Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As enacted, designates October 1 of each year as "APDS Day" to promote awareness of activated PI3K delta syndrome. - Amends TCA Title 15, Chapter 2. HB1492 has been assigned Publ, the official text

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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 585

                                                  HOUSE BILL NO. 1492

          By Representatives Slater, Scarbrough, Hardaway, Carringer, Davis, Bricken

                                       Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 2130

                                                     By Senator Yager

          AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 15, Chapter 2, relative to days of
special observance.

          WHEREAS, activated Pl3K delta syndrome ("APDS") is a rare primary
immunodeficiency that affects approximately one to two people per million; and

          WHEREAS, APDS is a genetic condition that occurs when there are variations to the
PIK3CD or PIK3R1 genes; and

          WHEREAS, people with APDS may suffer from a wide variety of symptoms, the most
common being frequent and severe infections of the ears, sinuses, and upper and lower
respiratory tracts, with infections usually beginning in infancy; and

          WHEREAS, people with APDS are susceptible to developmental delays, including
cognitive delays and growth delays; and

          WHEREAS, people with APDS are also susceptible to enteropathy, swollen lymph
nodes or an enlarged spleen (splenomegaly) and autoimmune and inflammatory systems
issues, and may be at higher risk for cancers like lymphoma; and

          WHEREAS, APDS has a median diagnostic delay of seven years; an accurate diagnosis
of APDS can be a relief for people who have been misdiagnosed or undiagnosed for years;
even those who are diagnosed earlier in infancy or childhood, and with the correct diagnosis,
more appropriate treatments can be started; and

          WHEREAS, APDS can be definitively diagnosed by a genetic test, and it is
recommended that all family members of people who have been positively diagnosed with
APDS also be tested, since APDS is an inherited genetic condition; now, therefore,

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 15, Chapter 2, is amended by adding the
following as a new section:

                    October 1 of every year is observed as "APDS Day," to raise awareness for
          activated Pl3K delta syndrome, and to bring attention to Tennesseans who are suffering
          from this disease.

          SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
         HOUSE BILL NO. 1492

PASSED:  February 23, 2026

                            CAMEROlWll!XTON,SPEAKER
                            HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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<Vbx& APPROVED this .l,_tJ,.. day of                       2026

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BILL LEE, GOVERNOR