Bill Text: CA ACR183 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: IgA Nephropathy Awareness Day.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 52-13)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-22 - From committee: Ordered to third reading. [ACR183 Detail]

Download: California-2023-ACR183-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Concurrent Resolution

No. 183

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Introduced by Assembly Member Bennett
(Principal coauthor: Senator Limón)

April 23, 2024

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Relative to IgA Nephropathy Awareness Day.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

ACR 183, as introduced, Bennett. IgA Nephropathy Awareness Day.

This measure would proclaim May 14, 2024, as IgA Nephropathy Awareness Day.

Digest Key

Fiscal Committee: NO  

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Bill Text

WHEREAS, IgA Nephropathy, also known as IgAN or Berger’s disease, is a rare kidney disorder characterized by the buildup of immunoglobulin A (IgA), a protein that helps breakdown the normal filtering mechanisms in the kidneys; and

WHEREAS, IgAN is one of the most common and undetected kidney diseases and is estimated to affect approximately 150,000 people in the United States; and

WHEREAS, There is no current cure for IgAN, and treatments can only focus on slowing the progress of the disease and preventing complications; and

WHEREAS, Approximately 20 to 40 percent of individuals who have IgAN will develop end-stage kidney disease and need dialysis or kidney transplantation to survive; and

WHEREAS, Today, there is hope on the horizon for IgAN patients with over 30 clinical trials underway and newly approved treatments for rare kidney diseases, including IgAN; and

WHEREAS, We need to raise awareness of IgA Nephropathy, provide support to patients, and promote the research needed to lead to better diagnosis and an eventual cure; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature proclaims May 14, 2024, as IgA Nephropathy Awareness Day; and be it further

Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.