HR 7: George C. Trulock, Jr. Memorial Highway; Grady County; dedicate

This resolution names specific sections of the Georgia state highway system after people the General Assembly wants to honor or memorialize. It works through eighteen separate parts, each telling the life story of a person or group, such as George C. Trulock Jr. of Whigham, several fallen law enforcement officers, business and civic leaders, and celebrities Tyler Perry and Jeff Foxworthy. After the biographical sections, the resolution's operative language directs specific dedications: for example, part of State Route 38/Highway 84 in Grady County becomes the George C. Trulock, Jr. Memorial Highway, and other named roads, bridges, interchanges, and intersections across counties including Madison, DeKalb, Crisp, Douglas, Catoosa, Fulton, Peach, Camden, Lumpkin, Chattooga, Greene, Oconee, and Clayton receive similar honorary names. The Georgia Department of Transportation is directed to erect and maintain signs marking each dedication, and the Clerk of the House is directed to send copies of the resolution to the honorees or their families.

• Dedicates a portion of State Route 38/Highway 84 in Grady County as the George C. Trulock, Jr. Memorial Highway.
• Names 17 other individual road segments, bridges, interchanges, or intersections across the state after specific people, including fallen officers, a former state senator, and public figures like Tyler Perry and Jeff Foxworthy.
• Directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking each of the dedicated locations.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to send copies of the resolution to the honorees or, for those who have died, to their families.

The Georgia Department of Transportation, which must install and maintain the new highway signs, and the honorees or their surviving families, including fallen law enforcement officers, a former state senator, local officials, business leaders, and entertainers Tyler Perry and Jeff Foxworthy. Drivers in the affected counties will see new road names.

The resolution does not change any law, funding, or regulation; its practical effect is limited to new highway signage in the counties named, giving each honoree lasting public recognition along a specific stretch of Georgia road, bridge, interchange, or intersection.

• The George C. Trulock, Jr. Memorial Highway is created on State Route 38/Highway 84 between the East and West Whigham city limits in Grady County.
• Separate parts dedicate a bridge in Madison County, a parkway in DeKalb County, and interchanges in Crisp and Douglas counties to other named individuals.
• Multiple parts honor fallen law enforcement officers, including Trooper William Frederick Black, Jr., Investigator Eric Anthony Minix, Sergeant Patrick Michael Sondron, Deputy Daryl Wayne Smallwood, and Trooper Chase Winston Redner, with intersections or bridges named for each.
• The Perry Parkway is created on part of State Route 92 in Douglas County in honor of Tyler Perry, and the Jeff Foxworthy Highway is created on part of Interstate 85 in Fulton County.
• The Georgia Department of Transportation is authorized and directed to erect and maintain signs for all the dedications listed in the resolution.
• The Clerk of the House is directed to distribute copies of the resolution to the Department of Transportation, living honorees, and the families of deceased honorees.

1. 2025-05-14Effective Date 2025-07-14
2. 2025-05-14Act 362
3. 2025-05-14House Date Signed by Governor (Cámara de Representantes)
4. 2025-04-10House Sent to Governor (Cámara de Representantes)
5. 2025-04-04Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub (Senado)
6. 2025-04-04House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended (Cámara de Representantes)
7. 2025-03-31Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute (Senado)
8. 2025-03-31Senate Third Read (Senado)

• Joe Campbell (R, HD-171)Patrocinador principal
• Greg Dolezal (R, SD-027)

1. AprobadaVotación: Cámara de Representantes6 de marzo de 2025

   172 a favor, 0 en contra (2 sin votar, 6 ausentes)

   Adopt: House Vote #220

2. AprobadaVotación: Senado31 de marzo de 2025

   49 a favor, 0 en contra (4 sin votar, 3 ausentes)

   Adoption By Substitute: Senate Vote #366

3. AprobadaVotación: Cámara de Representantes4 de abril de 2025

   166 a favor, 0 en contra (3 sin votar, 11 ausentes)

   Agree To Senate Sub As Amended By House: House Vote #418

4. AprobadaVotación: Senado4 de abril de 2025

   50 a favor, 0 en contra (3 sin votar, 3 ausentes)

   Agree To House Amendment To Senate Substitute: Senate Vote #467

• highway dedication
• Grady County
• Georgia road names
• memorial highways
• Department of Transportation