South Carolina H 5326: A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR PEGGY ANTHONY, FORMER TEACHER AND VOLLEYBALL COACH AT PICKENS HIGH SCHOOL, FOR HER OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SCHOOL AND THE PICKENS COMMUNITY.

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2025-2026 Bill 5326 Text of Previous Version (Mar. 05, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 5326

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A house RESOLUTION

TO RECOGNIZE MARCH 2026 AS "CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE 
AWARENESS MONTH" IN SOUTH CAROLINA IN ORDER TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE NEED FOR 
RESEARCH, SCREENING PROGRAMS, AND ACCESS TO CARE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO SUFFER 
FROM CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE.

Whereas, more than one 
in seven individuals in the United States, totaling approximately 37 million 
Americans, are estimated to have chronic kidney disease (CKD), and 
approximately 90% of those individuals are unaware that they have CKD; and

Whereas, while the two 
most common causes of kidney disease are hypertension and heart disease, the 
third-leading cause of kidney disease is glomerulonephritis, often caused by 
rare immune-mediated kidney diseases such as IgA nephropathy (IgAN)-mediated 
and Apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1)-mediated kidney disease gene; and

Whereas, patients with 
glomerular diseases frequently advance to more costly and more debilitating 
later stages of kidney disease, including end-stage renal disease (ESRD), more 
quickly than patients with CKD in general; and

Whereas, 90% of 
patients with CKD stages 1-3 are undiagnosed, and when diagnosed, such patients 
are often in late stages of the disease, when irreversible damage to the 
kidneys has already occurred; and

Whereas, it is 
imperative to improve diagnosis and treatment of CKD through community-based 
programs that address awareness, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic kidney 
disease. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

That the members of the 
South Carolina House of Representatives, 
by this resolution, recognize March 2026 as "Chronic Kidney Disease Awareness 
Month" in South Carolina in order to raise awareness of the need for research, 
screening programs, and access to care for individuals who suffer from chronic 
kidney disease.

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