Georgia CommonsHouse · Passed · 2025-2026 Regular Session
HR 7: George C. Trulock, Jr. Memorial Highway; Grady County; dedicate
Last action July 14, 2025 · Effective Date
House Resolution 7 dedicates roughly 18 stretches of Georgia highways, bridges, interchanges, and intersections in honor of notable Georgians, from a Grady County sheriff's sergeant to entertainers Tyler Perry and Jeff Foxworthy.
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In plain language
This resolution names specific sections of the Georgia state highway system after people the General Assembly wants to honor or memorialize. It works through eighteen separate parts, each telling the life story of a person or group, such as George C. Trulock Jr. of Whigham, several fallen law enforcement officers, business and civic leaders, and celebrities Tyler Perry and Jeff Foxworthy. After the biographical sections, the resolution's operative language directs specific dedications: for example, part of State Route 38/Highway 84 in Grady County becomes the George C. Trulock, Jr. Memorial Highway, and other named roads, bridges, interchanges, and intersections across counties including Madison, DeKalb, Crisp, Douglas, Catoosa, Fulton, Peach, Camden, Lumpkin, Chattooga, Greene, Oconee, and Clayton receive similar honorary names. The Georgia Department of Transportation is directed to erect and maintain signs marking each dedication, and the Clerk of the House is directed to send copies of the resolution to the honorees or their families.
What the bill does
- Dedicates a portion of State Route 38/Highway 84 in Grady County as the George C. Trulock, Jr. Memorial Highway.
- Names 17 other individual road segments, bridges, interchanges, or intersections across the state after specific people, including fallen officers, a former state senator, and public figures like Tyler Perry and Jeff Foxworthy.
- Directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking each of the dedicated locations.
- Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to send copies of the resolution to the honorees or, for those who have died, to their families.
Who it affects
The Georgia Department of Transportation, which must install and maintain the new highway signs, and the honorees or their surviving families, including fallen law enforcement officers, a former state senator, local officials, business leaders, and entertainers Tyler Perry and Jeff Foxworthy. Drivers in the affected counties will see new road names.
Why it matters
The resolution does not change any law, funding, or regulation; its practical effect is limited to new highway signage in the counties named, giving each honoree lasting public recognition along a specific stretch of Georgia road, bridge, interchange, or intersection.
Key provisions
- The George C. Trulock, Jr. Memorial Highway is created on State Route 38/Highway 84 between the East and West Whigham city limits in Grady County.
- Separate parts dedicate a bridge in Madison County, a parkway in DeKalb County, and interchanges in Crisp and Douglas counties to other named individuals.
- Multiple parts honor fallen law enforcement officers, including Trooper William Frederick Black, Jr., Investigator Eric Anthony Minix, Sergeant Patrick Michael Sondron, Deputy Daryl Wayne Smallwood, and Trooper Chase Winston Redner, with intersections or bridges named for each.
- The Perry Parkway is created on part of State Route 92 in Douglas County in honor of Tyler Perry, and the Jeff Foxworthy Highway is created on part of Interstate 85 in Fulton County.
- The Georgia Department of Transportation is authorized and directed to erect and maintain signs for all the dedications listed in the resolution.
- The Clerk of the House is directed to distribute copies of the resolution to the Department of Transportation, living honorees, and the families of deceased honorees.
From the bill
“the portion of State Route 38/Highway 84 from the East Whigham City Limit to the West Whigham City Limit in Grady County is dedicated as the George C. Trulock, Jr. Memorial Highway.”
“the Department of Transportation is authorized and directed to erect and maintain appropriate signs dedicating the road facilities named in this resolution.”
Status timeline
- Effective Date
- Act 362
- House Date Signed by Governor (House)
- House Sent to Governor (House)
- Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub (Senate)
- House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended (House)
- Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute (Senate)
- Senate Third Read (Senate)
Show full history (19 actions)
- Senate Taken from Table (Senate)
- Senate Tabled (Senate)
- Senate Read Second Time (Senate)
- Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute (Senate)
- Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
- House Passed/Adopted By Substitute (House)
- House Third Readers (House)
- House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute (House)
- House Second Readers (House)
- House First Readers (House)
- House Hopper (House)
Sponsors
- Joe Campbell (R, HD-171)
- Greg Dolezal (R, SD-27)
Votes
- House voteMarch 6, 2025
172 yea, 0 nay (2 not voting, 6 excused)
- Senate voteMarch 31, 2025
49 yea, 0 nay (4 not voting, 3 excused)
- House voteApril 4, 2025
166 yea, 0 nay (3 not voting, 11 excused)
- Senate voteApril 4, 2025
50 yea, 0 nay (3 not voting, 3 excused)
Topics
- highway dedication
- Grady County
- Georgia road names
- memorial highways
- Department of Transportation