HR 662: Perry, A'Cariyon Dwight; supporting further action to improve ice cream truck safety in Georgia; condolences

This resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives memorializes A'Cariyon Dwight Perry, a child who died after a vehicle went around a stopped ice cream truck and struck him. The resolution expresses the House's condolences to his family and community. Beyond the memorial language, the resolution states the House's support for reviewing and advancing future legislation to improve ice cream truck safety, such as enhanced signage or other warning measures for drivers passing a stopped ice cream truck. It does not itself create any new law, requirement, or funding. The resolution directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies to the family, state agencies, the public, and the press.

• Formally honors the memory of A'Cariyon Dwight Perry and expresses the House's condolences to his family.
• States the House's support for future legislative efforts to enhance ice cream truck safety, without enacting any specific safety requirement.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to distribute copies of the resolution to the family, state agencies, the public, and the press.
• Does not amend any Georgia statute, create penalties, or provide funding; it is a statement of support and remembrance, not a change in law.

The resolution directly names A'Cariyon Dwight Perry's family and community. It also speaks generally to ice cream truck operators, drivers, and children in residential areas, since it expresses support for possible future safety measures affecting them.

While this resolution makes no legal changes, it signals that the Georgia House of Representatives may pursue future legislation on ice cream truck safety, such as new signage or warning requirements, which could later affect drivers and ice cream truck operators statewide.

• The whereas clauses describe the accident, in which a vehicle passed a stopped ice cream truck and struck and killed A'Cariyon Dwight Perry.
• The resolution expresses support for requiring enhanced signage and other warning measures near stopped ice cream trucks, though it does not enact such requirements itself.
• The resolved clause formally honors Perry's memory and extends condolences to his family.
• A further resolved clause directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies of the resolution to the family, state agencies, the public, and the press.

1. 2025-03-20House Read and Adopted (House)
2. 2025-03-20House First Readers (House)
3. 2025-03-20House Hopper (House)

• Dexter Sharper (D, HD-177)Primary sponsor
• Bill Hitchens (R, HD-161)
• John LaHood (R, HD-175)
• Sylvia Wayfer Baker (D, HD-64)
• Terry Cummings (D, HD-39)

• ice cream truck safety
• traffic safety
• child safety
• legislative resolution