--- title: HR 1809. Toplin, Dr. Lieutenant Colonel Jacqueline; commend collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hr1809 cite_as: HR 1809, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1809 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1809.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1809/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/74290 date: 2026-03-19 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. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1808.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1810.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 134 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1809.md?full=1 bill_number: HR 1809 session: 2025-2026 Regular Session session_slug: 2025-2026 chamber: House bill_type: resolution status_date: 2026-03-19 last_action: House Read and Adopted sponsors: - Akbar Ali text_version: Introduced has_text: true legiscan_url: https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HR1809/2025 upstream_id: 2136412 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - commendation resolution - military service - nursing - veterans --- # HR 1809. Toplin, Dr. Lieutenant Colonel Jacqueline; commend ## Text House Resolution 1809 By: Representative Ali of the 106th A RESOLUTION Recognizing and commending Dr. Lieutenant Colonel Jacqueline Toplin; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, Dr. Lieutenant Colonel Jacqueline Toplin served as a guardian of this nation's freedom and liberty with the United States Air Force, valiantly and courageously protecting her fellow Americans for over 32 years and retiring with honors as a Lieutenant Colonel; and WHEREAS, this distinguished gentlewoman has given inspiration to many through her high ideals, morals, and deep concern for her fellow citizens, and she possesses the vast wisdom which only comes through experience and the strength of character which is achieved through overcoming the many challenges of life; and WHEREAS, for over 35 years she served as a Doctorate Nurse Practitioner (DNP), specializing in family practice and preventative medicine and saving or chainging the lives of countless patients; and WHEREAS, she is a person of magnanimous strengths with an unimpeachable reputation for integrity, intelligence, fairness, and kindness; and WHEREAS, it is abundantly fitting and proper that the outstanding accomplishments of this remarkable and distinguished Georgian be appropriately recognized. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body recognize and commend Dr. Lieutenant Colonel Jacqueline Toplin and extend the most sincere best wishes for continued health and happiness. 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 Dr. Lieutenant Colonel Jacqueline Toplin. ## 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 formally commends Dr. Lieutenant Colonel Jacqueline Toplin for her 32 years of service in the United States Air Force and her decades as a nurse practitioner. ### Plain-language summary This resolution is a ceremonial honor passed by the Georgia House of Representatives. It does not change any law. Instead, it recognizes Dr. Lieutenant Colonel Jacqueline Toplin for her more than 32 years of service in the United States Air Force, from which she retired with honors as a Lieutenant Colonel, and for her more than 35 years working as a Doctorate Nurse Practitioner specializing in family practice and preventative medicine. The resolution states that the House commends her and extends best wishes for her continued health and happiness. It also directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare a copy of the resolution for distribution to her as a keepsake of the honor. ### What it does - Formally recognizes and commends Dr. Lieutenant Colonel Jacqueline Toplin for her military and medical career on behalf of the Georgia House of Representatives. - Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and distribute an official copy of the resolution to her. - Creates no new law, funding, penalty, or regulatory change; it is a purely ceremonial statement. ### Who it affects The resolution directly names and honors Dr. Lieutenant Colonel Jacqueline Toplin. It also involves the Clerk of the House of Representatives, who is tasked with preparing the commemorative copy for her. ### Why it matters The resolution carries symbolic rather than legal weight. It gives Dr. Toplin formal, public recognition from the Georgia House of Representatives for her decades of military service and medical work, but it does not alter any Georgia law, program, or funding. ### Key provisions - The resolution recites Dr. Toplin's over 32 years of service in the United States Air Force and her retirement with honors as a Lieutenant Colonel. - It notes her more than 35 years working as a Doctorate Nurse Practitioner in family practice and preventative medicine. - The resolving clause has the House commend her and wish her continued health and happiness. - A further clause directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a copy available for distribution to her. ## Status - Status: Passed (2026-03-19) - Last action: House Read and Adopted (2026-03-19) - Sponsors: Akbar Ali - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/74290 > The history, votes, and amendments (134 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1809.md?full=1