Bill
SR 315
Ceremonially commends Georgia's peanut industry (March 2025 as Georgia Peanut Month) and congratulates HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital on its 150th anniversary.
Status: Resolution adopted
Introduced: March 20, 2025
Primary Sponsors: RaShaun Kemp; Larry Walker, III; Bo Hatchett; Drew Echols; Carden Summers; Freddie Powell Sims; Russ Goodman; Sam Watson; Lee Anderson; Jason Esteves; Steve McClure
Note on document: The legislative text on file appears to include two distinct congratulatory/commendatory resolutions merged into a single SR 315 record: (A) a Georgia-focused resolution commending the Georgia peanut industry and recognizing March 2025 as “Georgia Peanut Month,” and (B) a congratulatory resolution honoring HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital (Effingham) on its 150th anniversary. The legislature’s actions record indicates the measure was read and adopted and subsequently enrolled.
A. Georgia Peanut Industry
- Recognizes peanuts and peanut products as nutritious and widely consumed.
- States that Georgia led the U.S. in peanut production in 2024, producing 50% of the national supply.
- Notes Georgia leads U.S. peanut exports, supplying nearly half of U.S. peanut exports and contributing more than $442 million to the nation’s balance of trade.
- Declares peanut production is Georgia’s largest single cash food row crop, with gross farm receipts in the “hundreds of millions.”
- Asserts the peanut industry contributes an estimated $2 billion to the Georgia economy and supports more than 150,000 Georgians.
- Notes more than 250 Georgia companies depend directly on peanut warehousing, processing, manufacturing, and marketing, with many more indirectly dependent.
- Officially commemorates March 2025 as Georgia Peanut Month at the state capitol.
- Directs the Secretary of the Senate to provide an appropriate copy of the resolution to the Georgia Peanut Commission.
B. HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital — 150th Anniversary
- Recites historical facts: arrival of Hospital Sisters of St. Francis (Franziska Dreisvogt) in Effingham on November 15, 1875; St. Anthony’s Hospital opened September 15, 1877; renamed St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital in 1954.
- Describes the hospital as a fully accredited, not-for-profit, general acute care facility and affiliate of HSHS.
- Provides capacity and staffing details: 133 licensed beds; more than 700 employees; medical staff of over 70 local physician providers across 26 specialties and over 80 consulting physicians.
- States the hospital’s service area covers Effingham and parts of several neighboring counties, serving about 200,000 people.
- Congratulates the hospital and thanks staff for 150 years of service.
- Directs that a suitable copy of the resolution be presented to the hospital as an expression of esteem.
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