Georgia CommonsSR 624: Officer Drew Haynes Brown Memorial Intersection; Cobb County; dedicate
Last action May 11, 2026 · Effective Date 2026-07-01
A Senate resolution names dozens of Georgia highway intersections, roads, bridges, and interchanges after fallen officers, veterans, elected officials, and community leaders, including one honoring Cobb County Officer Drew Haynes Brown.
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In plain language
This resolution is one of the Georgia General Assembly's regular batches of highway dedications. It contains dozens of parts, each telling the life story of a person or family being honored, followed by a set of operative clauses that officially name specific intersections, roads, bridges, roundabouts, and interchanges on the state highway system after them. The bill's title references Officer Drew Haynes Brown, a Cobb County police officer killed by a drunk driver in 1983 while operating radar on Highway 41, whose memorial is placed at U.S. 41/State Route 3 and Creekside Village Parkway NW in Cobb County. The resolution also corrects and amends several dedications from earlier 2025 resolutions, fixing county line descriptions, name spellings, and swapping words like 'Interchange' for 'Intersection.' It directs the Department of Transportation to put up the signs and the Secretary of the Senate to send copies to the honorees and families.
What the bill does
- Dedicates the intersection of U.S. 41/State Route 3 and Creekside Village Parkway NW in Cobb County as the Officer Drew Haynes Brown Memorial Intersection.
- Names more than 40 additional Georgia road segments, bridges, intersections, roundabouts, and interchanges after specific individuals or groups described in the preamble.
- Amends three earlier 2025 Senate resolutions to fix county boundary descriptions and a name spelling in previously approved highway dedications.
- Repeals one part and one paragraph of a 2025 Senate resolution, removing two prior dedications.
- Directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking all the dedications listed in the resolution.
- Directs the Secretary of the Senate to send copies of the resolution to the honorees or their families.
Who it affects
The families and communities of the honorees named throughout the resolution, the Georgia Department of Transportation, which must install and maintain new highway signs, and drivers in the affected counties, including Cobb, Fayette, Lumpkin, Paulding, Putnam, Catoosa, Fulton, and many others.
Why it matters
For Georgians in these counties, the practical effect is new named signage on roads they already use every day, serving as public memorials. The resolution does not change traffic laws, funding, or how any road functions, only how specific stretches are officially named.
Key provisions
- Part I explains that Officer Drew Haynes Brown was a Cobb County police officer killed in 1983 by a drunk driver while operating radar on Highway 41.
- Part XXXXVIII contains the operative dedications, naming specific intersections such as U.S. 41/State Route 3 and Creekside Village Parkway NW for Officer Brown.
- Later operative clauses amend a 2025 resolution's description of a Baldwin County boundary and correct two prior dedication names from 'Interchange' to 'Intersection' or vice versa.
- The resolution repeals Part XII and one paragraph of Senate Resolution 8 from 2025, removing those earlier dedications.
- The final clauses direct the Department of Transportation to erect signs and the Secretary of the Senate to distribute copies of the resolution to honorees and families.
From the bill
“his life was tragically cut short in 1983 after his patrol vehicle was struck by a drunk driver while he was operating radar on Highway 41”
“the intersection of U.S. 41/State Route 3 and Creekside Village Parkway NW in Cobb County is dedicated as the Officer Drew Haynes Brown Memorial Intersection”
Status timeline
- Effective Date 2026-07-01
- Act 500
- Senate Date Signed by Governor (Senate)
- Senate Sent to Governor (Senate)
- Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub (Senate)
- House Passed/Adopted By Substitute (House)
- House Third Readers (House)
- House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute (House)
Show full history (16 actions)
- House Second Readers (House)
- House First Readers (House)
- Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute (Senate)
- Senate Third Read (Senate)
- Senate Read Second Time (Senate)
- Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute (Senate)
- Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
- Senate Hopper (Senate)
Sponsors
- Ed Setzler (R, SD-037)
- Kay Kirkpatrick (R, SD-032)
- Jaha Howard (D, SD-035)
- Michael Rhett (D, SD-033)
- John Albers (R, SD-056)
- Rick Jasperse (R, HD-011)
Votes
- Senate voteMarch 4, 2026
49 yea, 5 nay (0 not voting, 1 absent)
- Senate voteMarch 4, 2026
54 yea, 0 nay (0 not voting, 1 absent)
- House voteApril 2, 2026
173 yea, 0 nay (1 not voting, 2 absent)
- Senate voteApril 3, 2026
51 yea, 0 nay (2 not voting, 1 absent)
Topics
- highway dedications
- Cobb County
- fallen police officers
- road naming
- Georgia Department of Transportation