Georgia CommonsHouse · Passed · 2025-2026 Regular Session
HR 613: Fisher, Audrey Lee Clinton; condolences
Last action March 18, 2025 · House Read and Adopted
A Georgia House resolution honors the life of Audrey Lee Clinton Fisher, an educator and community leader from Jacksonville, Florida, following her death in October 2024.
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In plain language
This is a memorial resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives. It does not change any Georgia law. Instead, it formally recognizes the life of Audrey Lee Clinton Fisher, who died on October 28, 2024, and recounts her career as an educator, school psychologist, and civil rights advocate, including her work as Director of the Southern Region Education Legal Project of the NAACP. The resolution expresses the House's sympathy to her family and directs the Clerk of the House to prepare a copy of the resolution for her relatives. It has no funding, penalties, or ongoing legal effect; it is a ceremonial statement adopted by the chamber.
What the bill does
- Formally honors the life and memory of Audrey Lee Clinton Fisher on behalf of the Georgia House of Representatives.
- Expresses the House's sincere regret at her passing and offers condolences to her family.
- Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare a copy of the resolution for distribution to her family.
- Creates no new law, funding, or penalties; it is a ceremonial recognition rather than a policy change.
Who it affects
This resolution primarily affects the family of Audrey Lee Clinton Fisher, who receives the formal copy, and has no broader effect on Georgia residents, agencies, or institutions since it makes no change to law or funding.
Why it matters
The resolution has no practical legal or financial impact on Georgians. Its significance is symbolic, giving official recognition from the state legislature to an individual's life and public service, and providing her family with a formal keepsake of that recognition.
Key provisions
- The resolving clause states the House joins in honoring Fisher's life and memory and expresses regret at her passing.
- A further resolution clause directs the Clerk of the House to make a copy available for distribution to her family.
- The whereas clauses recount her biography, career in education and civil rights work, and family and church involvement, providing the factual basis for the honor.
From the bill
“the members of this body join in honoring the life and memory of Audrey Lee Clinton Fisher and express their deepest and most sincere regret at her passing.”
Status timeline
- House Read and Adopted (House)
- House First Readers (House)
- House Hopper (House)
Sponsors
- Sandra Scott (D, HD-76)
- Viola Davis (D, HD-87)
- Kim Schofield (D, HD-63)
Topics
- memorial resolution
- Georgia House of Representatives
- condolences