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HR 573

Thames, Tina; receiving the 2025 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leader Award; commend

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Debbie Buckner and 5 co-sponsors

Ceremonial resolution recognizing Tina Thames for receiving the 2025 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leader Award and commending her community leadership.

House Read and Adopted
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Bill Summary · HR 573

Summary — H.R. 573 (House Resolution)

Title: Thames, Tina; receiving the 2025 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leader Award; commend
Classification: House resolution (ceremonial)
Status: House Read and Adopted
Introduced: January 21, 2025

Purpose and intent

H.R. 573 is a ceremonial resolution that congratulates and commends Tina Thames on receiving the 2025 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leader Award. The resolution recognizes Thames’s community service, leadership, and commitment to advocacy, mentorship, and community organizing. It also highlights the award’s namesake, Representative Nikki T. Randall, and the award’s role in honoring women during Women’s History Month.

Key provisions

  • Formally congratulates and commends Tina Thames for receiving the 2025 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leader Award.
  • Summarizes Thames’s background and contributions (community service from youth, service as a pastors’ daughter, former Human Resources Director in a rural county, and community leadership).
  • Notes Representative Nikki T. Randall’s historic role (first African American woman elected to the General Assembly from middle Georgia in 1999, 17 years of service, former chair of the Georgia Legislative Women’s Caucus) and the caucus’s annual recognition of outstanding women.
  • Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make an appropriate copy of the resolution available for distribution to Tina Thames.

Who is affected / impact

  • Primary subject: Tina Thames (honoree).
  • Secondary: Georgia Legislative Women’s Caucus and the local community (symbolic recognition of community leadership).
  • Fiscal/legal impact: None — this is a non-binding, honorary resolution with no regulatory or budgetary consequences.

Sponsors

Primaries (as listed): Rudy Yakym; Robert Flournoy; Debbie Buckner; Anissa Jones; Tremaine Reese; Floyd Griffin; Tangie Herring.
Cosponsors (as listed): Brandon Gill; Chuck Edwards; Doug LaMalfa; Russ Fulcher; Tracey Mann; Jimmy Panetta. (Names provided in bill information.)

Legislative timeline (as recorded)

  • 2025-01-21: Introduced in House; referred to House Committee on Natural Resources.
  • 2025-03-11: House Hopper; House First Readers; House Read and Adopted.
  • 2025-03-17: Filed.
  • 2025-03-19: Rules suspended; Adopted; Reported enrolled.
  • 2025-09-10: Committee hearings held (date recorded).

Note: The resolution is ceremonial and designed to formally recognize Thames’s receipt of the award and to place that recognition on the House record.

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

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