Bruce Willis’ wife advocates for passage of dementia bill

(The Center Square) – Emma Heming Willis, wife of movie star Bruce Willis, joined lawmakers in the California Capitol on Monday to push for passage of a bill that would track cases of frontotemporal degeneration, the type of dementia her husband has.

The bill Emma Heming Willis advocated for, Senate Bill 1047, authored by Sen. Roger Niello, R-Fair Oaks, would require the California Department of Public Health to collect data on FTD.

The department already collects data on Huntington’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, Alzheimer’s and multiple sclerosis, among other illnesses.

SB 1047 was placed in the Assembly’s suspense file on July 1, right before the Legislature adjourned for their one-month summer break. The Legislature reconvened on Monday and has one more month to pass bills before it adjourns for the rest of the year. At that point, any unpassed bills in the Assembly effectively d...