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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SCR 81
Author: Monning (D)
Amended: 3/24/14
Vote: 21
SENATE FLOOR : 32-0, 3/6/14 (Consent)
AYES: Anderson, Beall, Berryhill, Block, Cannella, Corbett, De
Le�n, DeSaulnier, Evans, Fuller, Galgiani, Hancock, Hill,
Hueso, Huff, Jackson, Knight, Lara, Leno, Lieu, Liu, Mitchell,
Monning, Nielsen, Pavley, Roth, Steinberg, Torres, Vidak,
Wolk, Wyland, Yee
NO VOTE RECORDED: Calderon, Correa, Gaines, Hernandez, Padilla,
Walters, Wright, Vacancy
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 76-0, 4/3/14 (Consent) - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : California Essential Tremor Awareness Month
SOURCE : International Essential Tremor Foundation
DIGEST : This resolution designates March 2014 as California
Essential Tremor Awareness Month.
Assembly Amendments make a technical correction.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1.Essential tremor is a neurological condition that affects an
estimated 10 million Americans and causes uncontrollable
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muscle movements and shaking of the hands, legs, head, and
voice of those affected. Although not confined to the
elderly, approximately 5% of people between 40 and 60 years of
age are affected and an estimated 9% of people over 60 years
of age experience symptoms of essential tremor.
2.Essential tremor is the most common form of neurological
movement disorders and is often misdiagnosed as Parkinson's
disease, dystonia, or a condition of aging. The National
Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke estimates that
the disorder is eight times more common than Parkinson's
disease.
3.Californians suffering from essential tremor face great
hardships in performing activities essential to our daily
lives such as eating, drinking, grooming, writing, and
communicating with others. While essential tremor is not life
threatening, the disruption to daily habits can be a major
drain on a patient's quality of life and may often lead to
feelings of embarrassment and reoccurring depression.
4.There is no definitive cure for essential tremor, and while
there are some effective drug therapies available for
treatment, no medication has yet been developed to exclusively
treat the disorder.
5.Increasing public awareness of essential tremor is critical to
generate funding for research needed to better understand the
condition and develop more effective therapies or medications.
Building a greater public awareness of essential tremor can
also aide in more effective diagnosis of the disorder.
This resolution designates the month of March 2014 as California
Essential Tremor Awareness Month to generate public awareness
about the most common neurological condition that affects the
quality of life for an estimated 10 million Americans.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 4/3/14)
International Essential Tremor Foundation (source)
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 76-0, 4/3/14
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AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian
Calderon, Campos, Chau, Ch�vez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley,
Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox,
Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon,
Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hern�ndez, Holden, Jones,
Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal, Maienschein,
Mansoor, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian,
Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, V. Manuel P�rez,
Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas,
Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski,
Wilk, Williams, Yamada, John A. P�rez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Gorell, Gray, Grove, Vacancy
JL:ek 4/4/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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