HR1646: HR1646 Carlson, Judi; receiving the 2026 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leadership Award; commend

This resolution is a ceremonial honor from the Georgia House of Representatives. It recognizes Judi Carlson, who directs Malachi's Storehouse, a food pantry and clothing closet run by St. Patrick's Episcopal Church in Dunwoody, Georgia, for receiving the 2026 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leadership Award. The award is given each year during Women's History Month by the Georgia Women's Legislative Caucus to honor women whose leadership reflects that of former Representative Nikki T. Randall, the first African American woman elected to the General Assembly from middle Georgia. The resolution highlights that Carlson led the food pantry through the COVID-19 pandemic without any shutdowns. It directs the Clerk of the House to prepare a copy of the resolution for Carlson. It does not change any Georgia law.

• Congratulates and commends Judi Carlson by name for receiving the 2026 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leadership Award.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and distribute an official copy of the resolution to Judi Carlson.
• Recites background on the award's namesake, former Representative Nikki T. Randall, and the Georgia Women's Legislative Caucus that presents it.
• Extends best wishes to Carlson for her continued success, but creates no legal requirements or funding.

The resolution directly names Judi Carlson, director of Malachi's Storehouse food pantry in Dunwoody. It also references the Georgia Women's Legislative Caucus and the Clerk of the House, who must prepare the commemorative copy.

This is a symbolic honor rather than a change in law or policy. It brings public recognition to Carlson's decade of volunteer leadership at a Dunwoody food pantry, but it does not create funding, rules, or obligations affecting Georgians beyond the ceremonial record.

• The whereas clauses describe the history of the Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leadership Award and Judi Carlson's decade of service directing Malachi's Storehouse.
• The first resolving clause formally congratulates and commends Carlson for receiving the 2026 award.
• The second resolving clause directs the Clerk of the House to make a copy of the resolution available to Carlson.

1. 2026-03-06House Read and Adopted (House)
2. 2026-03-06House Hopper (House)
3. 2026-03-06House First Readers (House)

• Shea Roberts (D, HD-052)Primary sponsor
• Long Tran (D, HD-080)
• Karen Lupton (D, HD-083)
• Dar'shun Kendrick (D, HD-095)
• Lisa Campbell (D, HD-035)

• legislative honor
• food pantry
• Dunwoody
• Georgia Women's Legislative Caucus
• community service