Florida Senate - 2013                            (NP)    SR 1918
       
       
       
       By Senator Bullard
       
       
       
       
       39-05487-13                                           20131918__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing May 1, 2013, as “Go Blue Day”
    3         in the Florida Senate.
    4  
    5         WHEREAS, Huntington’s Disease (HD) is a devastating,
    6  hereditary, degenerative brain disorder for which there is, at
    7  present, no cure and only one FDA-approved treatment for a
    8  symptom of HD, and
    9         WHEREAS, HD slowly diminishes an affected individual’s
   10  ability to walk, talk, and reason, eventually rendering the
   11  individual totally dependent upon others for his or her care,
   12  and
   13         WHEREAS, HD profoundly affects the lives of entire
   14  families, emotionally, socially, and economically, and
   15         WHEREAS, advocates for those diagnosed with HD and their
   16  family members have adopted the color blue as a part of their
   17  campaign for a cure, and
   18         WHEREAS, as a gesture of solidarity in showing support for
   19  all affected by HD, the members of the Florida Senate have been
   20  invited to “show their blue,” NOW, THEREFORE,
   21  
   22  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
   23  
   24         That May 1, 2013 is recognized as “Go Blue Day” in the
   25  Florida Senate.