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THIRD READING
Bill No: ACR 29
Author: Frazier (D), et al.
Amended: 4/20/15 in Assembly
Vote: 21
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: Read and adopted, 4/20/15
SUBJECT: Donate Life California Day: driver's license
SOURCE: Donate Life California
DIGEST: This resolution designates April 20, 2015, as
DMV/Donate Life California Day and the month of April 2015 as
DMV/Donate Life California Month, and encourages all
Californians to sign up with the Donate Life California Organ
and Tissue Donor Registry.
ANALYSIS: This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
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 the
lives of up to 50 others, and a single blood donation can help
three people in need.
2)More than 123,000 individuals nationwide and over 22,000
Californians are currently on the national organ transplant
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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.
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 that
their wishes to be an organ, eye, and tissue donor are
recognized and honored.
This resolution proclaims April 20, 2015, as DMV/Donate Life
California Day, and April 2015 as DMV/Donate Life California
Month. This resolution also encourages all Californians to
check "YES" when applying for or renewing a driver's license or
identification card, or by signing up at
www.donatelifecalifornia.org or www.donevidacalifornia.org.
Prior Legislation
ACR 125 (John A. Pérez, Resolution Chapter 27, Statutes of 2014)
designated April 7, 2014, as DMV/Donate Life California Day and
the month of April 2014 as DMV/Donate Life California Month.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:NoLocal: No
SUPPORT: (Verified4/27/15)
Donate Life California (source)
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OPPOSITION: (Verified4/27/15)
None received
Prepared by: Karen Chow / SFA / (916) 651-1520
4/28/15 15:31:10
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