--- title: HR 1225. Chronic Kidney Disease Awareness Month in Georgia; March 2026; raise awareness of the need for research, screening programs, and access to care for individuals who suffer from chronic kidney disease; recognize collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hr1225 cite_as: HR 1225, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1225 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1225.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1225/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/72819 date: 2026-02-03 status: passed corpus_version: bills-2026-09-13 license: Public record of the Georgia General Assembly, via LegiScan; see about.md publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1224.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1226.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 131 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1225.md?full=1 bill_number: HR 1225 session: 2025-2026 Regular Session session_slug: 2025-2026 chamber: House bill_type: resolution status_date: 2026-02-03 last_action: House Read and Adopted sponsors: - Kim Schofield - Viola Davis - Sandra Scott - Rhonda Burnough text_version: Introduced has_text: true legiscan_url: https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HR1225/2025 upstream_id: 2106759 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - chronic kidney disease - public health awareness - health screening - medical research --- # HR 1225. Chronic Kidney Disease Awareness Month in Georgia; March 2026; raise awareness of the need for research, screening programs, and access to care for individuals who suffer from chronic kidney disease; recognize ## Text House Resolution 1225 By: Representatives Schofield of the 63rd, Davis of the 87th, Scott of the 76th, and Burnough of the 77th A RESOLUTION Recognizing March 2026 as Chronic Kidney Disease Awareness Month in Georgia in order to raise awareness of the need for research, screening programs, and access to care for individuals who suffer from chronic kidney disease; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, more than one in seven individuals in the United States, totaling approximately 37 million Americans, are estimated to have chronic kidney disease (CKD), and approximately 90 percent of those individuals are unaware that they have CKD; and WHEREAS, while the two most common causes of kidney disease are hypertension and heart disease, the third leading cause of kidney disease is glomerulonephritis, often caused by rare, immune-mediated kidney diseases such as IgA nephropathy (IgAN) and Apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) mediated kidney disease gene; and WHEREAS, patients with glomerular diseases frequently advance to more costly and more debilitating later stages of kidney disease, including end-stage renal disease (ESRD), more quickly than patients with CKD in general, with estimates suggesting that rare kidney diseases make up 5-to-10 percent of CKD patients but account for approximately 25 percent of patients receiving treatment kidney failure; and WHEREAS, 90 percent of patients with CKD stages 1-3 are undiagnosed, when diagnosed it is often diagnosed in late stages of the disease when irreversible damage to the kidneys has already occurred; and WHEREAS, it is imperative to improve diagnosis and treatment of CKD through community-based programs that address awareness, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic kidney disease. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body recognize March 2026 as Chronic Kidney Disease Awareness Month in Georgia in order to raise awareness of the need for research, screening programs, and access to care for individuals who suffer from chronic kidney disease. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to make appropriate copies of this resolution available for distribution to the public and the press. ## Summaries written by Georgia Commons The following was written by claude-sonnet-5 from the text above and is not part of the resolution. Quote the text, not the summary. A Georgia House resolution designates March 2026 as Chronic Kidney Disease Awareness Month, highlighting the need for more research, screening, and access to care for kidney disease patients. ### Plain-language summary This resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives recognizes March 2026 as Chronic Kidney Disease Awareness Month in Georgia. It does not create any new law, program, or funding. Instead, it states the legislature's recognition of the scale of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the United States and the importance of raising public awareness about research, screening programs, and access to care for people who have it. The resolution cites background information, including estimates that about 37 million Americans have CKD and that most people with early-stage disease are undiagnosed. It also notes that certain rare kidney diseases contribute disproportionately to kidney failure cases. The resolution directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies to the public and press, but it does not change any Georgia statute or spend any state money. ### What it does - Formally recognizes March 2026 as Chronic Kidney Disease Awareness Month in the state of Georgia. - States the House's intent to raise awareness of the need for research, screening programs, and access to care for people with chronic kidney disease. - Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and distribute copies of the resolution to the public and press. - Creates no new funding, program, agency requirement, or change to Georgia law. ### Who it affects This resolution mainly affects public awareness efforts rather than any specific group with new legal obligations. It is relevant to Georgians living with chronic kidney disease, medical providers who screen for and treat kidney disease, and advocacy groups focused on kidney health. ### Why it matters Because this is a ceremonial resolution rather than a law, it does not change funding, screening requirements, or access to care directly. Its practical effect is to put the legislature's attention and public messaging behind kidney disease awareness during March 2026. ### Key provisions - The resolving clause recognizes March 2026 as Chronic Kidney Disease Awareness Month in Georgia to raise awareness of research, screening, and care access needs. - A further resolution directs the Clerk of the House to make copies available to the public and the press. - The whereas clauses cite background statistics on chronic kidney disease prevalence and diagnosis rates but do not carry legal force. ## Status - Status: Passed (2026-02-03) - Last action: House Read and Adopted (2026-02-03) - Sponsors: Kim Schofield, Viola Davis, Sandra Scott, Rhonda Burnough - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/72819 > The history, votes, and amendments (131 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1225.md?full=1