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Regular Session, 2012 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 123
BY SENATORS BUFFINGTON, ALARIO, ALLAIN, APPEL, BROOME, BROWN,
CHABERT, CLAITOR, CORTEZ, DORSEY-COLOMB, ERDEY,
GUILLORY, LAFLEUR, MARTINY, MILLS, MORRELL, MURRAY,
NEVERS, PEACOCK, PETERSON, RISER, GARY SMITH, JOHN
SMITH, TARVER, THOMPSON, WALSWORTH, WARD AND
WHITE AND REPRESENTATIVES ABRAMSON, ADAMS,
ANDERS, ARNOLD, BADON, BARROW, BERTHELOT, BILLIOT,
STUART BISHOP, BROADWATER, BROSSETT, BROWN, HENRY
BURNS, BURRELL, CARMODY, CARTER, CHAMPAGNE,
CHANEY, CONNICK, COX, CROMER, DOVE, EDWARDS, FOIL,
GAROFALO, GISCLAIR, GUILLORY, HARRIS, HARRISON ,
HAVARD, HAZEL, HENRY, HENSGENS, HI LL, HODGES,
HOFFMANN, HOLLIS, HONORE, HOWARD, HUNTER, HUVAL,
GIROD JACKSON, KATRINA JACKSON, JAMES, JEFFERSON,
JOHNSON, JONES, KLECKLEY, NANCY LANDRY, TERRY
LANDRY, LEBAS, LIGI, LOPINTO, MACK, MI LLER,
MONTOUCET, MORENO, JIM MORRIS, NORTON, ORTEGO,
PIERRE, PONTI, POPE, PRICE, PUGH, PYLANT, REYNOLDS,
RICHARD, RITCHIE, SCHEXNAYDER, SHADOIN, SIMON, SMITH,
ST. GERMAIN, THIBAUT, THIERRY, THOMPSON, WHITNEY AND
PATRICK WILLIAMS
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 1:58.5, relative to special days; to designate three days in October as "Care2
Enough to Wear Pink" in Louisiana to recognize and honor those individuals who3
have been diagnosed with breast cancer; to provide that these dates shall be observed4
annually by the state; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 1:58.5 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 7
ยง58.5. Care Enough to Wear Pink8
A. October has long been recognized as National Breast Cancer9
Awareness Month in the United States, and the wearing of the color pink in the10
form of ribbons and apparel has been associated with the breast cancer11
awareness campaign. It is an annual health campaign organized by major12
breast cancer charities to increase awareness of breast cancer and to raise funds13
for research into its cause, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cure.14
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B. In honor of those who have been diagnosed with breast cancer,1
October twenty-fifth, twenty-sixth, and twenty-seventh are hereby designated2
annually as "Care Enough to Wear Pink" days throughout the state of3
Louisiana.4
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: