--- title: HR 1849. Atlanta Lady Hawks senior women's basketball team; recognize collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hr1849 cite_as: HR 1849, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1849 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1849.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1849/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/74362 date: 2026-03-23 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/hr1848.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1850.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 134 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1849.md?full=1 bill_number: HR 1849 session: 2025-2026 Regular Session session_slug: 2025-2026 chamber: House bill_type: resolution status_date: 2026-03-23 last_action: House Read and Adopted sponsors: - Carl Gilliard text_version: Introduced has_text: true legiscan_url: https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HR1849/2025 upstream_id: 2137408 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - legislative recognition - women's sports - senior athletics - Atlanta --- # HR 1849. Atlanta Lady Hawks senior women's basketball team; recognize ## Text House Resolution 1849 By: Representative Gilliard of the 162nd A RESOLUTION Recognizing and commending the Atlanta Lady Hawks senior women's basketball team; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, the Atlanta Lady Hawks senior women's basketball team, is a nonprofit organization based in Atlanta, Georgia, that aims to provide a competitive program that helps woman-athletes over 50 compete on a national level while maintaining physical, mental, ethical, and social well-being; and WHEREAS, the Atlanta Lady Hawks are comprised of three teams, aged 50-54, 55-59, and 60-64 years old, and are currently preparing for the 2027 Senior Basketball Olympics; and WHEREAS, in 2025, at the National Senior Games, held in Des Moines, Iowa, the 50-54 team won the gold medal in their division, the 55-59 team won 6th place, and the 60-64 team won 4th out of 29 teams; and WHEREAS, in 2024, the Atlanta Lady Hawks won gold medals at the Crescent Court Classic Senior Women's Basketball Tournament at Tulane University, the South Carolina Sports Classic State Games, and the Florida Senior Games; and WHEREAS, among many other achievements, the Atlanta Lady Hawks 55-59 team won the 2022 Georgia Golden Olympics and 2022 Florida Senior Games, emerging undefeated in their tournaments; and WHEREAS, it is abundantly fitting and proper to honor the athletic determination and unwavering commitment of the members and coaches of the Atlanta Lady Hawks senior women's basketball team. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body recognize and commend the Atlanta Lady Hawks senior women's basketball team and extend their sincere best wishes for their continued success at the 2027 Senior Basketball Olympics. 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 the Atlanta Lady Hawks senior women's basketball team. ## 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 recognizes and commends the Atlanta Lady Hawks senior women's basketball team for its recent athletic achievements and wishes it success at the 2027 Senior Basketball Olympics. ### Plain-language summary This resolution is a ceremonial honor from the Georgia House of Representatives. It does not change any law. Instead, it recognizes the Atlanta Lady Hawks, a nonprofit senior women's basketball organization based in Atlanta that fields three teams for women over 50 split into age brackets, for their recent tournament wins. The resolution lists the team's accomplishments, including a 2025 gold medal at the National Senior Games and gold medals in 2024 at several regional tournaments, and notes the team is preparing for the 2027 Senior Basketball Olympics. The House directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare a copy of the resolution for the team as a keepsake. ### What it does - Formally recognizes and commends the Atlanta Lady Hawks senior women's basketball team on behalf of the Georgia House of Representatives. - Extends the House's best wishes for the team's continued success at the 2027 Senior Basketball Olympics. - Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and distribute an official copy of the resolution to the team. - Does not create, amend, or repeal any Georgia law, funding, or regulation. ### Who it affects The Atlanta Lady Hawks senior women's basketball team, its members and coaches, and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, who is tasked with preparing a copy of the resolution for the team. ### Why it matters The resolution carries no legal or financial effect but serves as a public, official acknowledgment from the Georgia legislature of the team's athletic accomplishments, giving the organization formal recognition and a keepsake document to mark its achievements. ### Key provisions - The preamble (WHEREAS clauses) describes the team's structure, mission, and recent tournament results, including a 2025 gold medal at the National Senior Games in Des Moines, Iowa. - The resolving clause formally commends the team and wishes it success at the 2027 Senior Basketball Olympics. - The final clause directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a copy of the resolution available to the team. ## Status - Status: Passed (2026-03-23) - Last action: House Read and Adopted (2026-03-23) - Sponsors: Carl Gilliard - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/74362 > The history, votes, and amendments (134 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1849.md?full=1