2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
LRB-0754/1
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June 6, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives Sinicki, Stroud, Stubbs, Ortiz-Velez, DeSmidt, Brown, Miresse, Kirsch, Clancy, Roe and Subeck, cosponsored by Senators Carpenter, Larson, Roys, Ratcliff, Wirch, Spreitzer, Hesselbein and Drake. Referred to Committee on Rules.
AJR64,1,1
1Relating to: designating June 2025 as Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month. AJR64,1,42Whereas, myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune neuromuscular disease 3that causes chronic weakness, in which antibodies attack receptors in the body and 4prevent muscle contraction; and AJR64,1,85Whereas, MG frequently weakens muscles that control eye movement, facial 6expressions, and swallowing, and its symptoms may include blurred vision, speech 7impairment, difficulty chewing, shortness of breath, an unstable gait, and a 8weakened grip; and AJR64,1,109Whereas, a diagnosis of MG may be missed or delayed because it shares 10symptoms in common with many other disorders; and AJR64,1,1411Whereas, in some cases, MG symptoms can worsen to the point of disability, 12grave illness, or death if there are gaps in or an absence of the several crucial health 13care treatments that can enable those who endure MG to lead productive, active 14lives of normal longevity; and AJR64,2,2
1Whereas, MG is found most commonly in adult women under 40 and men over 260 but is not specific to either gender or any particular ethnic background; and AJR64,2,33Whereas, MG is nonhereditary and noncontagious; and AJR64,2,54Whereas, 10 to 20 out of every 100,000 Americans are diagnosed with MG, 5and support groups exist in Wisconsin for those people; and AJR64,2,86Whereas, MG Awareness Month is observed every year in June across the 7United States, which allows people from the MG community to come together and 8raise awareness about MG; now, therefore, be it AJR64,2,109Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That June 2025 is 10hereby designated Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month in Wisconsin.
