HR 71: Latasha R. Butts Memorial Highway; Baldwin County; dedicate

This resolution recognizes Latasha R. Butts, a Milledgeville native and basketball standout who played in the WNBA, coached at UCLA, LSU, and Georgia Tech, and was head coach at Georgetown University when she died in October 2024. The resolution recounts her career and states that it is fitting to honor her with a highway dedication. The operative part of the resolution designates the section of State Route 49 running from the Milledgeville Bypass (SR 29/US 441) to the Macon Bibb County line in Baldwin County as the Latasha R. Butts Memorial Highway. It directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the dedication, and directs the Clerk of the House to send copies of the resolution to her family and to the Department of Transportation.

• Names the stretch of State Route 49 between the Milledgeville Bypass and the Macon Bibb County line the Latasha R. Butts Memorial Highway.
• Directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to put up and maintain signs marking the dedicated highway segment.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to send copies of the resolution to Butts's family and to the Department of Transportation.

The resolution most directly affects the Georgia Department of Transportation, which must install and maintain signage, and residents and drivers in Baldwin County along the designated stretch of State Route 49. It also formally honors Latasha R. Butts's family.

The resolution has no regulatory or financial effect beyond signage; its significance is symbolic, giving permanent public recognition to a Georgia athlete and coach along a specific highway segment that Baldwin County residents and travelers will now see marked with her name.

• The resolution's whereas clauses detail Butts's basketball career at the University of Tennessee, in the WNBA, overseas, and as a coach at UCLA, LSU, Georgia Tech, and Georgetown.
• The resolving clause designates the portion of State Route 49 from the Milledgeville Bypass SR 29/US 441 to the Macon Bibb County line as the Latasha R. Butts Memorial Highway.
• A further resolved clause authorizes and directs the Department of Transportation to erect and maintain appropriate signs for the dedication.
• A final clause directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies of the resolution to Butts's family and the Department of Transportation.

1. 2025-01-30House Second Readers (House)
2. 2025-01-29House First Readers (House)
3. 2025-01-28House Hopper (House)

• Floyd Griffin (D, HD-149)Primary sponsor

• highway dedication
• Baldwin County
• Georgia sports history
• memorial resolution