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OLR Bill Analysis
SB 1158 (File 468, as amended by Senate “A”)*
AN ACT DESIGNATING VARIOUS DAYS, WEEKS AND MONTHS.
SUMMARY
This bill requires the governor to proclaim the following:
1. May of each year to be Bone Health and Osteoporosis Month, to
raise awareness of this women’s health issue;
2. the first week of May of each year to be Tardive Dyskinesia
Awareness Week, to raise public awareness of this neurological
involuntary movement disorder and available treatments for it;
3. May 10 of each year to be Ann Petry Day, to recognize this
Connecticut author and her contribution to literature as the first
African-American female author to sell more than a million
copies of a novel;
4. May 16 of each year to be Trinity College Day, to recognize
Trinity College’s contributions to the state on the anniversary of
when the college received its charter (May 16, 1823);
5. July 11 of each year to be Bosnian Genocide Remembrance Day,
to remember the more than 8,000 Bosniak civilians killed in
Srebrenica during the Bosnian war;
6. September 14 of each year to be Free Enterprise Day, to recognize
free enterprise’s contributions to the state’s economy;
7. September 17 of each year to be Constitution Day, to
commemorate the United States Constitution’s formation and
signing;
8. October 9 of each year to be PANS and PANDAS Awareness
Day, to raise awareness of the autoimmune disorders of Pediatric 2023SB-01158-R01-BA.DOCX
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Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome and Pediatric
Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with
Streptococcal infections and available treatments for them; and
9. the holiday period of November 20 to December 20, as Survivors
of Homicide Victims Awareness Month, to support the family
members of homicide victims by educating and influencing the
public about the impact of homicide on families and
communities.
Under the bill, suitable exercises may be held in the State Capitol and
elsewhere as the governor designates. The bill also makes technical
changes.
*Senate Amendment “A” makes the bill effective upon passage
instead of October 1, 2023.
EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon passage
BACKGROUND
Related Bill
sSB 1185 § 13 (File 500), as amended by Senate Amendment “A,”
makes the same technical changes as this bill to certain days and months
proclaimed by the governor.
COMMITTEE ACTION
Government Administration and Elections Committee
Joint Favorable
Yea 19 Nay 0 (03/22/2023)