Senate Bill No. 1091
Public Act No. 19-152
AN ACT DESIGNATING VARIOUS DAYS AND WEEK S.
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
amended by adding subdivisions (87) to (97), inclusive, as follows
(Effective from passage):
(NEW) (87) The Governor shall proclaim June fifteenth of each year
to be Cadet Nurse Corps Day to honor women who served during the
Second World War as members of the Cadet Nurse Corps. Suitable
exercises may be held in the State Capitol and elsewhere as the
Governor designates for the observance of the day.
(NEW) (88) The Governor shall proclaim the fourth week in May of
each year to be Connecticut Older Horse Week to spread awareness of
the active role that horses play in farming, sports and entertainment
and to recognize the retired horses of the state. Suitable exercises may
be held in the State Capitol and elsewhere as the Governor designates
for the observance of the week.
(NEW) (89) The Governor shall proclaim the first week in
September of each year to be Kidney Disease Awareness Week to raise
public awareness of the associated presentation and available Senate Bill No. 1091
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treatments for chronic kidney disease or kidney failure, the need for
artificial filtering or dialysis, kidney donations and kidney transplants,
and the diseases or conditions that impair kidney function such as
diabetes and hypertension and the various types of kidney disease
such as polycystic kidney disease. Suitable exercises may be held in the
State Capitol and elsewhere as the Governor designates for the
observance of the week.
(NEW) (90) The Governor shall proclaim November twenty-second
of each year to be 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome Day to raise public
awareness of this genetic disease and available treatments for it.
Suitable exercises may be held in the State Capitol and elsewhere as
the Governor designates for the observance of the day.
(NEW) (91) The Governor shall proclaim May seventeenth of each
year to be Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Day to raise public
awareness of this type of brain cancer. Suitable exercises may be held
in the State Capitol and elsewhere as the Governor designates for the
observance of the day.
(NEW) (92) The Governor shall proclaim December sixth of each
year to be Thirteenth Amendment Day to reflect upon, remember and
celebrate the ratification of the thirteenth amendment to the United
States Constitution, which abolished slavery. Suitable exercises may be
held in the State Capitol and elsewhere as the Governor designates for
the observance of the day.
(NEW) (93) The Governor shall proclaim June third of each year to
be Clubfoot Day to raise public awareness of this musculoskeletal birth
deformity and available treatments for it. Suitable exercises may be
held in the State Capitol and elsewhere as the Governor designates for
the observance of the day.
(NEW) (94) The Governor shall proclaim February twenty-second of Senate Bill No. 1091
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each year to be Encephalitis Day to raise awareness of encephalitis and
acknowledge those who have been directly or indirectly affected by
encephalitis. Suitable exercises may be held in the State Capitol and
elsewhere as the Governor designates for the observance of the day.
(NEW) (95) The Governor shall proclaim July thirtieth of each year
to be U.S.S. Indianapolis CA-35 Day to commemorate and honor the
cruiser and the service, sacrifice and bravery of the sailors of
Connecticut who served aboard the ship during World War II, and in
recognition of the U.S.S. Indianapolis CA-35's final sailing crew, the
pilots who discovered the survivors and the rescue and recovery
crews. Suitable exercises may be held in the State Capitol and
elsewhere as the Governor designates for the observance of the day.
(NEW) (96) The Governor shall proclaim April sixteenth of each
year to be Advance Directive Awareness Day to raise public awareness
of the importance of planning ahead for health care decisions and to
encourage the use of advance directives. Suitable exercises may be
held in the State Capitol and elsewhere as the Governor designates for
the observance of the day.
(NEW) (97) The Governor shall proclaim May sixth of each year to
be Moyamoya Awareness Day to raise public awareness of the
symptoms and available treatments for this cerebrovascular disease.
Suitable exercises may be held in the State Capitol and elsewhere as
the Governor designates for the observance of the day.
Sec. 2. Subdivision (85) of subsection (a) of section 10-29a of the
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu
thereof (Effective from passage):
(85) The Governor shall proclaim November [thirtieth] first of each
year to be Sikh Genocide Remembrance Day to remember the lives lost
on November [30] 1, 1984, during the Sikh Genocide. Suitable exercises Senate Bill No. 1091
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may be held in the State Capitol and elsewhere as the Governor
designates for the observance of the day.