HR 1049: Fentanyl and Opioid Awareness Day; last Wednesday of October each year; designate

This resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives creates a symbolic day, the Wednesday of the last week in October each year, called Fentanyl and Opioid Awareness Day. It cites Georgia Department of Public Health figures showing opioid-related overdose deaths rose from 853 in 2019 to 1,718 in 2021, with more than half linked to fentanyl, and notes fentanyl's potency and low cost make it especially dangerous. The resolution does not create new programs, funding, or legal requirements. It simply designates the awareness day and directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies of the resolution to the public and press. It also references the idea that schools could provide educational materials and overdose prevention kits, but does not mandate this.

• Designates the Wednesday of the last week in October each year as Fentanyl and Opioid Awareness Day in Georgia.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make copies of the resolution available to the public and press.
• States that Georgia policymakers should encourage students to live drug-free lives by providing educational materials and overdose prevention kits, without requiring any agency to act.

The resolution primarily affects how the state marks a day of awareness; it references Georgia students, middle and high schools, colleges and universities, and the Georgia Department of Public Health, though it imposes no binding duties on any of them.

While the resolution creates no new law, funding, or school requirement, it publicly highlights Georgia's rising fentanyl-related overdose deaths and signals legislative attention to student drug education and naloxone access, which could inform future policy debates.

• The resolving clause designates the Wednesday of the last week in October each year as Fentanyl and Opioid Awareness Day in Georgia.
• A further resolution directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies of the resolution to the public and press.
• The preamble cites Georgia Department of Public Health data showing opioid overdose deaths rose from 853 in 2019 to 1,718 in 2021.

1. 2026-03-12House Passed/Adopted By Substitute (Cámara de Representantes)
2. 2026-03-12House Third Readers (Cámara de Representantes)
3. 2026-03-10House Withdrawn, Recommitted (Cámara de Representantes)
4. 2026-03-04House Postponed (Cámara de Representantes)
5. 2026-03-03House Postponed (Cámara de Representantes)
6. 2026-02-26House Postponed (Cámara de Representantes)
7. 2026-02-25House Postponed (Cámara de Representantes)
8. 2026-02-24House Postponed (Cámara de Representantes)

• Carolyn Hugley (D, HD-141)Patrocinador principal
• Floyd Griffin (D, HD-149)
• Bryce Berry (D, HD-056)
• Samuel Park (D, HD-107)
• Anissa Jones (D, HD-143)

1. AprobadaVotación: Cámara de Representantes12 de marzo de 2026

   159 a favor, 0 en contra (10 sin votar, 7 ausentes)

   Adopt: House Vote #698

• opioid crisis
• fentanyl awareness
• public health
• school drug education