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Resolution would name May 2026 ALS Awareness Month in Missouri
Summary
A representative asked the committee to proclaim May 2026 ALS Awareness Month to raise research funding and public support, citing roughly 5,000 new U.S. diagnoses per year and about 30,000 people living with ALS; the committee expressed support and took no recorded opposition.
A lawmaker presented a resolution asking the House to designate May 2026 as ALS Awareness Month to increase awareness, advocacy and support for research into amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly called Lou Gehrig’s disease.
"There is no cure at this point," the presenter said, summarizing the resolution’s goals to build public awareness and support research. The speaker cited statistics discussed during testimony: about 5,000 new ALS diagnoses in the United States each year and roughly 30,000 people living with the disease.
Committee members responded with support and personal reflections about the disease’s impact; no public opposition or formal questions that changed the resolution’s scope were recorded. The hearing concluded with the committee taking no recorded action in the transcript.
The resolution is declarative and aimed at awareness, not programmatic funding or changes to state services, and committee members generally characterized it as uncontroversial.
