SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 24105196D SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO.

46 IE Offered January 17, 2024 N Designating December, in 2024 and in each succeeding year, as Chest Wall Deformity Awareness TN Month in Virginia.

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now,and, therefore, be ititanization 4 RESOLVED byFINALLY, theThat Senate, the HouseClerk of Delegatesthe concurring,Senate Thatpost the Generaldesignation Assemblyof designatethis December,month inon 2024the andGeneral inAssembly's eachwebsite. succeeding year, as Chest Wall Deformity Awareness Month in Virginia;

andRESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit a copy of this resolution to the Nuss Center at Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters in Norfolk so that members of the organization may be apprised of the sense of the General Assembly of Virginia in this matter;

and, be it RESOLVED FINALLY, That the Clerk of the Senate post the designation of this month on the General Assembly's website.