HR1298: HR1298 Cara Jaden Atkins Memorial Interchange; Cherokee County; dedicate

This resolution honors Cara Jaden Atkins, a Cherokee County woman who was born in Marietta, graduated from Etowah High School, and earned a perfect 4.0 grade point average at Georgia Highlands College. It recounts her work as a dental hygiene graduate, her volunteering with local charities, and her coaching of youth gymnastics. The resolution's operative effect is narrow: it dedicates the interchange of Interstate 75 and State Route 92 in Cherokee County as the Cara Jaden Atkins Memorial Interchange. It directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the dedication, and it directs the Clerk of the House to send copies of the resolution to Atkins' family and to the Department of Transportation.

• Dedicates the interchange of Interstate 75 and State Route 92 in Cherokee County as the Cara Jaden Atkins Memorial Interchange.
• Directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the memorial dedication.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to distribute copies of the resolution to Atkins' family and the Department of Transportation.

The Georgia Department of Transportation, which must install and maintain the memorial signage, the family of Cara Jaden Atkins, and Cherokee County residents and drivers who use the Interstate 75 and State Route 92 interchange.

The resolution has no regulatory or budgetary effect beyond requiring highway signage; its main real-world impact is that drivers on Interstate 75 at State Route 92 in Cherokee County will see signs bearing Cara Jaden Atkins' name, and the Department of Transportation must maintain them.

• The resolved clause names the Interstate 75 and State Route 92 interchange in Cherokee County the Cara Jaden Atkins Memorial Interchange.
• 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 Clerk of the House to provide copies of the resolution to Atkins' family and the Department of Transportation.

1. 2026-02-12House Second Readers (House)
2. 2026-02-11House First Readers (House)
3. 2026-02-10House Hopper (House)

• Jordan Ridley (R, HD-022)Primary sponsor
• Charlice Byrd (R, HD-020)
• Brad Thomas (R, HD-021)
• Don Parsons (R, HD-044)
• Rick Jasperse (R, HD-011)
• Mitchell Scoggins (R, HD-014)

• memorial resolution
• Cherokee County
• highway naming
• Department of Transportation