HR 886: Rachel Hodge Memorial Intersection; Camden County; dedicate

This resolution from the Georgia General Assembly recognizes Rachel Hodge, a Camden County native who worked as an Emergency 9-1-1 Communications Officer with the Camden County Sheriff's Office, following her father's path as a Department of Natural Resources law enforcement officer. Hodge died on April 18, 2020, while on her way home from work. The resolution designates the intersection of State Route 25 Spur/Satilla Bluff Road and Pine Forest Drive in Camden County as the Rachel Hodge Memorial Intersection. It directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the dedication, and it instructs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to distribute copies of the resolution to Hodge's family and to the Department of Transportation.

• Dedicates the intersection of State Route 25 Spur/Satilla Bluff Road and Pine Forest Drive in Camden County as the Rachel Hodge Memorial Intersection.
• Directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the memorial intersection.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to send copies of the resolution to Hodge's family and the Department of Transportation.

This resolution directly affects the Georgia Department of Transportation, which must install and maintain the memorial signage, the Clerk of the House of Representatives, and the family of Rachel Hodge. It also affects residents and drivers in Camden County who use the named intersection.

While the resolution carries no regulatory or funding changes, it results in a permanent, physical memorial in Camden County: a state-maintained road sign naming the intersection after Rachel Hodge, a local 9-1-1 dispatcher who died in 2020.

• The resolution's whereas clauses recount Rachel Hodge's background, her career as a Camden County Sheriff's Office 9-1-1 dispatcher, and her death on April 18, 2020.
• The first resolving clause names the intersection of State Route 25 Spur/Satilla Bluff Road and Pine Forest Drive as the Rachel Hodge Memorial Intersection.
• The second resolving clause authorizes and directs the Department of Transportation to erect and maintain appropriate signs.
• The third resolving clause directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies of the resolution to Hodge's family and the Department of Transportation.

1. 2025-04-02House Second Readers (House)
2. 2025-03-31House First Readers (House)
3. 2025-03-31House Hopper (House)

• Steven Sainz (R, HD-180)Primary sponsor

• Camden County
• memorial resolution
• road naming
• Department of Transportation