--- title: SR 644. 2025 Miss Atlanta Competition; congratulate collection: bills id: 2025-2026/sr644 cite_as: SR 644, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr644 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr644.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr644/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/72580 date: 2026-01-29 status: passed 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. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr643.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr645.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 94 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr644.md?full=1 bill_number: SR 644 session: 2025-2026 Regular Session session_slug: 2025-2026 chamber: Senate bill_type: resolution status_date: 2026-01-29 last_action: Senate Read and Adopted sponsors: - Sonya Halpern - Nan Orrock - Elena Parent - RaShaun Kemp - Jaha Howard - Josh McLaurin text_version: Enrolled has_text: true legiscan_url: https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/SR644/2025 upstream_id: 2100411 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - Miss Atlanta Competition - Georgia Senate resolution - scholarship pageant - Atlanta community recognition --- # SR 644. 2025 Miss Atlanta Competition; congratulate ## Text Senate Resolution 644 By: Senators Halpern of the 39th, Orrock of the 36th, Parent of the 44th, Kemp of the 38th, Howard of the 35th and others A RESOLUTION Congratulating the winners of the 2025 Miss Atlanta Competition; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, the Miss Atlanta Competition is a scholarship pageant that recognizes outstanding young women in three areas of competition, Talent; Interview, and Evening Gown; and WHEREAS, the following young women have been recognized as the winners of the 2025 Miss Atlanta Competition and have earned scholarship awards for their performance: Jordan Kulah, Miss Atlanta 2026; Megan Wright, Miss Capital City 2026; Sarah Jane Houston, Miss Greater Atlanta 2026; Landry Wolf, Miss Atlanta Teen 2026; Melony Tidmore, Miss Capital City Teen 2026; Madison Walker, Miss Greater Atlanta Teen 2026; and WHEREAS, each of these distinguished individuals will go on to represent greater Atlanta at the Miss Georgia and Miss Georgia Teen competitions in Columbus, Georgia, the winners of which will advance to the national level; and WHEREAS, these young women serve as role models who advocate the four points of the Miss America crown: Service, Style, Scholarship, and Success; and WHEREAS, it is abundantly fitting and proper that the winners of this competition be appropriately honored. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body congratulate Jordan Kulah, Megan Wright, Sarah Jane Houston, Landry Wolf, Melony Tidmore, and Madison Walker upon their exemplary performance and extend best wishes for continued success in future competition. 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 each of the aforementioned 2026 Miss Atlanta Competition winners. ## 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 congratulates the six winners of the 2025 Miss Atlanta Competition, a scholarship pageant, as they prepare to compete at the Miss Georgia level. ### Plain-language summary This is a ceremonial resolution passed by the Georgia Senate honoring the winners of the 2025 Miss Atlanta Competition, a scholarship pageant judged on talent, interview, and evening gown categories. It names six young women, Jordan Kulah, Megan Wright, Sarah Jane Houston, Landry Wolf, Melony Tidmore, and Madison Walker, who won titles such as Miss Atlanta 2026 and Miss Atlanta Teen 2026. The resolution states these winners will go on to represent greater Atlanta at the Miss Georgia and Miss Georgia Teen competitions in Columbus, Georgia, with a chance to advance nationally. It directs the Secretary of the Senate to prepare copies of the resolution for distribution to each of the named winners. The resolution does not change any Georgia law; it is a formal expression of congratulations. ### What it does - Formally congratulates six named winners of the 2025 Miss Atlanta Competition on behalf of the Georgia Senate. - States that the winners will represent greater Atlanta at the Miss Georgia and Miss Georgia Teen competitions in Columbus, Georgia. - Directs the Secretary of the Senate to prepare and distribute copies of the resolution to each named winner. - Extends the Senate's best wishes for the winners' continued success in future competitions. ### Who it affects The resolution directly names and honors six young women recognized as 2025 Miss Atlanta Competition winners, and it directs an administrative task to the Secretary of the Senate, who must prepare and distribute copies of the resolution to them. ### Why it matters The resolution carries no legal or financial effect and changes no Georgia law. Its main real-world consequence is symbolic recognition: the named winners receive an official Senate document honoring their pageant achievements as they move on to the Miss Georgia competition. ### Key provisions - The preamble (whereas clauses) describes the Miss Atlanta Competition as a scholarship pageant judged on Talent, Interview, and Evening Gown categories. - The resolved clause names six winners and formally congratulates them on behalf of the Senate. - A further resolved clause directs the Secretary of the Senate to make copies of the resolution available for distribution to the winners. ## Status - Status: Passed (2026-01-29) - Last action: Senate Read and Adopted (2026-01-29) - Sponsors: Sonya Halpern, Nan Orrock, Elena Parent, RaShaun Kemp, Jaha Howard, Josh McLaurin - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/72580 > The history, votes, and amendments (94 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr644.md?full=1