BILL ANALYSIS Ó ACR 29 Page 1 ASSEMBLY THIRD READING ACR 29 (Frazier) As Amended April 13, 2015 Majority vote ------------------------------------------------------------------- |Committee |Votes|Ayes |Noes | | | | | | |---------------+-----+----------------------+----------------------| |Rules |11-0 |Gordon, Chang, Burke, | | | | |Campos, Cooley, Dodd, | | | | |Jones, Mayes, | | | | |Rodriguez, Waldron, | | | | |Wood | | ------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Designates April 20, 2015, as DMV/Donate Life California Day in the State of California and the month of April 2015, as DMV/Donate Life California Month. Specifically, this resolution makes the following legislative findings and declarations: 1)Organ, tissue, eye, and blood donation are compassionate and life-giving acts looked upon and recognized in the highest regard. A single individual's donation of heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, pancreas, and small intestine can save up to eight lives, the donation of tissue can save and enhance lives of up to 50 others, and a single blood donation can help save three people in need. 2)There are currently more than 123,000 individuals nationwide and over 22,000 Californians currently on the national organ ACR 29 Page 2 transplant wait list. While about one-third of these patients receive a transplant each year, another one-third die while waiting due to a shortage of donated organs. 3)A California resident can register with the Donate Life California Registry when applying for or renewing his or her driver's license or identification card at the Department of Motor Vehicles; which is on its tenth year as the official partner of Donate Life California. 4)Nearly 12 million Californians have joined together to save lives by signing up with the state-authorized Donate Life California Organ and Tissue Donor Registry to ensure their wishes of donating their organs are recognized and honored. 5)Minorities are more likely to need a life-saving transplant due higher incidences of hypertension, diabetes, and hepatitis, which are conditions that can potentially lead to organ failure. In California, Latinos make up 39% of those waiting for life-saving transplants, Pacific Islanders make up 20%, and African Americans another 12%. FISCAL EFFECT: None ACR 29 Page 3 Analysis Prepared by: Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800 FN: 0000126