PENNSYLVANIA, April 13 - PRINTER'S NO. 1575

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE RESOLUTION

No.

269

Session of

2026

INTRODUCED BY MALONE, BOSCOLA, LAUGHLIN, HAYWOOD, HUGHES,

COMITTA, TARTAGLIONE, CAPPELLETTI, STREET, VOGEL, PENNYCUICK,

COSTA AND KANE, APRIL 13, 2026

REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, APRIL 13, 2026

A RESOLUTION

Designating the month of May 2026 as "Amyotrophic Lateral

Sclerosis Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.

WHEREAS, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is better known

as Lou Gehrig's disease; and

WHEREAS, ALS is a fatal neurodegenerative disease

characterized by degeneration of cell bodies of the lower motor

neurons in the gray matter of the anterior horn of the spinal

cord; and

WHEREAS, The initial symptom of ALS is weakness of the

skeletal muscles, especially those of the extremities; and

WHEREAS, As ALS progresses, the ALS patient experiences

difficulty in swallowing, talking and breathing; and

WHEREAS, ALS eventually causes muscles to atrophy, and the

ALS patient becomes a functional quadriplegic; and

WHEREAS, ALS does not affect the ALS patient's mental

capacity, leaving the patient alert and aware of the patient's

loss of motor functions and the inevitable outcome of continued

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