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PA 23-2—SB 1158
Government Administration and Elections Committee
AN ACT DESIGNATING V ARIOUS DAYS, WEEKS A ND MONTHS
SUMMARY: This act requires the governor to proclaim the following:
1. the month of 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 on 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 Pediatric 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 each year, as Survivors
of Homicide Victims Awareness Month, to support homicide victims’
family members by educating and influencing the public about the impact
of homicide on families and communities.
The act allows suitable observance exercises to be held in the state capitol and
elsewhere as the governor designates for each of the days, week, and months he
proclaims under the act.
The act also makes technical changes (§ 2).
EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon passage
BACKGROUND
Related Act
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PA 23-22 (§ 13) makes the same technical changes as § 2 of this act.