SR758: SR758 Christopher Monica and Curtis Billue Memorial Highway; Putnam County; dedicate

This resolution honors Sergeant Christopher Monica and Sergeant Curtis Billue, two Georgia Department of Corrections officers who were shot and killed by inmates who escaped during a prison transport. Both men had long careers with the department, serving at several state prisons before their deaths. The resolution directs that the portion of State Route 16 between New Phoenix Road and Long Shoals Road/Texas Chapel Road in Putnam County be dedicated as the Christopher Monica and Curtis Billue Memorial Highway. It orders 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 the officers' families and to the Department of Transportation.

• Dedicates the stretch of State Route 16 between New Phoenix Road and Long Shoals Road/Texas Chapel Road in Putnam County as the Christopher Monica and Curtis Billue Memorial Highway.
• Directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the highway dedication.
• Directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute copies of the resolution to the officers' families and the Department of Transportation.
• Formally honors the two correctional officers' careers and their deaths in the line of duty.

The families of Sergeant Christopher Monica and Sergeant Curtis Billue, the Georgia Department of Transportation, which must install signage, drivers on the affected stretch of State Route 16 in Putnam County, and the Georgia Department of Corrections community.

The resolution creates a lasting public memorial along a specific Georgia highway for two correctional officers killed while transporting inmates, giving their families and communities a permanent, visible tribute rather than changing any law or funding.

• The resolved clause names State Route 16 from New Phoenix Road to Long Shoals Road/Texas Chapel Road in Putnam County as the Christopher Monica and Curtis Billue Memorial Highway.
• A further resolved clause directs the Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs reflecting the dedication.
• A final clause directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute copies of the resolution to the officers' families and the Department of Transportation.

1. 2026-02-12Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
2. 2026-02-11Senate Hopper (Senate)

• Ricky Williams (R, SD-025)Primary sponsor
• Greg Dolezal (R, SD-027)
• Lee Anderson (R, SD-024)
• Randy Robertson (R, SD-029)
• Timothy Bearden (R, SD-030)
• Steve Gooch (R, SD-051)
• Russ Goodman (R, SD-008)
• Chuck Hufstetler (R, SD-052)
• Kay Kirkpatrick (R, SD-032)
• Max Burns (R, SD-023)
• Clint Dixon (R, SD-045)
• Frank Ginn (R, SD-047)
• Shawn Still (R, SD-048)
• Carden Summers (R, SD-013)
• Ben Watson (R, SD-001)
• Bo Hatchett (R, SD-050)
• Mike Hodges (R, SD-003)
• Bill Cowsert (R, SD-046)
• Billy Hickman (R, SD-004)
• Ed Setzler (R, SD-037)
• Jason T. Dickerson (R, SD-021)

• memorial highway
• correctional officers
• Putnam County
• Georgia Department of Corrections
• road dedication