PRINTER'S NO. 154
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
38
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY MATZIE, SNYDER, BIZZARRO, READSHAW, D. COSTA,
MAHONEY, SCHWEYER, BISHOP, KINSEY, FREEMAN, LONGIETTI, DAVIS,
SCHLOSSBERG, DRISCOLL, THOMAS, HARHART, MACKENZIE, DEASY,
KORTZ, MURT, FRANKEL, CALTAGIRONE, DAY, J. HARRIS, COHEN,
KAUFFMAN, DAVIDSON, DONATUCCI, O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, RAVENSTAHL,
STURLA, GRELL, KAVULICH, McCARTER, HENNESSEY, KOTIK AND
WATSON, JANUARY 23, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, JANUARY 23, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Urging the Governor to issue a proclamation to observe January
30, 2015, as "Pennsylvanians with Disabilities Day" in
Pennsylvania, and requesting the Governor to appoint a
committee to investigate and recommend how the Commonwealth
can best commemorate "Pennsylvanians with Disabilities Day"
on an annual basis to recognize residents with disabilities
who have distinguished themselves and this Commonwealth in
the spirit of the late President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
WHEREAS, The act of May 26, 1988 (P.L.413, No.71), designated
January 30, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's birthday, as "Day of the
Disabled"; and
WHEREAS, The act of June 2, 1993 (P.L.44, No.14), amended the
act of May 26, 1988 (P.L.413, No.71), to designate January 30,
Franklin Delano Roosevelt's birthday, as "Pennsylvanians with
Disabilities Day"; and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvanians with Disabilities Day is meant,
according to the act of June 2, 1993 (P.L.44, No.14), to
recognize and honor "citizens of Pennsylvania who have
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