HR 473 — A Resolution designating the month of May 2026 as "Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.

Congress · introduced 2026-04-09

Latest action: — (Remarks see House Journal Page ), May 5, 2026

Action timeline

2026-04-09 · house — Referred to HEALTH, April 9, 2026
2026-04-14 · house — Reported as committed, April 14, 2026
2026-05-05 · house — Adopted, May 5, 2026 (200-1)
2026-05-05 · house — (Remarks see House Journal Page ), May 5, 2026

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Bill text

Printer's No. 3157 · 2,847 characters · source document

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PRINTER'S NO.   3157

                  THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



           HOUSE RESOLUTION
              No. 473
                                              Session of
                                                2026

     INTRODUCED BY CUTLER, MULLINS, VITALI, WEAKNECHT, VENKAT,
        ISAACSON, FEE, McNEILL, GREINER, ANDERSON, BERNSTINE, STAATS,
        PICKETT, RAPP, FREEMAN, SAMUELSON, KRUEGER, HAMM, GUENST,
        RIVERA, KUTZ, DALEY, SAPPEY, BRENNAN, KAUFFMAN, HOHENSTEIN,
        PASHINSKI, COOPER, DOUGHERTY, NEILSON, SANCHEZ, CIRESI,
        GALLAGHER, FLOOD, ROWE, CAUSER, MOUL, GILLEN, STENDER,
        SCHEUREN, CURRY AND M. MACKENZIE, APRIL 8, 2026

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, APRIL 9, 2026


                               A RESOLUTION
 1   Designating the month of May 2026 as "Amyotrophic Lateral
 2      Sclerosis Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
 3      WHEREAS, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is better known
 4   as Lou Gehrig's disease; and
 5      WHEREAS, ALS is a fatal neurodegenerative disease
 6   characterized by degeneration of cell bodies of the lower motor
 7   neurons in the gray matter of the anterior horn of the spinal
 8   cord; and
 9      WHEREAS, The initial symptom of ALS is weakness of the
10   skeletal muscles, especially those of the extremities; and
11      WHEREAS, As ALS progresses, the ALS patient experiences
12   difficulty in swallowing, talking and breathing; and
13      WHEREAS, ALS eventually causes muscles to atrophy, and the
14   ALS patient becomes a functional quadriplegic; and
15      WHEREAS, ALS does not affect the ALS patient's mental
 1   capacity, leaving the patient alert and aware of the patient's
 2   loss of motor functions and the inevitable outcome of continued
 3   deterioration and death; and
 4      WHEREAS, ALS occurs in adulthood, most commonly between 40
 5   and 70 years of age, with an average age of 55 at the time of
 6   diagnosis; and
 7      WHEREAS, ALS is 20% more common among men than women; and
 8      WHEREAS, Approximately 5,000 new ALS patients are diagnosed
 9   annually; and
10      WHEREAS, On average, patients diagnosed with ALS only survive
11   two to five years from the time of diagnosis; and
12      WHEREAS, ALS has no known cause, prevention or cure; and
13      WHEREAS, "Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month"
14   increases public awareness of ALS patients' circumstances,
15   acknowledges the terrible impact this disease has on ALS
16   patients and their families and recognizes the research being
17   done to eradicate this horrible disease; therefore be it
18      RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
19   month of May 2026 as "Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness
20   Month" in Pennsylvania.




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date	type	to	amount	role	source
—	referred_to_committee	Pennsylvania House Health Committee	—		pa-leg

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Pennsylvania House Health Committee

Who matters

Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.

#	Member	Role	Voted	Score
1	Bryan Cutler (R, state_lower PA-100)	sponsor	—	5
2	Aaron Bernstine (R, state_lower PA-8)	cosponsor	—	1
3	Ann Flood (R, state_lower PA-138)	cosponsor	—	1
4	Arvind Venkat (D, state_lower PA-30)	cosponsor	—	1
5	Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, state_lower PA-153)	cosponsor	—	1
6	Brenda M. Pugh (R, state_lower PA-120)	cosponsor	—	1
7	Carol Kazeem (D, state_lower PA-159)	cosponsor	—	1
8	Christina D. Sappey (D, state_lower PA-158)	cosponsor	—	1
9	Craig T. Staats (R, state_lower PA-145)	cosponsor	—	1
10	Dan Moul (R, state_lower PA-91)	cosponsor	—	1
11	Daniel J. Deasy (D, state_lower PA-27)	cosponsor	—	1
12	Dave Madsen (D, state_lower PA-104)	cosponsor	—	1
13	David H. Rowe (R, state_lower PA-85)	cosponsor	—	1
14	Donna Scheuren (R, state_lower PA-147)	cosponsor	—	1
15	Ed Neilson (D, state_lower PA-174)	cosponsor	—	1
16	Eddie DAY Pashinski (D, state_lower PA-121)	cosponsor	—	1
17	Eric J. Weaknecht (R, state_lower PA-5)	cosponsor	—	1
18	Eric R. Nelson (R, state_lower PA-57)	cosponsor	—	1
19	Gina H. Curry (D, state_lower PA-164)	cosponsor	—	1
20	Greg Vitali (D, state_lower PA-166)	cosponsor	—	1
21	Jeanne McNeill (D, state_lower PA-133)	cosponsor	—	1
22	Jeremy Shaffer (R, state_lower PA-28)	cosponsor	—	1
23	Jill N. Cooper (R, state_lower PA-55)	cosponsor	—	1
24	Joe Ciresi (D, state_lower PA-146)	cosponsor	—	1
25	Joe Hamm (R, state_lower PA-84)	cosponsor	—	1

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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)

By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no

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2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Health Committee · pa-leg

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