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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1091
January Session, 2019
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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)
AN ACT DESIGNATING VARIOUS DAYS AND WEEKS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 10-29a of the general statutes is 1
amended by adding subdivisions (87) to (95), inclusive, as follows 2
(Effective from passage): 3
(NEW) (87) The Governor shall proclaim June fifteenth of each year 4
to be Cadet Nurse Corps Day to honor women who served during the 5
Second World War as members of the Cadet Nurse Corps. Suitable 6
exercises may be held in the State Capitol and elsewhere as the 7
Governor designates for the observance of the day. 8
(NEW) (88) The Governor shall proclaim the fourth week in May of 9
each year to be Connecticut Older Horse Week to spread awareness of 10
the active role that horses play in farming, sports and entertainment 11
and to recognize the retired horses of the state. Suitable exercises may 12
be held in the State Capitol and elsewhere as the Governor designates 13
for the observance of the week. 14 Raised Bill No. 1091
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(NEW) (89) The Governor shall proclaim the first week in 15
September of each year to be Kidney Disease Awareness Week to raise 16
public awareness of the associated presentation and available 17
treatments for chronic kidney disease or kidney failure, the need for 18
artificial filtering or dialysis, kidney donations and kidney transplants, 19
and the diseases or conditions that impair kidney function such as 20
diabetes and hypertension and the various types of kidney disease 21
such as polycystic kidney disease. Suitable exercises may be held in the 22
State Capitol and elsewhere as the Governor designates for the 23
observance of the week. 24
(NEW) (90) The Governor shall proclaim November twenty-second 25
of each year to be 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome Day to raise public 26
awareness of this genetic disease and available treatments for it. 27
Suitable exercises may be held in the State Capitol and elsewhere as 28
the Governor designates for the observance of the day. 29
(NEW) (91) The Governor shall proclaim May seventeenth of each 30
year to be Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Day to raise public 31
awareness of this type of brain cancer. Suitable exercises may be held 32
in the State Capitol and elsewhere as the Governor designates for the 33
observance of the day. 34
(NEW) (92) The Governor shall proclaim December sixth of each 35
year to be Thirteenth Amendment Day to reflect upon, remember and 36
celebrate the ratification of the thirteenth amendment to the United 37
States Constitution, which abolished slavery. Suitable exercises may be 38
held in the State Capitol and elsewhere as the Governor designates for 39
the observance of the day. 40
(NEW) (93) The Governor shall proclaim June third of each year to 41
be Clubfoot Day to raise public awareness of this musculoskeletal birth 42
deformity and available treatments for it. Suitable exercises may be 43
held in the State Capitol and elsewhere as the Governor designates for 44
the observance of the day. 45
(NEW) (94) The Governor shall proclaim February twenty-second of 46 Raised Bill No. 1091
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each year to be Encephalitis Day to raise awareness of encephalitis and 47
acknowledge those who have been directly or indirectly affected by 48
encephalitis. Suitable exercises may be held in the State Capitol and 49
elsewhere as the Governor designates for the observance of the day. 50
(NEW) (95) The Governor shall proclaim July thirtieth of each year 51
to be U.S.S. Indianapolis CA-35 Day to commemorate and honor the 52
cruiser and the service, sacrifice and bravery of the sailors of 53
Connecticut who served aboard the ship during World War II, and in 54
recognition of the U.S.S. Indianapolis CA-35's final sailing crew, the 55
pilots who discovered the survivors and the rescue and recovery 56
crews. Suitable exercises may be held in the State Capitol and 57
elsewhere as the Governor designates for the observance of the day. 58
Sec. 2. Subdivision (85) of subsection (a) of section 10-29a of the 59
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 60
thereof (Effective from passage): 61
(85) The Governor shall proclaim November [thirtieth] first of each 62
year to be Sikh Genocide Remembrance Day to remember the lives lost 63
on November [30] 1, 1984, during the Sikh Genocide. Suitable exercises 64
may be held in the State Capitol and elsewhere as the Governor 65
designates for the observance of the day. 66
Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective from passage) There is established an account 67
to be known as the "Centennial Commission on Women's Suffrage 68
account" which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the 69
General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys required by law 70
to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account shall be 71
expended by the Secretary of the State for the purposes of supporting 72
the activities of the Centennial Commission on Women's Suffrage. The 73
Secretary of the State may accept donations, grants or financial 74
assistance for such purpose, which shall be deposited in the account. 75
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
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Section 1 from passage 10-29a(a)
Sec. 2 from passage 10-29a(a)(85)
Sec. 3 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To designate various days and weeks in order to honor or recognize
certain groups or raise awareness regarding certain diseases and to
create a Centennial Commission on Women's Suffrage account.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]