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HR 634

Colbert, Janice; TrailBlazing Women in Georgia Day; March 20, 2025; recognize

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Karen Bennett and 4 co-sponsors

Commends Janice Colbert for community service and designates March 20, 2025 as TrailBlazing Women in Georgia Day—a symbolic, nonbinding honor recognizing women's contributions.

House Read and Adopted
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Bill Summary · HR 634

Summary — H.R. 634 (House Resolution): “TrailBlazing Women in Georgia Day” — Janice Colbert

Title & Classification

  • Bill number: H.R. 634 (House Resolution)
  • Short title in text: Commending Janice Colbert and recognizing March 20, 2025, as TrailBlazing Women in Georgia Day
  • Classification: Resolution (congratulatory/recognition)
  • Status: House Read and Adopted

Purpose / Intent

The resolution formally commends Janice Colbert for her community service and entrepreneurship and designates March 20, 2025, as “TrailBlazing Women in Georgia Day.” Its purpose is symbolic: to acknowledge Colbert’s contributions to her community and to highlight philanthropic, social, and cultural impacts of women in Georgia.

Key Provisions

  • Commends Janice Colbert for “efficient, effective, unselfish, and dedicated public service” to the State of Georgia.
  • Recognizes March 20, 2025, as TrailBlazing Women in Georgia Day.
  • Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and make available an appropriate copy of the resolution for distribution to Janice Colbert.
  • Recites background details about Colbert’s businesses (Brown Sugar Desserts and the SUGAR Dessert Bar in Conyers), her dessert van and catering activities, and her donations of desserts and time to local schools, police departments, and community organizations.

Who Is Affected / Impact

  • Directly honors Janice Colbert and raises public recognition of her contributions.
  • Symbolically recognizes and celebrates the broader contributions of women in Georgia.
  • No regulatory, fiscal, or programmatic changes: the resolution carries no binding legal obligations and does not appropriate funds.

Legislative History & Procedural Timeline

  • Introduced: January 22, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary
  • March 18, 2025 — House First Readers; Read and Adopted (House Read and Adopted noted)
  • March 24, 2025 — Filed
  • March 27, 2025 — Referred to Local & Consent Calendars
  • April 8, 2025 — Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
  • April 9, 2025 — Placed on Congratulatory & Memorial Resolutions Calendar; Laid before the House; Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal; Reported enrolled; Adopted
  • Final status: Adopted by the House (resolution is enacted as a legislative expression of recognition)

Sponsors

Primary sponsors listed: Park Cannon; Yasmin Neal; Karen Bennett; Inga Willis; Mekyah McQueen.
Cosponsors: Russ Fulcher; Michael K. Simpson (also listed among sponsors in the source).

Notes / Anomalies

  • An unrelated line appears at the start of the provided text: “This Act may be cited as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2025.” That language does not align with the rest of the resolution and appears to be an insertion or clerical error; the body of H.R. 634 is a state-level recognition resolution concerning Janice Colbert and a commemorative day.

This resolution is ceremonial and celebratory in nature; its primary effect is public recognition rather than changes to law or policy.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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