HR1531: HR1531 Representative Mandi L. Ballinger Memorial Interchange; Cherokee County; dedicate

This resolution honors the late Representative Mandi Lia Ballinger, who represented the 23rd District in the Georgia House of Representatives after working as a victim advocate and founding a Child Advocacy Center. It recounts her career, including her work protecting domestic violence survivors, combating child abuse, reforming the juvenile justice system, and her advocacy for Second Amendment rights. The resolution's operative effect is to dedicate the interchange of I-575 and State Route 5/Riverstone Parkway in Cherokee County as the Representative Mandi L. Ballinger Memorial Interchange. It directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the dedication, and directs the Clerk of the House to send copies of the resolution to Ballinger's family and the Department of Transportation.

• Dedicates the interchange of I-575 and State Route 5/Riverstone Parkway in Cherokee County as the Representative Mandi L. Ballinger Memorial Interchange.
• Directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the memorial interchange.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to distribute copies of the resolution to Ballinger's family and the Department of Transportation.

The resolution most directly affects the Georgia Department of Transportation, which must install and maintain signage, and residents and travelers in Cherokee County who use the I-575 and State Route 5/Riverstone Parkway interchange. It also formally recognizes Ballinger's family.

While largely ceremonial, the resolution creates a lasting physical marker (highway signage) commemorating a former state legislator, and it places a concrete administrative task on the Department of Transportation to design, install, and maintain those signs at the named interchange.

• The resolution's whereas clauses recount Ballinger's biography, career as a victim advocate, and legislative work on domestic violence, child abuse, and juvenile justice issues.
• The first resolving clause dedicates the I-575 and State Route 5/Riverstone Parkway interchange in Cherokee County as the Representative Mandi L. Ballinger Memorial Interchange.
• The second resolving clause authorizes and directs the Department of Transportation to erect and maintain appropriate signs for the dedication.
• The final resolving clause directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies of the resolution to Ballinger's family and the Department of Transportation.

1. 2026-03-06House Second Readers (House)
2. 2026-03-04House First Readers (House)
3. 2026-03-03House Hopper (House)

• Bill Fincher (R, HD-023)Primary sponsor
• Rick Jasperse (R, HD-011)
• Brad Thomas (R, HD-021)
• Jordan Ridley (R, HD-022)
• Mitchell Scoggins (R, HD-014)
• Jan Jones (R, HD-047)

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