--- title: HR 576. Bryant, Janice Arnwine; receiving the 2025 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leader Award; commend collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hr576 cite_as: HR 576, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr576 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr576.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr576/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/71322 date: 2025-03-11 status: passed corpus_version: bills-2026-09-11 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/hr575.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr577.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 131 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr576.md?full=1 bill_number: HR 576 session: 2025-2026 Regular Session session_slug: 2025-2026 chamber: House bill_type: resolution status_date: 2025-03-11 last_action: House Read and Adopted sponsors: - Debra Bazemore - Debbie Buckner - Karen Bennett - Rhonda Taylor - Kimberly Alexander text_version: Introduced has_text: true legiscan_url: https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HR576/2025 upstream_id: 2000290 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - legislative honors - Fayette County - civil rights history - women's history month --- # HR 576. Bryant, Janice Arnwine; receiving the 2025 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leader Award; commend ## Text 25 LC 129 0253 House Resolution 576 By: Representatives Bazemore of the 69th, Buckner of the 137th, Bennett of the 94th, Taylor of the 92nd, and Alexander of the 66th A RESOLUTION Congratulating and commending Janice Arnwine Bryant for receiving the 2025 Yellow Rose1 Nikki T. Randall Servant Leader Award; and for other purposes.2 WHEREAS, in 1999, Representative Nikki T. Randall became the fi rst African American3 female elected to the General Assembly from middle Georgia, and over her 17 years of4 service as a legislator, she held numerous leadership positions, including chair of the Georgia5 Legislative Women's Caucus; and6 WHEREAS, every year during Women's History Month, the Georgia Legislative Women's7 Caucus recognizes outstanding women in Georgia who exemplify th e leadership and8 inspiration embodied by Representative Randall; and9 WHEREAS, Janice Arnwine Bryant is a woman of unassuming greatness whose humble acts10 of kindness and generosity have uplifted the entire country; and11 WHEREAS, a retired middle and highschool science teacher, Janice has held the position of12 secretary for the Fayette County NAACP for nearly six years, se rved as co-chair of the13 Fayette County Community Remembrance Coalition, and was part of the team of African14 American Historical and Genealogy Society Atlanta Metro Chapter researchers who worked15 H. R. 576 - 1 - 25 LC 129 0253 with the National Center for Civil and Human Rights Truth and Transformation Initiative on16 the 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre; and17 WHEREAS, Janice helped to organize soil ceremonies for two of t he seven people18 recognized by the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama—her dedication of time19 and skills resulted in an interactive soil display at the Fayette County Library; and 20 WHEREAS, it is abundantly fitting and proper that the outstanding accomplishments of this21 extraordinary servant leader be appropriately recognized.22 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that23 the members of this body congratulate and commend Janice Arnwine Bryant for receiving24 the 2025 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leader Award and extend best wishes for25 her continued success.26 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized27 and directed to make an appropriate copy of this resolution available for distribution to Janice28 Arnwine Bryant.29 H. R. 576 - 2 - ## 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 honors Janice Arnwine Bryant of Fayette County for receiving the 2025 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leader Award for her community and civil rights work. ### Plain-language summary This resolution is a formal statement from the Georgia House of Representatives congratulating Janice Arnwine Bryant, a retired middle and high school science teacher, for receiving the 2025 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leader Award. The award is given each year during Women's History Month by the Georgia Legislative Women's Caucus to honor women who show the leadership exemplified by former Representative Nikki T. Randall, the first African American woman elected to the General Assembly from middle Georgia. The resolution describes Bryant's volunteer work, including nearly six years as secretary of the Fayette County NAACP, co-chairing the Fayette County Community Remembrance Coalition, and contributing to research with the National Center for Civil and Human Rights on the 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre. It directs the Clerk of the House to give Bryant a copy of the resolution. ### What it does - Formally congratulates and commends Janice Arnwine Bryant for receiving the 2025 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leader Award. - Recounts her volunteer service, including work with the Fayette County NAACP and the Fayette County Community Remembrance Coalition. - Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and distribute a copy of the resolution to Bryant. - Extends the House's best wishes for her continued success but creates no new law, funding, or legal requirement. ### Who it affects The resolution directly names Janice Arnwine Bryant, honoring her civic and historical preservation work in Fayette County. It has no legal effect on the public, state agencies, or other Georgians beyond this formal recognition. ### Why it matters This is a ceremonial honor with no practical or legal impact on Georgians; it simply records the House's recognition of one individual's community service and preserves that recognition in the official legislative record. ### Key provisions - Describes the history of the Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leader Award, given by the Georgia Legislative Women's Caucus during Women's History Month. - States that the House of Representatives congratulates and commends Janice Arnwine Bryant for receiving the award. - Directs the Clerk of the House to make a copy of the resolution available for distribution to Bryant. ## Status - Status: Passed (2025-03-11) - Last action: House Read and Adopted (2025-03-11) - Sponsors: Debra Bazemore, Debbie Buckner, Karen Bennett, Rhonda Taylor, Kimberly Alexander - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/71322 > The history, votes, and amendments (131 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr576.md?full=1