evidence_text: Reps. Rogers, Conlin, Brabec, Farhat, MacDonell, Wozniak, Bezotte, McKinney, Paiz, Herzberg, McFall, Hood, Rheingans, Puri, Aiyash, Breen, Jaime Greene, Haadsma, Hill, Hope, Wilson, Witwer and Young offered the following resolution:
  
  House Resolution No. 250.
  
  A resolution to declare May 2024 as Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month in the state of Michigan. Whereas, Approximately 4.5 million children in the United States currently have asthma; and
  
  Whereas, Over 27 million people in the United States, have asthma and the numbers are increasing each year; and
  
  Whereas, Over 1 million adults and children in Michigan have asthma; and
  
  Whereas, Asthma is one of the most common noncommunicable diseases among children; and
  
  Whereas, Nearly 1.5 million individuals per year visit emergency departments because of asthma’s effects; and
  
  Whereas, Asthma is a leading cause of hospitalizations and school absences due to a chronic disease among children; and
  
  Whereas, The total economic cost of asthma in the United States was $81,900,000,000 per year from 2008 to 2013; and
  
  Whereas, Black, Hispanic, and Indigenous individuals in the United States face the highest burden of asthma; and
  
  Whereas, Asthma is a manageable disease that claimed the lives of over 3,500 Americans in 2021, including 94 people in Michigan; and
  
  Whereas, People with asthma and food allergies need access to affordable health insurance and to the medications and devices they need at affordable prices; and
  
  Whereas, Over 20 million people in the United States have food allergies, including about 4,300,000 children; and
  
  Whereas, Food allergy has increased among U.S. children over the past 20 years, with the greatest increase in Black children; and
  
  Whereas, Children with food allergies are two to four times more likely to have asthma or other allergic diseases; and
  
  Whereas, May is an appropriate month to designate as “Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month; now, therefore, be it
  
  Resolved by the House of Representatives, That the members of this legislative body declare May 2024 as Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month in the state of Michigan. We recognize residents who live with asthma and allergies and to be compassionate of those living with these conditions.
  
  The question being on the adoption of the resolution, The resolution was adopted.
  
  Reports of Standing Committees
  
  The Speaker laid before the House
  
  House Concurrent Resolution No. 13.
  
  A concurrent resolution to waive the legislative notice requirement for increases in rates of compensation for certain employees in the state classified service.
  
  (For text of concurrent resolution, see House Journal No. 33, p. 298.)
  
  (The concurrent resolution was reported by the Committee on Appropriations on April 24.) The question being on the adoption of the concurrent resolution,
  
  The concurrent resolution was adopted.
  
  Second Reading of Bills
  
  House Bill No. 4675, entitled
  
  A bill to amend 2003 PA 258, entitled “Land bank fast track act,” by amending sections 4, 13, and 14 (MCL 124.754, 124.763, and 124.764).
  
  Was read a second time, and the question being on the adoption of the proposed substitute (H-1) previously recommended by the Committee on Tax Policy,
  
  The substitute (H-1) was adopted, a majority of the members serving voting therefor. Rep. Grant moved that the bill be placed on the order of Third Reading of Bills.
  
  The motion prevailed.