SR947: SR947 Miss Georgia Peach Scholarship Pageant; commend; the 2025 Georgia Peach Queens; congratulate

This resolution is a ceremonial statement from the Georgia Senate honoring the Miss Georgia Peach Scholarship Pageant, an annual event based in Peach County that began in 1982 through the Pilot Club of Fort Valley. The pageant selects ambassadors for the Georgia Peach Festival and is open to girls and young women statewide, ages 4 to 24, aiming to build self-confidence and recognize community contributions. The resolution names the five title holders crowned in 2025: Tiny Miss Georgia Peach Bailey Smithart, Little Miss Georgia Peach BellaKay Murph, Junior Miss Georgia Peach Emma Armstrong, Teen Miss Georgia Peach Ella Hortman, and Miss Georgia Peach Lily Barfield. It directs the Secretary of the Senate to send a copy of the resolution to the pageant's board of directors. It does not change any Georgia law.

• Formally commends the Miss Georgia Peach Scholarship Pageant for promoting Georgia's peach industry.
• Congratulates the five named 2025 Georgia Peach Queens by title and name.
• Directs the Secretary of the Senate to prepare and send a copy of the resolution to the pageant's Board of Directors.
• Contains no changes to Georgia statutes, funding, or regulations; it is a ceremonial recognition only.

The resolution names the Miss Georgia Peach Scholarship Pageant, its Board of Directors, and the five 2025 title holders. It does not impose any obligations or benefits on the general public, businesses, or government agencies.

This is a symbolic honor rather than a policy change. It has no effect on state law, spending, or regulation; its practical outcome is a Senate-issued document of recognition delivered to the pageant organization and its honorees.

• The whereas clauses describe the pageant's history, founded in 1982 in Peach County by the Pilot Club of Fort Valley to support the Georgia Peach Festival.
• The first resolved clause commends the pageant and congratulates the 2025 Georgia Peach Queens.
• The second resolved clause directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute a copy of the resolution to the pageant's Board of Directors.

1. 2026-03-12Senate Read and Adopted (Senate)
2. 2026-03-11Senate Hopper (Senate)

• Larry Walker (R, SD-020)Primary sponsor
• Drew Echols (R, SD-049)
• Russ Goodman (R, SD-008)
• Sam Watson (R, SD-011)

• Miss Georgia Peach Pageant
• Georgia Senate resolutions
• Peach County
• ceremonial recognition