HR1886: HR1886 F.H.P. Trooper Charles Eugene "Gene" Campbell Memorial Highway; Houston County; dedicate

This resolution honors F.H.P. Trooper Charles Eugene "Gene" Campbell, a Florida Highway Patrol officer who was killed in 1974 after being abducted during a traffic stop in Perry, Florida. It dedicates the portion of State Route 247 running from the bridge over Big Indian Creek in Houston County to Buck Creek Road in Pulaski County as the F.H.P. Trooper Charles Eugene "Gene" Campbell Memorial Highway. The resolution directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to put up and maintain signs marking the dedicated stretch of highway. It also directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to send copies of the resolution to Trooper Campbell's family and to the Department of Transportation.

• Dedicates the section of State Route 247 between the Big Indian Creek bridge in Houston County and Buck Creek Road in Pulaski County as a memorial highway.
• Names the designated stretch the F.H.P. Trooper Charles Eugene "Gene" Campbell Memorial Highway.
• Directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the memorial designation.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to send copies of the resolution to Trooper Campbell's family and to the Department of Transportation.

The designation directly involves the Georgia Department of Transportation, which must install and maintain signage, and the Clerk of the House, who must distribute copies. Drivers on that stretch of State Route 247 in Houston and Pulaski counties and the family of Trooper Campbell are also touched by the resolution.

The resolution creates no new law, fee, or restriction; it is a commemorative act. Its practical effect is limited to new highway signage in Houston and Pulaski counties honoring Trooper Campbell's memory and providing a public tribute recognized by the state.

• The resolution recites Trooper Campbell's nine-year career with the Florida Highway Patrol and the circumstances of his 1974 death in Perry, Florida.
• The operative clause dedicates the described portion of State Route 247 as the F.H.P. Trooper Charles Eugene "Gene" Campbell Memorial Highway.
• A further resolution directs the Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the dedicated highway.
• A final resolution directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies to Trooper Campbell's family and the Department of Transportation.

1. 2026-03-31House Second Readers (House)
2. 2026-03-27House First Readers (House)
3. 2026-03-25House Hopper (House)

• Shaw Blackmon (R, HD-146)Primary sponsor
• Noel Williams (R, HD-148)
• Bill Hitchens (R, HD-161)

• memorial highway
• Houston County
• Pulaski County
• law enforcement tribute
• Department of Transportation