SLS 20RS-463 REENGROSSED
2020 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 198
BY SENATORS PEACOCK, ALLAIN, FOIL, HEWITT, MILLIGAN, PRICE, REESE
AND WOMACK
SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH. Designates the month of September as Childhood Cancer
Awareness Month. (8/1/20)
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 49:158.2, relative to the designation of the month of September as Childhood
3 Cancer Awareness Month; and to provide for related matters.
4 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. R.S. 49:158.2 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
6 ยง158.2. Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
7 A. The legislature does hereby recognize and acknowledge that:
8 (1) Childhood cancer remains the number one cause of death by disease
9 for children in the United States of America.
10 (2) It is the policy of this state to acknowledge the challenges faced by
11 children with cancer and their families, to support their continued efforts in
12 their courageous fight against the disease, and to assist them in spreading
13 awareness of the impact of childhood cancer while seeking to find a cure.
14 (3) The month of September has been recognized by childhood cancer
15 organizations around the world as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and the
16 color gold has been designated as the official color signifying awareness of
17 childhood cancer in honor and in memory of children with cancer.
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions. SB NO. 198
SLS 20RS-463 REENGROSSED
1 B. The legislature hereby designates the month of September, each year
2 as "Childhood Cancer Awareness Month" in Louisiana and that the official
3 color signifying that awareness is gold.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Matt DeVille.
DIGEST
SB 198 Reengrossed 2020 Regular Session Peacock
Proposed law designates the month of September each year as Childhood Cancer Awareness
Month and that the color gold signifies such awareness.
Effective August 1, 2020.
(Adds R.S. 49:158.2)
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.