Davenport, Brenda Joyce; recognize
This is a ceremonial resolution (SR 686) recognizing Brenda Joyce Davenport for her civil rights work. It formally commends her 30-year service with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), including organizing youth voter registration, nonviolence training, and the Selma-to-Montgomery March reenactment. The resolution honors her founding of the Rosa Parks Consortium and her community leadership, which earned her awards like the Georgia Women's Legislative Caucus Yellow Rose Servant Leader Award. It was adopted by the Georgia Senate on February 3, 2026, as a symbolic gesture with no policy impact.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 2, 2026
Last action Feb 3, 2026
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This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
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2
Key actions
1
Committee
0
Feb 3, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Read and Adopted
upper
Feb 2, 2026
Introduced
Senate Hopper
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Donzella James
DDemocratic
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