Relative to Profound Autism Day.

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Marie Alvarado-Gil and 3 co-sponsors

Designates a Profound Autism Day to raise awareness, highlight supports, and encourage inclusion and policy efforts for individuals with profound autism and their families.

Read. Adopted. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3695.)

Summary of SR 89 (Session 2025-2026) – Relative to Profound Autism Day

Purpose and intent

SR 89 designates a day to recognize and honor individuals with profound autism and to raise awareness of the needs, challenges, and contributions of those affected, their families, and caregivers.

The resolution functions as a commemorative measure, signaling the Legislature’s acknowledgment of profound autism and related advocacy efforts.

Key provisions and changes

Proclaims a specific day as Profound Autism Day within the state, intended to:

Raise public awareness about profound autism spectrum disorder.
Highlight supports, services, and resources available to individuals with profound autism and their families.
Encourage education, inclusion, and policies that improve quality of life for affected individuals.

As a concurrent resolution, it does not create new substantive laws or funding programs by itself but expresses the Legislature’s position and intent.

Who or what would be affected

While SR 89 is primarily symbolic, its impact includes:

Public awareness: Focuses attention on profound autism in media, schools, healthcare, and community settings.
Advocacy alignment: Encourages stakeholders (families, providers, educators, policymakers) to highlight needs and best practices for profound autism.
No direct fiscal impact or new statutory mandates are created by the resolution itself.

Procedural and timeline aspects

Introduction and referral: Introduced and referred to the Committee on Rules (RLS) on March 17, 2026.

Committee action: On March 25, 2026, the resolution was ordered to third reading from the Rules Committee.

Floor action: On March 26, 2026, SR 89 was read and adopted with a 36-0 vote (noes: 0), indicating unanimous support on the floor.

Status: Adopted as a concurrent resolution; typically, such measures require simple majority approval and do not require action by the governor to take effect, since they are expressions of legislative intention rather than enforceable law.

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