Georgia Senate Bill SR536

Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

• Introduced: 4/2/25
• Enrolled: 4/4/25
• Passed: 4/4/25

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Boggs, Chief Justice Michael P.; recognize

Summary

Senate Resolution 536 is a ceremonial resolution recognizing and commending Chief Justice Michael P. Boggs for his public service to the State of Georgia. The resolution recounts his background, including his education at Georgia Southern College and Mercer University School of Law, his early legal career in private practice and public service, and his election to the Georgia General Assembly in 2000. It also highlights his judicial career, including service as a superior court judge, appointment to the Court of Appeals in 2012, appointment to the Supreme Court of Georgia in 2016, election by his peers as chief justice in 2022, and his announced resignation effective March 31, 2025. The resolution does not change state law, create new programs, or appropriate funds. Its only operative effect is to formally express the Senate’s appreciation and best wishes and to direct the Secretary of the Senate to provide a copy of the resolution to Chief Justice Boggs. As a commemorative measure, it affects no statutes or regulated parties and serves solely as an official legislative honor.

Impact

SR536 has no substantive legal impact on Georgia statutes, agencies, courts, or private parties. It is a nonbinding honorary resolution that functions as a formal legislative commendation, with the only administrative action being the distribution of the resolution to Chief Justice Boggs.

Sentiment

The sentiment surrounding the resolution is strongly positive and respectful. The bill text itself is entirely laudatory, emphasizing Chief Justice Boggs’s leadership, dedication, and distinguished service, and there is no recorded committee debate or vote history indicating opposition or controversy. The available context suggests unanimous or near-universal support typical of honorary resolutions.

Contention

There are no notable points of contention in the available record. Because the measure is purely ceremonial and concerns recognition of a retiring chief justice, it does not appear to have generated policy disagreement, fiscal concerns, or partisan division. Any discussion would likely have centered on the appropriateness of honoring Boggs’s career rather than on legislative substance.