--- title: SR 461. Haralson County High School Game Day Cheerleading Team; congratulate collection: bills id: 2025-2026/sr461 cite_as: SR 461, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr461 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr461.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr461/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/71619 date: 2025-03-27 status: passed corpus_version: bills-2026-08-28 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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Haralson County High School Game Day Cheerleading Team; congratulate ## Text 25 LC 129 0408 Senate Resolution 461 By: Senators Anavitarte of the 31st and Bearden of the 30th A RESOLUTION Congratulating the Haralson County High School game day cheerleading team for winning1 the 2024-2025 Georgia High School Association Game Day State Championship for Region2 1A; and for other purposes.3 WHEREAS, the Haralson County High School game day cheerleading team has4 demonstrated exceptional skill, spirit, and dedication throughout the 2024-2025 season; and5 WHEREAS, competing in the Game Day division requires excellence in multiple elements,6 including cheer, band chant, and fight song, all of which the Haralson County cheerleaders7 performed with remarkable precision and school spirit; and8 WHEREAS, the dedication and leadership of the team's coaches, Bethany Pittman and Tunya9 Parker, has played a vital role in its success; and10 WHEREAS, this team included Maddi Milligan, Addi Brown, Kyly My ers, Braelyn11 Anderson, Jocy Parker, Ava O'Brien, Jenna Reed, Jada Johnson, K ennedy Dockery, Sadi12 Anderson, Evelyn Hardin, Heidi Ellis, Shyanne Streetman, Kayden Spradlin, Lola Williams,13 Sophie Robinson, Lexi Myers, Averee Hart, Stevie Murdock, Kensl ey Odom, Rileigh14 S. R. 461 - 1 - 25 LC 129 0408 Collins, Addie Johnston, Gracie Austin, Brynna Cheatwood, Lyric Sensing, and Dixie Wein;15 and16 WHEREAS, the Haralson County High School game day cheerleading team has brought17 great pride and honor to its school, families, and community through the team's hard work18 and sportsmanship; and19 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body 20 commend and congratulate the Haralson County High School Game day cheerleading team21 for winning the 2024-2025 Georgia High School Association Game Day State Championship22 and recognize its contributions to the spirit and excellence of high school athletics in23 Georgia.24 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed25 to make an appropriate copy of this resolution available for di stribution to the Haralson26 County High School game day cheerleading team.27 S. R. 461 - 2 - ## 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 formally congratulates the Haralson County High School game day cheerleading team for winning the 2024-2025 Georgia High School Association Game Day State Championship for Region 1A. ### Plain-language summary This is a ceremonial resolution passed by the Georgia Senate, not a change to state law. It recognizes the Haralson County High School game day cheerleading team for winning the 2024-2025 Georgia High School Association Game Day State Championship for Region 1A, an event that judges teams on cheer, band chant, and fight song. The resolution praises the team's coaches, Bethany Pittman and Tunya Parker, and names all the individual team members. It directs the Secretary of the Senate to prepare a copy of the resolution for distribution to the team, so they have a formal record of the recognition. ### What it does - Formally commends and congratulates the Haralson County High School game day cheerleading team for its 2024-2025 state championship win. - Names and credits the team's coaches, Bethany Pittman and Tunya Parker, for their leadership. - Lists all individual members of the cheerleading team by name in the resolution text. - Directs the Secretary of the Senate to prepare a copy of the resolution for distribution to the team. ### Who it affects The resolution directly names and honors the Haralson County High School game day cheerleading team, its coaches Bethany Pittman and Tunya Parker, and its listed student members, along with the school and its Region 1A community. ### Why it matters The resolution carries no legal or funding effect; it is a formal, symbolic honor. For the team, coaches, and school community, it provides an official Senate record recognizing their state championship achievement, which they can keep as a distributed copy. ### Key provisions - The whereas clauses describe the team's performance in the Game Day division, which judges cheer, band chant, and fight song. - The resolved clause has the Senate commend and congratulate the team for winning the 2024-2025 Georgia High School Association Game Day State Championship. - A further resolved clause directs the Secretary of the Senate to make a copy of the resolution available to the team. ## Status - Status: Passed (2025-03-27) - Last action: Senate Read and Adopted (2025-03-27) - Sponsors: Jason Anavitarte, Timothy Bearden - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/71619 > The history, votes, and amendments (94 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr461.md?full=1