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AR SR16
Resolution
Status
3/18/2015
Primary Sponsor
Joyce Elliott
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AI Summary
SR 16 Summary
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Recognizes Betty Flanagan Bumpers, former First Lady of Arkansas and wife of former Governor and U.S. Senator Dale Bumpers, for her lifelong dedication to promoting childhood immunization.
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Acknowledges her leadership of the "Every Child by '74" campaign that immunized over 350,000 Arkansas children in one day, raising the state's immunization rate from one of the lowest to one of the highest in the nation.
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Recognizes her role in launching the national "Every Child by Two" campaign in 1991 with former First Lady Rosalynn Carter and the Carter Center, which achieved a 90% immunization rate for children under 2 and led to the creation of the Betty and Dale Bumpers Vaccine Research Center in 1999.
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Encourages Arkansas families to consult with healthcare professionals about the benefits of childhood immunizations in response to serious health events and increasing numbers of unvaccinated children.
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Directs the Secretary of the Senate to present a copy of the resolution to Mrs. Bumpers upon adoption.
Legislative Description
To Recognize Betty Flanagan Bumpers For Her Work To Promote Childhood Immunization; And To Encourage Arkansas Families To Consider Seriously The Importance Of Childhood Immunization.
Last Action
Sine Die adjournment
4/22/2015