HR1859: HR1859 Capitol Art Standards Commission and the Governor; place a portrait of Governor Rufus Bullock in the state capitol; urge

This resolution addresses a gap in the state capitol's collection of governor portraits. According to the resolution, nearly every Georgia governor since the early 1800s has a portrait displayed in the capitol, but Rufus Bullock, the state's 46th governor and first Republican governor, does not. The resolution does not create a law or spend state money. Instead, it formally urges the Capitol Art Standards Commission and the Governor to arrange for a portrait of Bullock to be placed in the capitol. It also directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to send copies of the resolution to the Commission and the Governor so they are aware of the request.

• Urges the Capitol Art Standards Commission and the Governor to place a portrait of former Governor Rufus Bullock in the state capitol.
• States that Bullock is the only Georgia governor since at least 1850 without a portrait honoring him in the capitol.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to send copies of the resolution to the Capitol Art Standards Commission and the Governor.
• Creates no legal requirement, funding, or penalty; it is a formal request rather than a binding mandate.

The Capitol Art Standards Commission and the Governor, who are asked to act on the request, and indirectly the public and historians interested in the state capitol's collection of governor portraits.

If the Commission and Governor act on this request, visitors to the state capitol would see a new portrait honoring Governor Rufus Bullock, filling what the resolution describes as the only gap among governors honored there since 1850.

• The whereas clauses state that almost all Georgia governors since the early 19th century have capitol portraits, and that Bullock is the sole exception among governors since 1850.
• The resolving clause formally urges the Capitol Art Standards Commission and the Governor to place a Bullock portrait in the capitol.
• A further resolving clause directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies of the resolution to the Commission and the Governor.

1. 2026-03-27House Second Readers (House)
2. 2026-03-25House First Readers (House)
3. 2026-03-23House Hopper (House)

• Gerald Greene (R, HD-154)Primary sponsor
• Jan Jones (R, HD-047)
• James Burchett (R, HD-176)
• Karen Mathiak (R, HD-082)
• Ginny Ehrhart (R, HD-036)

• state capitol history
• Georgia governors
• Rufus Bullock
• legislative resolutions