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SB1709 • 2026

Designates the last week of September as Frontotemporal Degeneration Awareness Week

Designates the last week of September as Frontotemporal Degeneration Awareness Week

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
McCreery, Tracy; House handler: N/A
Last action
2026-05-07
Official status
Second Read and Referred S Progress and Development Committee
Effective date
2026-08-28

Plain English Breakdown

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Designates the last week of September as Frontotemporal Degeneration Awareness Week

The following summaries of this bill are available: Print All Summaries Introduced Print SB 1709 - This act designates the last full week of September each year as "Frontotemporal Degeneration (FTD) Awareness Week" in Missouri.

What This Bill Does

  • The following summaries of this bill are available: Print All Summaries Introduced Print SB 1709 - This act designates the last full week of September each year as "Frontotemporal Degeneration (FTD) Awareness Week" in Missouri.
  • The citizens of this state are encouraged to participate in appropriate events and activities that will increase awareness of frontotemporal degeneration, to support programs of research and education surrounding frontotemporal degeneration, and to support individuals and families impacted by frontotemporal degeneration.
  • SARAH HASKINS

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-07 S1606

    Second Read and Referred S Progress and Development Committee

  2. 2026-02-23 S423

    S First Read

Official Summary Text

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Introduced

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SB 1709 - This act designates the last full week of September each year as "Frontotemporal Degeneration (FTD) Awareness Week" in Missouri. The citizens of this state are encouraged to participate in appropriate events and activities that will increase awareness of frontotemporal degeneration, to support programs of research and education surrounding frontotemporal degeneration, and to support individuals and families impacted by frontotemporal degeneration.
SARAH HASKINS

Current Bill Text

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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1709
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR MCCREERY .
4881S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To amend chapter 9, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to frontotemporal
degeneration awareness week in Missouri.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 9, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto 1
one new section, to be known as section 9.021, to read as 2
follows:3
9.021. The last full week of September each year shall 1
be known as "Frontotemporal Degeneration (FTD) Awareness 2
Week" in Missouri. Frontotemporal degeneration, also 3
frequently referred to as frontotemporal dementia, 4
represents a group of brain disorders caused by degeneration 5
of the frontal or temporal lobes of the brain, representing 6
the most common form of dementia for people under the age of 7
sixty. The citizens of this state are encouraged to 8
participate in appropriate events and activities that will 9
increase awareness of frontotemporal degeneration, to 10
support programs of research and education surrounding 11
frontotemporal degeneration, and to support individuals and 12
families impacted by frontotemporal degeneration. 13
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