CONDOLENCES: Expresses the condolences of the legislature on the death of Eric Anthony, Jr.

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Delisha Boyd and 6 co-sponsors

Recognizes April 2025 as National Donate Life Month and urges Delaware residents to register as organ, eye, and tissue donors, boosting awareness and donor registrations.

Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.

Summary — HCR 34 (Concurrent Resolution)

Status
- Classification: Concurrent resolution
- Introduced: November 20, 2024
- Final procedural status: Passed both chambers, enrolled and signed by legislative leaders, and on 2025-05-09 taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State (per legislative actions listed).

Note on document inconsistency
- The provided metadata/title ("CONDOLENCES: Expresses the condolences of the legislature on the death of Eric Anthony, Jr.") does not match the main body of the resolution provided. The primary body of the text recognizes National Donate Life Month (April 2025) and encourages organ, eye, and tissue donation. A separate, unrelated draft concerning an Article V convention of the states (appearing to be from Hawaii) is also appended in the document. This summary focuses on the substantive resolution text that was advanced through the legislature (National Donate Life Month recognition), as indicated by the bill text and the recorded legislative actions.

Purpose and intent
- To recognize April 2025 as “National Donate Life Month” in the state and to acknowledge and encourage organ, eye, and tissue donation — honoring donors, donor families, living donors, and the professionals and organizations involved in transplantation.

Key provisions and language
- Officially recognizes April 2025 as “National Donate Life Month.”
- Acknowledges and promotes:
- National transplant waiting list statistics (approximately 104,000 Americans waiting; another person added every 8 minutes; average ~17 deaths per day due to lack of donated organs).
- Regional and state-level data (more than 5,000 people awaiting transplants in the Gift of Life Donor Program region; more than 350 Delawareans on the transplant waiting list).
- Positive national milestones and participation (UNOS: >48,000 transplants in 2024; more than 161 million U.S. adults registered donors).
- Delaware-specific participation: ~48% of Delawareans have organ donor designation on driver’s license/state ID.
- Encourages Delaware residents to register in the National Donate Life Registry (www.registerme.org) or at local DelDOT centers and to learn about living donation (DonateLife.net).
- Honors the role of Gift of Life Donor Program, state agencies (Division of Motor Vehicles, Department of Health and Social Services), medical professionals, donor families and living donors.

Who is affected / impacted
- Primarily symbolic and public-awareness focused: Delaware residents, potential donors, donor families, transplant patients, healthcare providers, and state agencies that facilitate donor registration.
- No new regulatory requirements, funding authorizations, or enforceable mandates are created by this resolution.

Procedural/timeline aspects
- The resolution moved through committee and calendar steps in spring 2025, was adopted in both chambers (House voice vote; Senate 21–0 recorded in one entry), enrolled and signed by the legislative leadership, and transmitted to the Secretary of State on 2025-05-09. A companion measure is SCR 4.

Practical effect
- Primarily ceremonial and educational: it encourages registration and public awareness around organ, eye, and tissue donation. It does not create legal obligations, appropriate funds, or change statutory law.