HR1548: HR1548 Folami, Dr. LaWanda; outstanding service, leadership, and dedication to the citizens of Clayton County and the State of Georgia; commend

This is a commendation resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives, not a change to state law. It recognizes Dr. LaWanda Folami of Forest Park in Clayton County for decades of humanitarian, advocacy, and leadership work, including her role as Vice Chair of the Atlanta Regional Commission Aging Committee and her partnerships with the Clayton County Housing Authority and local senior centers. The resolution formally states that the House honors and commends Dr. Folami for her leadership, advocacy, and service to Clayton County and Georgia. It directs the Clerk of the House to prepare an official copy of the resolution for distribution to her. It does not create any new law, funding, or requirement.

• Formally honors and commends Dr. LaWanda Folami for her service and leadership in Clayton County and Georgia.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and distribute an official copy of the resolution to Dr. Folami.
• Recites her decades of work on senior advocacy, affordable housing, civic engagement, and community support as the basis for the commendation.
• Creates no new law, funding, or regulatory requirement, as is typical for a commendation resolution.

This resolution directly names and honors Dr. LaWanda Folami. It has no legal effect on other Georgians, though it reflects on community programs in Clayton County such as senior services, affordable housing advocacy, and civic engagement initiatives she has been involved with.

Commendation resolutions like this one carry symbolic rather than legal weight. Its main real-world effect is the formal record and physical copy of the resolution presented to Dr. Folami recognizing her decades of community work in Clayton County.

• The resolved clause states that the House of Representatives honors and commends Dr. Folami for her leadership, advocacy, and service.
• A further resolved clause directs the Clerk of the House to prepare an appropriate copy of the resolution for distribution to her.
• The whereas clauses detail her work with the Atlanta Regional Commission Aging Committee, the Clayton County Housing Authority, Meals on Wheels, and the Black Women's Roundtable voter engagement initiative.

1. 2026-03-03House Read and Adopted (House)
2. 2026-03-03House First Readers (House)
3. 2026-03-03House Hopper (House)

• Sandra Scott (D, HD-076)Primary sponsor
• Kim Schofield (D, HD-063)
• Viola Davis (D, HD-087)

• commendation resolution
• Clayton County
• senior services
• civic engagement