Georgia legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia HR1544: Weintraub, Neal, M.D.; commend
Status: Passed both chambers, March 3, 2026
A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Neal Weintraub, M.D.; and for other purposes.
What the bill says
A resolution Recognizing and commending Neal Weintraub, M.D.; and for other purposes.
From the introduced text:
A RESOLUTION Recognizing and commending Neal Weintraub, M.D.; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, Neal Weintraub, M.D., a native of Albany, Georgia, is a distinguished academic and cardiovascular researcher ; and WHEREAS, he serves as the Georgia Research Alliance Herbert S. Kupperman, M.D., Eminent Scholar Distinguished University Endowed Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine and the Medical College of Georgia, and as associate director of the Vascular Biology Center, where leads and mentors to faculty, trainees, and research teams; and WHEREAS, he earned his medical degree from Tulane University, completed his internal medicine training at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Emory University, and further specialized through a fellowship in cardiovascular diseases; and WHEREAS, Dr. Weintraub has made a profound impact on medical education, teaching more than 225 courses for future physicians and physicians-scientist, and contributing to more than 250 peer-reviewed publications that have advanced understanding of cardiometabolic disease; and H. R. 1544 LC 129 1253 WHEREAS, he helped launch the cardio-oncology program at the Medical College of Georgia, funded by the American Heart Association, to investigate the bidirectional relationship between cardiovascular disease and cancer, strengthening the medical school and its teaching hospital's leadership in the field; and WHEREAS, Dr. Weintraub's scientific accomplishments have been sustained by a long and successful history of funding from the National Institutes of Health, including multiple …
Sponsors
- Al Williams (D, 168) · primary sponsor
- Brian Prince (D, 132)
- L.C. Myles (D, 126)
- Howard, Karlton (D, 129)
- Mark Newton (R, 127)
Latest actions
- : House Read and Adopted
- : House First Readers
- : House Hopper
Common questions
- What is HR1544?
- HR1544 is a bill in the Georgia Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Weintraub, Neal, M.D.; commend.
- What does HR1544 do?
- In its own words: A resolution Recognizing and commending Neal Weintraub, M.D.; and for other purposes.
- What is the status of HR1544?
- Passed both chambers as of March 3, 2026. Latest action: House Read and Adopted (March 3, 2026).
- Who sponsored HR1544?
- Al Williams (D, 168), with 4 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HR1544?
- On the Georgia Legislature website: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73814
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