as the Bryce Johnson Memorial Bridge. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation is authorized and directed to erect and maintain appropriate signs dedicating the Bryce Johnson Memorial Bridge. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to make appropriate copies of this resolution available for distribution to the family of Mr. Bryce Alan Johnson and to the Department of Transportation. ## 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 would dedicate the bridge on State Route 20 over Ty Ty Creek at the Worth-Tift county line as the Bryce Johnson Memorial Bridge, honoring the late Tifton Judicial Circuit district attorney. ### Plain-language summary This resolution honors Bryce Alan Johnson, a Georgia lawyer and prosecutor who served as solicitor-general of Worth County and later as district attorney of the Tifton Judicial Circuit. It recounts his education and legal career, including work as an assistant district attorney, a law firm associate, and involvement in Republican Party organizations at the county and district level. The operative part of the resolution names the bridge on State Route 20 over Ty Ty Creek at the Worth-Tift county line the Bryce Johnson Memorial Bridge. It directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to put up and maintain signs marking the dedication, and it directs the Clerk of the House to send copies of the resolution to Johnson's family and to the Department of Transportation. ### What it does - Names the bridge on State Route 20 over Ty Ty Creek at the Worth-Tift county line the Bryce Johnson Memorial Bridge. - Directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the bridge's dedication. - Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to distribute copies of the resolution to Johnson's family and to the Department of Transportation. ### Who it affects The resolution directly affects the Georgia Department of Transportation, which must post and maintain the new signage, and the family of Bryce Alan Johnson, who receive copies of the tribute. Drivers on State Route 20 at the Worth-Tift county line will see the new bridge name. ### Why it matters The resolution creates a lasting public memorial for a local prosecutor and community figure, requiring the Department of Transportation to install signage at a specific bridge location, but it does not change any law, funding, or regulation affecting the broader public. ### Key provisions - The resolution recites Bryce Alan Johnson's education, legal career as a prosecutor in Tift and Worth Counties, and political party involvement as background. - The operative clause dedicates the bridge on State Route 20 over Ty Ty Creek at the Worth-Tift county line as the Bryce Johnson Memorial Bridge. - A further clause directs the Department of Transportation to erect and maintain appropriate signs marking the dedication. - A final clause directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies of the resolution to Johnson's family and the Department of Transportation. ## Status - Status: Introduced (2026-03-12) - Last action: House Second Readers (2026-03-18) - Sponsors: Bill Yearta, Angie O'Steen, Jaclyn Ford, Matthew Gambill, Stan Gunter - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/74045 > The history, votes, and amendments (132 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1667.md?full=1