--- title: SR 772. Sheriff Randall Johnson Intersection; Fayette County; dedicate collection: bills id: 2025-2026/sr772 cite_as: SR 772, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr772 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr772.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr772/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73212 date: 2026-02-17 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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Sheriff Randall Johnson Intersection; Fayette County; dedicate ## Text Senate Resolution 772 By: Senators Harbin of the 16th, Gooch of the 51st, Watson of the 11th, Anderson of the 24th, Bearden of the 30th and others A RESOLUTION Recognizing Sheriff Randall Johnson and dedicating an intersection in his honor; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, Sheriff Randall Johnson ably served and protected the citizens of this state as Fayette County Sheriff with an exceptional career in law enforcement that spanned nearly 49 years; and WHEREAS, born in Fayette County on October 13, 1940, and a graduate of Fayette County High School, Sheriff Johnson began his law enforcement career in 1959, when he was sworn in as a Fayette County Deputy Sheriff; and WHEREAS, in 1961, he went to work for the State of Georgia working at the Capitol in Atlanta, before joining the Georgia Department of Revenue's Division of Alcohol and Tobacco as a special agent two years later; and WHEREAS, in 1976, he was elected the twenty-third Sheriff of Fayette County and was successfully reelected by the citizens of Fayette County for eight terms; and WHEREAS, it is abundantly fitting and proper that this remarkable and distinguished Georgian be appropriately recognized by dedicating an intersection in his honor. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that the intersection of State Route 92 and Westbridge Road in Fayette County is dedicated as the Sheriff Randall Johnson Intersection. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation is authorized and directed to erect and maintain appropriate signs dedicating the Sheriff Randall Johnson Intersection. 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 Sheriff Randall Johnson 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 name the intersection of State Route 92 and Westbridge Road in Fayette County the Sheriff Randall Johnson Intersection, honoring his nearly 49 year law enforcement career. ### Plain-language summary This resolution honors Randall Johnson, a longtime Fayette County sheriff, by dedicating a specific road intersection to him. The text recounts his career, from joining the Fayette County Sheriff's Office in 1959 through working at the State Capitol and the Georgia Department of Revenue's Division of Alcohol and Tobacco, to his 1976 election as Fayette County's twenty-third sheriff and eight subsequent reelections. The operative part of the resolution directs that the intersection of State Route 92 and Westbridge Road in Fayette County be named the Sheriff Randall Johnson Intersection. It instructs the Georgia Department of Transportation to put up and maintain signs marking the dedication, and it directs the Secretary of the Senate to send copies of the resolution to Sheriff Johnson and to the Department of Transportation. ### What it does - Officially dedicates the intersection of State Route 92 and Westbridge Road in Fayette County as the Sheriff Randall Johnson Intersection. - Directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the dedicated intersection. - Directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute copies of the resolution to Sheriff Johnson and the Department of Transportation. - Recites Sheriff Johnson's biography and career history as the basis for the honor, without creating any new law or funding program. ### Who it affects The resolution directly affects former Fayette County Sheriff Randall Johnson, the Georgia Department of Transportation, which must install and maintain the signage, and residents and drivers in Fayette County who will see the newly named intersection. ### Why it matters The resolution has no regulatory or budgetary effect beyond signage; its main real-world impact is a physical marker recognizing a local public servant, which mainly matters to Fayette County residents and those familiar with Sheriff Johnson's career. ### Key provisions - The resolved clause dedicates the intersection of State Route 92 and Westbridge Road in Fayette County as the Sheriff Randall Johnson Intersection. - A further resolved clause authorizes and 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 Sheriff Johnson and the Department of Transportation. ## Status - Status: Introduced (2026-02-12) - Last action: Senate Read and Referred (2026-02-17) - Sponsors: Marty Harbin, Steve Gooch, Sam Watson, Lee Anderson, Timothy Bearden, John Albers, Kenya Wicks, Jason T. Dickerson - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73212 > The history, votes, and amendments (95 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr772.md?full=1