HR1356: HR1356 Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week; March 8-14, 2026; recognize

This resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives designates March 8-14, 2026 as Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week. It does not change any law or spend any state money; it is a ceremonial statement recognizing multiple sclerosis (MS), a disease of the central nervous system that affects nearly 1 million people in the United States, and praising the National Multiple Sclerosis Society for decades of research funding and support for patients. The resolution directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare a copy for distribution to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. It contains no enforcement mechanism, funding, or regulatory change, and its only concrete action is the formal designation of the awareness week and the directive to share the resolution with the named organization.

• Formally designates March 8-14, 2026 as Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week in the Georgia House of Representatives.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and distribute a copy of the resolution to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
• Makes no changes to Georgia law, creates no funding, and imposes no requirements on any state agency or private party.

The resolution mainly affects the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, which receives formal recognition, and by extension Georgians living with multiple sclerosis, since the resolution highlights the disease and the organization's research efforts.

Because this is a ceremonial resolution rather than a law, it does not change anyone's rights, duties, or funding. Its practical effect is symbolic: raising public awareness of multiple sclerosis and formally thanking an advocacy organization for its work.

• The whereas clauses describe multiple sclerosis, noting it affects nearly 1 million people in the United States and has no known cure.
• The resolving clause formally recognizes March 8-14, 2026 as Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week in the House of Representatives.
• A further resolution clause directs the Clerk of the House to make a copy available for distribution to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

1. 2026-02-12House Read and Adopted (House)
2. 2026-02-12House First Readers (House)
3. 2026-02-12House Hopper (House)

• Tim Fleming (R, HD-114)Primary sponsor
• Sharon Cooper (R, HD-045)
• Miriam Paris (D, HD-142)
• Reynaldo Martinez (R, HD-111)
• Bruce Williamson (R, HD-112)

• multiple sclerosis
• public health awareness
• ceremonial resolution
• disease research