ALS Awareness Month

2025-2026 Bill 5424: ALS Awareness Month - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 5424
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House Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. Cox, Holman, Alexander, Anderson, Atkinson, Bailey, Ballentine, Bamberg, Bannister, Bauer, Beach, Bernstein, Bowers, Bradley, Brewer, Brittain, Burns, Bustos, Calhoon, Caskey, Chapman, Chumley, Clyburn, Cobb-Hunter, Collins, Crawford, Cromer, Davis, 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, 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-0536CM-GM26.docx
Introduced in the House on March 26, 2026
Adopted by the House on March 26, 2026
Summary: ALS Awareness Month
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

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3/26/2026

House

Introduced and adopted (
House Journal-page 9
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03/26/2026

A
house
RESOLUTION

to honor individuals and families living with
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), to recognize caregivers and healthcare
providers, to increase public awareness about the realities of this devastating
disease, to demonstrate the state's commitment to supporting those impacted by the
disease, and to declare May 2026 as "Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness
Month" in the State of South Carolina.

W
hereas, amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a
progressive, fatal, neurodegenerative disease in which the brain loses
connection with the muscles, slowly reducing a person's ability to walk, talk,
eat, and eventually breathe; and

W
hereas, the ALS
Association works in communities across the Palmetto State to provide care
services, equipment, advocacy, and research support; and

W
hereas, thousands of
new ALS cases are reported every year, and estimates show that someone is
diagnosed with ALS and that someone passes away from ALS every ninety minutes;
and

W
hereas, on average,
patients diagnosed with ALS survive only two to five years from the time of
diagnosis; and

W
hereas, the exact
causes of ALS are unknown and there is no known cure for ALS; and

W
hereas, people who
have served in the military are more likely to develop ALS and die from the
disease than those with no history of military service; and

W
hereas, securing
access to new therapies, to durable medical equipment, and to communication
technologies is of vital importance to people living with ALS; and

W
hereas, clinical
trials play a pivotal role in evaluating new treatments, enhancing quality of
life, and fostering assistive technologies for those living with ALS; and

W
hereas, the ALS
Association is the largest philanthropic funder of ALS research globally and
has committed more than $154 million dollars to support more than five hundred
fifty projects across the United States and in eighteen other countries; and

W
hereas, the ALS
Association is committed to making ALS livable and to curing it for everyone
everywhere; and

W
hereas, Amyotrophic
Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month provides an opportunity to increase public
awareness of the dire circumstances of people living with ALS, to acknowledge
the terrible impact this disease has on those individuals and their families,
and to support research to eradicate this 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 and honor individuals and families living with
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, recognize caregivers and healthcare providers, increase
public awareness about the realities of this devastating disease, demonstrate the
state's commitment to supporting those impacted by the disease, and declare May
2026 as "Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month" in the State of South
Carolina.

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