--- title: SR 816. Latimore, Dimetrice; recognize collection: bills id: 2025-2026/sr816 cite_as: SR 816, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr816 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr816.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr816/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73403 date: 2026-02-19 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. 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Latimore, Dimetrice; recognize ## Text Senate Resolution 816 By: Senators Davenport of the 17th, Jones of the 10th, James of the 28th, Mangham of the 55th, Anderson of the 43rd and others A RESOLUTION Recognizing and commending Dimetrice Latimore, the Department of Community Supervision's 2025 Employee of the Year; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, founded on the tenets of public safety and progress, the Georgia Department of Community Supervision commenced operations on July 1, 2015, through the passage of House Bill 310; and WHEREAS, Dimetrice Latimore has honorably served the State of Georgia for 25 years and has shown herself to be an outstanding embodiment of the department’s core values of selfless service, accountability, integrity, teamwork, and professional development; and WHEREAS, Dimetrice routinely goes above and beyond to provide efficient, effective, selfless, and dedicated service to her coworkers and the State of Georgia; and WHEREAS, Dimetrice is the consummate professional and a person upon whom many of her colleagues rely for her knowledge and expertise; and WHEREAS, it is abundantly fitting and proper that the outstanding accomplishments of this remarkable and distinguished Georgian be appropriately recognized. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body recognize and commend Dimetrice Latimore on being named the Department of Community Supervision’s 2025 Employee of the Year. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed to make an appropriate copy of this resolution available for distribution to Dimetrice Latimore. ## 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 recognizes Dimetrice Latimore, named the Department of Community Supervision's 2025 Employee of the Year, for her 25 years of state service. ### Plain-language summary This is a ceremonial resolution passed by the Georgia Senate honoring Dimetrice Latimore, who was named the 2025 Employee of the Year by the Georgia Department of Community Supervision. The resolution recounts her 25 years of service to the state and praises her for embodying the department's values of selfless service, accountability, integrity, teamwork, and professional development. The resolution does not change any Georgia law, create any program, or spend any state funding. It simply states the Senate's recognition and directs the Secretary of the Senate to prepare a copy of the resolution for distribution to Latimore as a keepsake of the honor. ### What it does - Formally recognizes and commends Dimetrice Latimore for being named the Department of Community Supervision's 2025 Employee of the Year. - States the Senate's praise for her 25 years of service to Georgia and her embodiment of the department's core values. - Directs the Secretary of the Senate to prepare and distribute a copy of the resolution to Latimore. ### Who it affects The resolution directly names Dimetrice Latimore, an employee of the Georgia Department of Community Supervision. It also involves the Secretary of the Senate, who is tasked with preparing a copy for her, but it creates no obligations for the public or other agencies. ### Why it matters This resolution has no practical legal effect; it does not change Georgia law, create programs, or allocate money. Its significance is symbolic, giving official state recognition to a public employee's long service and an award from her department. ### Key provisions - The whereas clauses describe the Department of Community Supervision's founding in 2015 and Latimore's 25 years of service and professional qualities. - The resolving clause formally states the Senate's recognition and commendation of Latimore for her Employee of the Year award. - A further resolving clause directs the Secretary of the Senate to make a copy of the resolution available to Latimore. ## Status - Status: Passed (2026-02-19) - Last action: Senate Read and Adopted (2026-02-19) - Sponsors: Gail Davenport, Emanuel Jones, Donzella James, Randal Mangham, Tonya Anderson, Kim Jackson, Harold Jones, RaShaun Kemp, Kenya Wicks - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73403 > The history, votes, and amendments (94 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr816.md?full=1