HJR53 Summary

• Commemorates the death of former Alabama State Representative Johnny Lawson Robinson, who died on March 17, 2023.

• Robinson was born March 22, 1950, in Dawson, Alabama; served in the Alabama State Legislature from 1994 to 2014; and earned a Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice from Jacksonville State University and a law degree from Birmingham School of Law in 1984.

• Robinson's major legislative accomplishments included formally exonerating the Scottsboro Boys, recruiting U.S. Gypsum to Bridgeport, establishing the Senior Rx program, creating the James Martin Wildlife area, and co-sponsoring the bill to dedicate a section of I-65 as "The Lost Highway."

• Robinson was a member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church and is survived by his son Lawson Robinson, sister Annette Robinson, and niece Amy Robinson.

• The resolution was passed by the House on April 6, 2023, and adopted by the Senate on April 11, 2023.