Urging the United States Congress to support and enact the Ahmad Butler Pediatric Cancer HOPE for a Cure Act and calling for federal action to recognize and respond to pediatric cancer with national emergency-level urgency while also calling upon the President of the United States to consider declaring a national emergency concerning pediatric cancer under the National Emergencies Act.

260747 · Resolution · Adopted

Sponsors: Anthony Phillips, Brian J. O'Neill, Cindy Bass, Curtis Jones Jr., Isaiah Thomas, Jamie Gauthier, Jeffery Young Jr., Jim Harrity, Katherine Gilmore Richardson, Kendra Brooks, Kenyatta Johnson, Mark Squilla, Mike Driscoll, Nicolas O'Rourke, Nina Ahmad, Quetcy Lozada, Rue Landau

Timeline

• Sep 17, 2026: Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar (City Council)
• Sep 24, 2026: Adopted (City Council)