HR 370: Small Business Advocacy Day; March 5, 2025; small business advocacy organizations; recognize

This is a ceremonial resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives rather than a law that changes anyone's rights or obligations. It states that small businesses make up 99.7 percent of businesses in Georgia and designates March 5, 2025 as Small Business Advocacy Day. The resolution commends seven specific organizations, the Small Business Majority, the Women's Entrepreneurial Opportunity Project Inc., the Urban League of Greater Atlanta, the Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs, Our Village United, Kindred Futures, and Georgia First, for their work supporting entrepreneurs and small business owners. It directs the Clerk of the House to make copies available to the public and press. It does not create any new program, funding, or legal requirement.

• Recognizes March 5, 2025, as Small Business Advocacy Day in Georgia.
• Commends seven named small business advocacy organizations for their work supporting entrepreneurs and economic development.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to distribute copies of the resolution to the public and press.
• Creates no new law, funding, or regulatory requirement; it is a symbolic statement by the House.

The seven named small business advocacy organizations receive formal recognition. Small business owners and entrepreneurs in Georgia are the broader group referenced, though the resolution creates no binding change affecting them directly.

Because this is a commendatory resolution, it does not alter any Georgia law, create funding, or impose requirements. Its practical effect is limited to public recognition of small business advocacy groups and a symbolic day honoring small businesses' role in the state economy.

• States that small businesses represent 99.7 percent of businesses in Georgia, as background for the resolution.
• Commends the Small Business Majority, the Women's Entrepreneurial Opportunity Project Inc., the Urban League of Greater Atlanta, the Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs, Our Village United, Kindred Futures, and Georgia First for their advocacy work.
• Recognizes March 5, 2025, as Small Business Advocacy Day in Georgia.
• Directs the Clerk of the House to prepare and distribute copies of the resolution to the public and press.

1. 2025-02-24House Read and Adopted (Cámara de Representantes)
2. 2025-02-24House First Readers (Cámara de Representantes)
3. 2025-02-24House Hopper (Cámara de Representantes)

• Kim Schofield (D, HD-063)Patrocinador principal
• Rhonda Burnough (D, HD-077)
• Dar'shun Kendrick (D, HD-095)
• Viola Davis (D, HD-087)
• Sandra Scott (D, HD-076)

• small business
• economic development
• commemorative resolution
• entrepreneurship