Chronic Kidney Disease Awareness Month

2025-2026 Bill 5326: Chronic Kidney Disease Awareness Month - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 5326
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House Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. Davis, Alexander, Anderson, Atkinson, Bailey, Ballentine, Bamberg, Bannister, Bauer, Beach, Bernstein, Bowers, Bradley, Brewer, Brittain, Burns, Bustos, Calhoon, Caskey, Chapman, Chumley, Clyburn, Cobb-Hunter, Collins, Cox, Crawford, Cromer, Dillard, Duncan, Edgerton, Erickson, Ford, Forrest, Frank, Gagnon, Garvin, Gatch, Gibson, Gilliam, Gilliard, Gilreath, Govan, Grant, Guest, Guffey, Haddon, Hager, Hardee, Harris, Hart, Hartnett, Hartz, Hayes, Henderson-Myers, Herbkersman, Hewitt, Hiott, Hixon, Holman, Hosey, Howard, Huff, J.E. Johnson, J.L. Johnson, Jones, Jordan, Kilmartin, King, Kirby, Landing, Lastinger, Lawson, Ligon, Long, Lowe, Luck, Magnuson, Martin, McCabe, McCravy, McDaniel, McGinnis, C. Mitchell, D. Mitchell, Montgomery, J. Moore, T. Moore, Morgan, Moss, Neese, B. Newton, W. Newton, Oremus, Pace, Pedalino, Pope, Rankin, Reese, Rivers, Robbins, Rose, Rutherford, Sanders, Schuessler, Scott, Sessions, G.M. Smith, M.M. Smith, Spann-Wilder, Stavrinakis, Taylor, Teeple, Terribile, Vaughan, Waters, Weeks, Wetmore, White, Whitmire, Wickensimer, Williams, Willis, Wooten and Yow
Document Path: LC-0514CM-RM26.docx
Introduced in the House on March 5, 2026
Adopted by the House on March 5, 2026
Summary: Chronic Kidney Disease Awareness Month
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

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3/5/2026

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Introduced and adopted (
House Journal-page 32
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03/05/2026

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house
RESOLUTION

TO RECOGNIZE MARCH 2026 AS "CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE
AWARENESS MONTH" IN SOUTH CAROLINA IN ORDER TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE NEED FOR
RESEARCH, SCREENING PROGRAMS, AND ACCESS TO CARE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO SUFFER
FROM CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE.

W
hereas, more than one
in seven individuals in the United States, totaling approximately 37 million
Americans, are estimated to have chronic kidney disease (CKD), and
approximately 90% of those individuals are unaware that they have CKD; and

W
hereas, while the two
most common causes of kidney disease are hypertension and heart disease, the
third-leading cause of kidney disease is glomerulonephritis, often caused by
rare immune-mediated kidney diseases such as IgA nephropathy (IgAN)-mediated
and Apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1)-mediated kidney disease gene; and

W
hereas, patients with
glomerular diseases frequently advance to more costly and more debilitating
later stages of kidney disease, including end-stage renal disease (ESRD), more
quickly than patients with CKD in general; and

W
hereas, 90% of
patients with CKD stages 1-3 are undiagnosed, and when diagnosed, such patients
are often in late stages of the disease, when irreversible damage to the
kidneys has already occurred; and

W
hereas, it is
imperative to improve diagnosis and treatment of CKD through community-based
programs that address awareness, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic kidney
disease. Now, therefore,

B
e it resolved by the
House of Representatives
:

T
hat the members of the
South Carolina
House of Representatives
,
by this resolution, recognize March 2026 as "Chronic Kidney Disease Awareness
Month" in South Carolina in order to raise awareness of the need for research,
screening programs, and access to care for individuals who suffer from chronic
kidney disease.

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