(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.
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