HR1225: HR1225 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

This resolution does not change any Georgia law. Instead, the House of Representatives formally designates March 2026 as Chronic Kidney Disease Awareness Month in Georgia. The resolution cites statistics showing that roughly 37 million Americans have chronic kidney disease and that about 90 percent of people with early-stage disease do not know they have it. The resolution states the goal of the designation is to raise awareness of the need for research, screening programs, and access to care for people with chronic kidney disease. It also directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make copies of the resolution available to the public and the press. It carries no funding, penalties, or enforcement mechanisms.

• Formally designates March 2026 as Chronic Kidney Disease Awareness Month in the state of Georgia.
• States the purpose of the designation is to raise awareness of research needs, screening programs, and access to care for kidney disease patients.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and distribute copies of the resolution to the public and press.
• Creates no new law, funding, agency duties, or penalties, since resolutions are statements rather than binding legislation.

The resolution primarily affects public awareness efforts around chronic kidney disease. It touches people living with chronic kidney disease and related conditions like IgA nephropathy, health advocates and researchers focused on kidney disease, and the Clerk of the House, who must distribute copies of the resolution.

Because this is a resolution rather than a law, it does not create funding, screening programs, or new patient rights. Its practical effect is symbolic: it gives kidney disease advocates an official state designation to use in public education and awareness campaigns during March 2026.

• The whereas clauses cite that about 37 million Americans have chronic kidney disease and roughly 90 percent of early-stage cases go undiagnosed.
• The resolution notes glomerular diseases like IgA nephropathy and APOL1-mediated kidney disease often progress faster to kidney failure than typical CKD.
• The resolved clause formally recognizes March 2026 as Chronic Kidney Disease Awareness Month in Georgia.
• A further resolved clause directs the Clerk of the House to make copies available to the public and press, but sets no funding or program.

1. 2026-02-03House Read and Adopted (House)
2. 2026-02-03House First Readers (House)
3. 2026-02-03House Hopper (House)

• Kim Schofield (D, HD-063)Primary sponsor
• Viola Davis (D, HD-087)
• Sandra Scott (D, HD-076)
• Rhonda Burnough (D, HD-077)

• chronic kidney disease
• public health awareness
• kidney disease screening
• Georgia House resolutions