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AL HJR109

Joint Resolution

Official Source

Status

Passed

5/30/2019

Primary Sponsor

Pebblin Warren

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Origin

House of Representatives

Regular Session 2019

AI Summary

  • Names a portion of Highway 81 in Macon County from mile marker 6 to mile marker 9 as the Tuskegee Syphilis Study Memorial Highway
  • Honors the memory of study participants, recognizing the unethical and inhumane treatment they endured in the 1932-1972 medical experiment
  • Documents that more than 100 participants died as a result of the study, which deliberately denied treatment to subjects for 25 years after a cure for syphilis was known and publicly available
  • Requests appropriate officials to place and maintain signs or markers along the designated highway section
  • Adopted by the House on April 16, 2019 and by the Senate on May 30, 2019

Legislative Description

Tuskegee Syphilis Study Memorial Highway, portion of Highway 81 in Macon County, named

Resolutions, Designation

Last Action

Delivered to Governor at 1:35 p.m. on May 30, 2019.

5/30/2019

Committee Referrals

Rules4/16/2019
Rules4/9/2019

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