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HR 784

Winstead, Seth; Rome High School's 2025 STAR Teacher; commend

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Matt Barton and 2 co-sponsors

Formal House commendation recognizing Seth Winstead as Rome High School’s 2025 STAR Teacher, honoring teaching excellence and community impact with no fiscal or policy changes.

House Read and Adopted
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Bill Summary · HR 784

Summary — H.R. 784 (LC 129 0301/a)

Title: Winstead, Seth; Rome High School's 2025 STAR Teacher; commend
Classification: House Resolution (honorary)
Introduced: January 28, 2025
Status: Read and Adopted (House)

Purpose

H.R. 784 is a ceremonial resolution that formally commends Seth Winstead for being named Rome High School’s 2025 STAR Teacher. The resolution recognizes his teaching excellence and commitment to the education and welfare of Georgia students.

Key provisions

  • Officially commends Seth Winstead as Rome High School’s 2025 STAR Teacher.
  • Expresses the House of Representatives’ "most sincere best wishes for continued success" to Mr. Winstead.
  • Directs the Clerk of the House to prepare and make available an appropriate copy of the resolution for distribution to Seth Winstead.

Who is affected

  • Primary subject: Seth Winstead (honoree).
  • Indirectly affected: Rome High School, its students, staff, and the broader local community through public recognition.
  • No regulatory, funding, or programmatic changes are made; the resolution is purely honorary and does not create legal rights, obligations, or expenditures.

Sponsors and authorship

  • Resolution text lists Representatives Katie Dempsey (13th), Eddie Lumsden (12th), and Matt Barton (5th) as authors/sponsors.
  • Metadata also lists Sydney Kamlager-Dove (primary) and Sara Jacobs (cosponsor); the bill text itself attributes sponsorship to Dempsey, Lumsden, and Barton.

Procedural history and timeline

  • 2025-01-28: Introduced in the House.
  • Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs (per record).
  • 2025-03-27: Read and adopted by the House (House First Readers; House Hopper).
  • 2025-04-03 — 2025-04-17: Placed on Congratulatory & Memorial Resolutions Calendar; laid before the House; adopted (record and nonrecord votes noted).
  • 2025-04-21: Reported enrolled.

Impact and significance

  • Serves as formal recognition and public commendation for a teacher’s professional achievements and community contributions.
  • Enhances public acknowledgement and morale but carries no fiscal impact or changes to law or policy. The Clerk’s preparation of a copy is an administrative action to facilitate distribution of the honor.

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

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