Lung Cancer Awareness Month

2025-2026 Bill 1190: Lung Cancer Awareness Month - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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S. 1190
STATUS INFORMATION
Concurrent Resolution
Sponsors: Senators Bennett, Adams, Alexander, Allen, Blackmon, Bright, Campsen, Cash, Chaplin, Climer, Corbin, Cromer, Davis, Devine, Elliott, Fernandez, Gambrell, Garrett, Goldfinch, Graham, Grooms, Hembree, Hutto, Jackson, Johnson, Kennedy, Kimbrell, Leber, Martin, Massey, Matthews, Ott, Peeler, Rankin, Reichenbach, Rice, Sabb, Stubbs, Sutton, Tedder, Turner, Verdin, Walker, Williams, Young and Zell
Document Path: LC-0586CM-GM26.docx
Introduced in the Senate on May 12, 2026
Introduced in the House on May 13, 2026
Adopted by the General Assembly on May 13, 2026
Summary: Lung Cancer Awareness Month
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date

Body

Action Description with journal page number

5/12/2026

Senate

Introduced, adopted, sent to House (
Senate Journal-page 7
)

5/13/2026

House

Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence (
House Journal-page 10
)

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05/12/2026

Senate: Bennett, Adams,
Alexander, Allen, Blackmon, Bright, Campsen, Cash, Chaplin, Climer, Corbin,
Cromer, Davis, Devine, Elliott, Fernandez, Gambrell, Garrett, Goldfinch,
Graham, Grooms, Hembree, Hutto, Jackson, Johnson, Kennedy, Kimbrell, Leber,
Martin, Massey, Matthews, Ott, Peeler, Rankin, Reichenbach, Rice, Sabb, Stubbs,
Sutton, Tedder, Turner, Verdin, Walker, Williams, Young, Zell

Attorney: Mcintosh

Drafting Assistant: Newboult

Date: May 12, 2026

DOC. ID.: /LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL/CM/DRAFTS/LC-0586CM-RM26/LC-0586CM-GM26.DOCX

A concurrent RESOLUTION

TO DECLARE NOVEMBER 2026 AS "LUNG CANCER AWARENESS
MONTH" IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

W
hereas, lung cancer is
a devastating disease that impacts individuals and families in South Carolina;
and

W
hereas, anyone can
develop lung cancer. About six out of ten people newly diagnosed with lung
cancer have never smoked or have quit smoking and have developed lung cancer
from exposure to radon, secondhand smoke, asbestos, chemicals, radiation, air
pollution, gene mutations, or other means, rather than from smoking; and

W
hereas, lung cancer is
the most commonly diagnosed cancer in South Carolina; and

W
hereas, South
Carolina's lung cancer incidence rate is higher than the national rate; and

W
hereas, lung cancer is
the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in South Carolina; and

W
hereas, South
Carolina's lung cancer mortality rate is higher than the national rate; and

W
hereas, increased
awareness of lung cancer, lung cancer screening, and lung cancer biomarker
testing can significantly reduce South Carolina's lung cancer mortality rate. Now,
therefore,

B
e it resolved by the
Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:

T
hat the members of the
South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, declare November 2026 as
"Lung Cancer Awareness Month" in South Carolina.

B
e it further resolved
that a copy of this resolution be presented to Governor Henry McMaster of South
Carolina.

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