PRINTER'S NO. 923
No. 57 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY KOSINSKI, ITKIN, HAYES, NOYE, STABACK, RYBAK,
LEVIN, MRKONIC, WOZNIAK, DAWIDA, MORRIS, ACOSTA, TRELLO,
DeLUCA, BELARDI, KASUNIC, DEAL, PISTELLA, BORTNER, PETRARCA,
DALEY, SWEET, COLAFELLA, ANGSTADT, DORR, JOHNSON, SCHULER,
PHILLIPS, J. L. WRIGHT, FOX, KENNEY, PERZEL, POTT, CHADWICK,
MERRY, GEIST, GANNON, PITTS, VROON, GRUPPO AND WESTON,
APRIL 9, 1985
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, APRIL 10, 1985
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
1 Granting honorary status as citizens of Pennsylvania to William
2 and Hannah Penn.
3 WHEREAS, William and Hannah Penn made significant
4 contributions to early America yet they never became American
5 citizens since America did not exist until many years after
6 their deaths; and
7 WHEREAS, Many of the liberties and rights which we enjoy
8 today can be traced to William Penn's "Concessions and
9 Agreements"; and
10 WHEREAS, Penn's "Holy Experiment," based largely upon the
11 doctrine of religious toleration with civil rights became an
12 important facet in early American life; therefore be it
13 RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly
14 of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania grant honorary Pennsylvania
15 citizenship status unto William and Hannah Penn, the founders of
1 this great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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