PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 650
PRINTER'S NO. 738
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
621
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY COMITTA, KANE, BREWSTER, SANTARSIERO, FONTANA,
BARTOLOTTA, TARTAGLIONE, COSTA, HUTCHINSON, STEFANO, ROBINSON
AND STREET, APRIL 25, 2023
SENATOR LANGERHOLC, TRANSPORTATION, AS AMENDED, MAY 10, 2023
AN ACT
Designating the portion of Pennsylvania Route 41 (Gap Newport
Pike) from the intersection with Bernard Avenue in
Cochranville, West Fallowfield Township, Chester County, to
the intersection with Highland Road in Cochranville, West
Fallowfield Township, Chester County, as the Corporal Brandon
Hardy Memorial Highway.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Corporal Brandon Hardy Memorial Highway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds that:
(1) Brandon Michael Hardy, born March 8, 1981, was a
resident of Cochranville, Chester County, and was the oldest
of four children.
(2) Corporal Hardy graduated from Octorara High School
in 1999 and enrolled at CAT-Brandywine Vocational Technical
School in the culinary arts program and was awarded the
Outstanding Culinary Arts Co-Op Student Award.
(3) After seeing news coverage of Operation Desert Storm
in 1991, Corporal Hardy was inspired to join the military and
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later decided to join the United States Air Force in 1999.
(4) Corporal Hardy was stationed in Germany for two
years and served three years at Fairchild Air Force Base in
Spokane, Washington.
(5) While serving at these duty stations, Corporal Hardy
was deployed three times to the Middle East, serving in Saudi
Arabia, Oman and the United Arab Emirates.
(6) In an extraordinary move, Corporal Hardy decided to
forgo his rank and pay to basically start over and enlist as
a member of the United States Marine Corps.
(7) After advanced infantry training, Corporal Hardy
moved on to Camp Pendleton where he graduated at the top of
the class at the Assault Amphibian Training School, serving
as crew chief of an assault amphibian vehicle assigned to the
3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I
Marine Expeditionary Force.
(8) Corporal Hardy was deployed to Iraq on March 27,
2006.
(9) On April 15, 2006, in the early morning hours, at
the Haditha Dam area in Anbar Province, Iraq, Corporal Hardy
was returning to base camp after an aid and assist mission
when the vehicle in which he was a passenger struck an IED.
(10) Three of the five passengers of the Humvee were
mortally wounded, including Corporal Hardy, who was killed in
action.
(11) As a member of the United States Marine Corps,
Corporal Hardy received the following awards:
(i) Purple Heart.
(ii) Combat Action Ribbon.
(iii) Good Conduct Medal.
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(iv) National Defense Service Medal.
(v) Iraq Campaign Medal.
(vi) Global War on Terrorism Service Medal.
(vii) Sea Service Deployment Ribbon.
(viii) Hawaiian Medal of Honor by the State of
Hawaii.
(b) Designation.--The portion of Pennsylvania Route 41 (Gap
Newport Pike) from the intersection with Bernard Avenue in
Cochranville, West Fallowfield Township, Chester County, to the
intersection with Highland Road in Cochranville, West
Fallowfield Township, Chester County, is designated as the
Corporal Brandon Hardy Memorial Highway.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to
traffic in both directions on the highway.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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