HR 49: Manuel Estevan Paez Teran Day; January 18, 2025; recognize

This resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives recognizes January 18, 2025 as Manuel Estevan Paez Teran Day. Teran was an environmental activist who was killed in Atlanta on January 18, 2023 while protesting. The resolution states that Teran worked to protect forests and nature and envisioned a more just world. The resolution directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare copies of the resolution for distribution to the public and the press. As a resolution rather than a bill, it does not change any Georgia law; it is a formal statement by the House marking the date and honoring Teran's life and work.

• Formally designates January 18, 2025 as Manuel Estevan Paez Teran Day through a House resolution.
• States the House's recognition of Teran's environmental advocacy and the circumstances of their death in Atlanta in 2023.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make copies of the resolution available to the public and the press.
• Creates no new statutory requirements, funding, or penalties, since it is a commemorative resolution rather than a law.

The resolution primarily affects the family, friends, and supporters of Manuel Estevan Paez Teran who gather to mark the anniversary, and it creates a record within the Georgia House of Representatives; it does not impose duties on the general public or state agencies beyond the Clerk's office.

Because this is a commemorative resolution, it carries symbolic rather than legal weight. It gives official recognition from the Georgia House to Teran's death and environmental activism, which matters most to those honoring the anniversary and to broader public debate over the events surrounding the killing.

• The whereas clauses describe Teran's environmental advocacy and state that Teran was killed in Atlanta on January 18, 2023 while protesting.
• The resolving clause has the House of Representatives recognize January 18, 2025 as Manuel Estevan Paez Teran Day.
• A further resolution directs the Clerk of the House to prepare copies for distribution to the public and the press.

1. 2025-01-28House Second Readers (House)
2. 2025-01-27House First Readers (House)
3. 2025-01-17House Hopper (House)

• Gabriel Sanchez (D, HD-042)Primary sponsor
• Park Cannon (D, HD-058)
• Ruwa Romman (D, HD-097)
• Eric Bell (D, HD-075)
• Samuel Park (D, HD-107)
• El-Mahdi Holly (D, HD-116)

• commemorative resolution
• environmental activism
• Georgia House of Representatives
• Atlanta