Louisiana legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Louisiana SR191: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates Thursday, May 28, 2026, as IgA Nephropathy Awareness Day in Louisiana.
Status: Passed both chambers, June 1, 2026
What the bill says
A resolution To designate Thursday, May 28, 2026, as IgA Nephropathy Awareness Day in Louisiana.
From the introduced text:
A RESOLUTION To designate Thursday, May 28, 2026, as IgA Nephropathy Awareness Day in Louisiana. WHEREAS, more than one in seven American adults are estimated to have chronic kidney disease (CKD), yet as many as nine in ten American adults with CKD do not know they have it; and WHEREAS, at least 15 percent of Medicare beneficiaries have been diagnosed with chronic kidney disease; and WHEREAS, the two most common causes of kidney disease are hypertension and heart disease, while the third leading cause of kidney disease is glomerulonephritis, often caused by rare, immune-mediated kidney diseases such as IgA nephropathy (IgAN); and WHEREAS, patients with glomerular diseases frequently advance to more costly and debilitating later stages of kidney disease, including end-stage renal disease (ESRD), more quickly than patients with CKD in general, with estimates suggesting that rare kidney diseases make up 5 to 10 percent of CKD patients but account for approximately 25 percent of patients receiving treatment for kidney failure; and WHEREAS, patients often face delays in being diagnosed with IgAN and other immune-mediated kidney diseases, owing to the difficulty of the rare disease diagnostic odyssey, the limited number of nephrology providers, and lack of awareness about the Page 1 of SLS 26RS-4620 ORIGINAL SR NO. causes of kidney disease; and WHEREAS, kidney disease, including IgAN, presents a significant …
Sponsors
- Owen, Robert (R, 1) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate and sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/2/2026.
- : Read by title and adopted.
- : Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
Common questions
- What is SR191?
- SR191 is a bill in the Louisiana Legislature (2026 Regular Session): SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates Thursday, May 28, 2026, as IgA Nephropathy Awareness Day in Louisiana.
- What does SR191 do?
- In its own words: A resolution To designate Thursday, May 28, 2026, as IgA Nephropathy Awareness Day in Louisiana.
- What is the status of SR191?
- Passed both chambers as of June 1, 2026. Latest action: Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate and sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/2/2026. (June 1, 2026).
- Who sponsored SR191?
- Owen, Robert (R, 1).
- Where is the official record for SR191?
- On the Louisiana Legislature website: https://legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?s=26RS&b=SR191
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