HR1651: HR1651 Senator Joey Brush Memorial Intersection; Columbia County; dedicate

This resolution recognizes the life and public service of Ben Joseph "Joey" Brush, Jr., who served in the Georgia House of Representatives in the 1990s and later represented District 24 in the Georgia State Senate from 1997 to 2004, including a stint chairing the Senate Education Committee. The resolution's operative effect is to dedicate the intersection of State Route 232/Columbia Road and Louisville Road in Columbia County as the Senator Joey Brush Memorial Intersection. It directs the 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 Brush's family and to the Department of Transportation.

• Dedicates the intersection of State Route 232/Columbia Road and Louisville Road in Columbia County as the Senator Joey Brush Memorial Intersection.
• Directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the intersection's new name.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to distribute copies of the resolution to Brush's family and to the Department of Transportation.
• Recites Brush's biography and legislative service as the basis for the honor, without changing any Georgia statute.

The resolution primarily affects the Georgia Department of Transportation, which must post the new signage, and the family of Senator Ben Joseph "Joey" Brush, Jr. Drivers and residents in Columbia County will see the intersection's new commemorative name.

The resolution is a symbolic honor rather than a policy change. Its practical effect is limited to new signage at a specific Columbia County intersection, giving the location a lasting name tied to a former state senator's public service.

• The whereas clauses describe Brush's education, career as a real estate broker and home builder, and legislative service including chairing the Senate Education Committee.
• The first resolving clause dedicates the intersection of State Route 232/Columbia Road and Louisville Road in Columbia County as the Senator Joey Brush Memorial Intersection.
• The second resolving clause authorizes and directs the Department of Transportation to erect and maintain appropriate signs for the dedication.
• The third resolving clause directs the Clerk of the House to send copies of the resolution to Brush's family and to the Department of Transportation.

1. 2026-03-12House Second Readers (House)
2. 2026-03-10House First Readers (House)
3. 2026-03-09House Hopper (House)

• Rob Clifton (R, HD-131)Primary sponsor
• Alan Powell (R, HD-033)
• Gary Richardson (R, HD-125)
• Lee Hawkins (R, HD-027)
• Danny Mathis (R, HD-133)

• memorial resolution
• Columbia County
• Department of Transportation
• road naming