--- title: SR 141. Honorable Valencia Seay Highway; Clayton County; dedicate collection: bills id: 2025-2026/sr141 cite_as: SR 141, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr141 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr141.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr141/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70006 date: 2025-02-06 status: introduced corpus_version: bills-2026-09-13 license: Public record of the Georgia General Assembly, via LegiScan; see about.md publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. 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Honorable Valencia Seay Highway; Clayton County; dedicate ## Text Senate Resolution 141 By: Senators Wicks of the 34th, Harbison of the 15th, Anderson of the 43rd, Davenport of the 17th, Esteves of the 35th and others A RESOLUTION Recognizing Senator Valencia Seay and dedicating a road in her honor; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, Senator Valencia Seay has long been recognized by the citizens of this state for the vital role that she played in leadership and her deep personal commitment to the welfare of the citizens of Clayton and Fayette Counties; and WHEREAS, Senator Seay diligently and conscientiously devoted innumerable hours of her time, talents, and energy toward the betterment of her community and state and uplifting the minds of the next generation as evidenced dramatically by her two years in the Georgia House of Representatives and 17 years in the Georgia Senate; and WHEREAS, during her years in the Georgia Senate she served as a member of the Appropriations, Government Oversight, Public Safety, and Science and Technology Committees and an ex-officio on the Transportation Committee; and WHEREAS, Senator Seay had a 22 year career in the banking industry as president and CEO of Seay & Associates; and WHEREAS, she has been recognized with numerous honors and awards, including the 2015 We Are Clayton Living Legend Award, the Living Legend Award from the Clayton County NAACP, and the 2015 Alpha Kappa Alpha Capitol Legislator of the Year Award; and WHEREAS, her leadership and guidance have been instrumental to numerous organizations, including the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus, National Organization of Women Legislators, Women in Government, and the Women's Legislative Caucus and she is a Life Member of the NAACP and the National Council of Negro Women; and WHEREAS, it is abundantly fitting and proper that this remarkable and distinguished Georgian be recognized appropriately by dedicating a road in her honor. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that the portion of State Route 139/Riverdale Road from Church Street to Garden Walk Road in Clayton County is dedicated as the Honorable Valencia Seay Highway. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation is authorized and directed to erect and maintain appropriate signs dedicating the Honorable Valencia Seay Highway. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed to make appropriate copies of this resolution available for distribution to Senator Valencia Seay and to the Department of Transportation. ## Summaries written by Georgia Commons The following was written by claude-sonnet-5 from the text above and is not part of the resolution. Quote the text, not the summary. A Georgia Senate resolution would dedicate a stretch of State Route 139/Riverdale Road in Clayton County as the Honorable Valencia Seay Highway in honor of former state Senator Valencia Seay. ### Plain-language summary This resolution honors Valencia Seay, who served in the Georgia House and Senate for many years and represented parts of Clayton and Fayette Counties. It recounts her career in banking, her committee service in the Georgia Senate, and various awards and honors she received from groups such as the NAACP and the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus. The operative part of the resolution names the portion of State Route 139/Riverdale Road between Church Street and Garden Walk Road in Clayton County as the Honorable Valencia Seay Highway. It directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to put up and maintain signs marking the dedication, and instructs the Secretary of the Senate to send copies of the resolution to Senator Seay and to the Department of Transportation. ### What it does - Dedicates the section of State Route 139/Riverdale Road between Church Street and Garden Walk Road in Clayton County as the Honorable Valencia Seay Highway. - Directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the highway dedication. - Directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute copies of the resolution to Senator Seay and the Department of Transportation. ### Who it affects This resolution mainly affects the Georgia Department of Transportation, which must install and maintain signage, and residents and drivers in Clayton County who use the newly named stretch of State Route 139/Riverdale Road. ### Why it matters The resolution changes the practical effect for road users mainly through new signage marking a section of State Route 139/Riverdale Road with a new honorary name, while the Department of Transportation takes on the task of installing and maintaining those signs. ### Key provisions - The resolution's preamble recounts Senator Seay's legislative service, committee assignments, career, and honors as the basis for the dedication. - The resolving clause names the road segment: State Route 139/Riverdale Road from Church Street to Garden Walk Road in Clayton County. - A further resolved clause directs the Department of Transportation to erect and maintain appropriate signs for the dedication. - A final clause directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute copies of the resolution to Senator Seay and the Department of Transportation. ## Status - Status: Introduced (2025-02-05) - Last action: Senate Read and Referred (2025-02-06) - Sponsors: Kenya Wicks, Ed Harbison, Tonya Anderson, Gail Davenport, Jason Esteves, Nabilah Islam Parkes, Freddie Sims, RaShaun Kemp, Elena Parent, Nikki Merritt, John Albers, Randal Mangham, Larry Walker, Harold Jones, Donzella James, David Lucas, Colton Moore - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70006 > The history, votes, and amendments (95 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr141.md?full=1