SR773: SR773 Georgia Donor Week; recognize February 9 to 13, 2026

This resolution does not change any Georgia law. It formally recognizes February 9 to 13, 2026 as Georgia Donor Week at the state capitol. The text explains why: organ donation offers hope to thousands awaiting transplants, more than 100,000 people nationally are on the transplant waiting list, and a single donor can save up to eight lives and help dozens more through tissue and eye donation. The resolution honors donors and their families, as well as the medical teams, recovery organizations, and healthcare professionals who support donation and transplantation. It directs the Secretary of the Senate to make copies available to the public and the press, and it encourages all Georgia citizens to learn more about organ donation.

• Designates February 9 to 13, 2026 as Georgia Donor Week at the Georgia state capitol.
• Encourages Georgia citizens to learn more about organ donation.
• Directs the Secretary of the Senate to prepare and distribute copies of the resolution to the public and the press.
• Honors organ, eye, and tissue donors, their families, and the medical and recovery professionals who support transplantation, without creating any new legal requirement.

The resolution touches organ, eye, and tissue donors and their families, patients awaiting transplants, medical teams, organ recovery organizations, and healthcare professionals in Georgia, as well as the general public it invites to learn more about donation.

While the resolution creates no new rights, funding, or legal obligations, official recognition can raise public awareness of organ donation and encourage more Georgians to consider becoming donors, potentially benefiting the thousands on transplant waiting lists.

• The resolution's preamble cites that over 100,000 people nationally are on the transplant waiting list and that one donor can save up to eight lives.
• The resolved clause formally recognizes February 9 to 13, 2026 as Georgia Donor Week at the state capitol and encourages citizens to learn about organ donation.
• A further resolved clause authorizes the Secretary of the Senate to distribute copies of the resolution to the public and press.

1. 2026-02-17Senate Read and Adopted (Senate)
2. 2026-02-12Senate Hopper (Senate)

• John Albers (R, SD-056)Primary sponsor
• Chuck Payne (R, SD-054)
• Chuck Hufstetler (R, SD-052)
• Drew Echols (R, SD-049)
• Jaha Howard (D, SD-035)
• Sam Watson (R, SD-011)
• Kenya Wicks (D, SD-034)
• Steve Gooch (R, SD-051)
• Harold Jones (D, SD-022)
• Shawn Still (R, SD-048)
• Russ Goodman (R, SD-008)
• Ed Harbison (D, SD-015)
• Lee Anderson (R, SD-024)
• Mike Hodges (R, SD-003)
• Jason Anavitarte (R, SD-031)
• Randy Robertson (R, SD-029)
• Marty Harbin (R, SD-016)
• Ben Watson (R, SD-001)
• Blake Tillery (R, SD-019)
• Brian Strickland (R, SD-042)
• Ed Setzler (R, SD-037)
• Sonya Halpern (D, SD-039)
• Greg Dolezal (R, SD-027)
• Ricky Williams (R, SD-025)
• Bill Cowsert (R, SD-046)
• Jason T. Dickerson (R, SD-021)
• Larry Walker (R, SD-020)
• Bo Hatchett (R, SD-050)
• Clint Dixon (R, SD-045)

• organ donation
• Georgia Donor Week
• transplant awareness
• public health
• state capitol recognition