Assembly Concurrent Resolution
No. 51
CHAPTER 60
Relative to Donate Life/DMV Partnership Month.
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Filed with
Secretary of State
May 18, 2023.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACR 51, Hart.
Donate Life/DMV Partnership Month.
This measure would proclaim the month of April 2023 as Donate Life/DMV Partnership Month in California and would encourage all Californians to register with the Donate Life California Organ & Tissue Donor Registry.
Digest Key
Fiscal Committee:
NO WHEREAS, Organ, eye, tissue, marrow, and blood donations are life-giving acts recognized worldwide as expressions of compassion to those in need; and
WHEREAS, More than 100,000 individuals nationwide and more than 20,000 in California are currently on the national organ transplant waiting list and, on average, 17 people die each day while waiting; and
WHEREAS, The need for donated organs is especially urgent in Hispanic, Latino, and African American communities; and
WHEREAS, A single individual’s donation of the heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, pancreas, and small intestine can save up to eight lives; and
WHEREAS, A donation of tissue can save and heal the lives of more than 75 other individuals; and
WHEREAS, Organ donors saved more than 42,000 lives last year, the most ever; and
WHEREAS, Any person can register to be an organ, eye, and tissue donor, regardless of age or medical conditions; and
WHEREAS, Being a registered donor does not impact the quality of life-saving medical care a person receives in an emergency; and
WHEREAS, California residents can sign up to be an organ, eye, and tissue donor when applying for or renewing their driver’s licenses or identification cards at the Department of Motor Vehicles; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That in recognition of the month of April as National Donate Life Month, the Legislature proclaims the month of April 2023 as Donate Life/DMV Partnership Month in the State of California; and be it further
Resolved, That in doing so, the Legislature encourages all Californians to register with the Donate Life California Organ & Tissue Donor Registry by checking “YES!” for organ and tissue donation when applying for or renewing a driver’s license or identification card or by signing up at https://donatelifecalifornia.org/ or https://donevidacalifornia.org/; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.