--- title: HR 1870. House Media Services session assistants; 2026 regular session of the General Assembly of Georgia; commend collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hr1870 cite_as: HR 1870, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1870 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1870.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1870/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/74391 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/hr1869.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1871.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 131 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1870.md?full=1 bill_number: HR 1870 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: - Jon Burns text_version: Introduced has_text: true legiscan_url: https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HR1870/2025 upstream_id: 2137347 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - legislative commendation - House Media Services - Georgia General Assembly staff --- # HR 1870. House Media Services session assistants; 2026 regular session of the General Assembly of Georgia; commend ## Text House Resolution 1870 By: Representative Burns of the 159th A RESOLUTION Commending the House Media Services session assistants for the 2026 regular session of the General Assembly of Georgia; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, each year, the Georgia House of Representatives relies on staff members and service offices to ensure that the business of the body runs efficiently, smoothly, and effectively; and WHEREAS, the House Media Services Office is a non-partisan media relations and member services office that provides a wide range of resources for House members, including facilitating media events, issuing press releases, scheduling meeting spaces, streaming and archiving committee meetings, and developing photography, videography, social media, and web content; and WHEREAS, during the annual legislative session, the House Media Services Office relies on the expertise, dedication, and assistance of temporary employees who ensure that the office continues to provide these vital services in a timely and efficient manner; and WHEREAS, the following 2026 House Media Services session assistants are abundantly worthy of recognition for their exemplary work: Saran Punmaneeluk, Sheila Mayo, Jeremy Thomas, Fletcher Johnson, and Allie Mayfield. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body commend the House Media Services session assistants for the 2026 regular session of the General Assembly of Georgia on their superb performance. 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 each of the assistants named herein. ## 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 five temporary session assistants who worked for the House Media Services Office during the 2026 legislative session. ### Plain-language summary This is a commendation resolution passed by the Georgia House of Representatives. It does not change any law. Instead, it recognizes five temporary workers, Saran Punmaneeluk, Sheila Mayo, Jeremy Thomas, Fletcher Johnson, and Allie Mayfield, who served as session assistants in the House Media Services Office during the 2026 regular session. The resolution explains that the Media Services Office handles press releases, media events, meeting space scheduling, streaming and archiving committee meetings, and photography, video, and web content for House members. It states that these temporary assistants helped the office keep providing those services during the busy legislative session. The resolution directs the Clerk of the House to prepare a copy for distribution to each of the named assistants. ### What it does - Formally commends five named individuals for their work as 2026 House Media Services session assistants. - Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and distribute a copy of the resolution to each named assistant. - Creates no new law, funding, or penalty; it is a ceremonial recognition resolution. ### Who it affects The five named House Media Services session assistants receive formal recognition. The resolution also involves the Clerk of the House, who must prepare and distribute copies, and reflects on the operations of the House Media Services Office. ### Why it matters The resolution has no legal or financial effect on Georgians generally. Its main real-world consequence is a formal, documented thank-you to temporary staff who supported the House Media Services Office during the legislative session. ### Key provisions - The whereas clauses describe the House Media Services Office's role in media relations, event scheduling, and content production for House members. - The resolved clause commends the five named session assistants for their performance during the 2026 regular session. - The final clause directs the Clerk of the House to make a copy of the resolution available to each named assistant. ## Status - Status: Passed (2026-03-23) - Last action: House Read and Adopted (2026-03-23) - Sponsors: Jon Burns - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/74391 > The history, votes, and amendments (131 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1870.md?full=1