PRINTER'S NO. 3073
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
720
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY MATZIE, McCARTER, SNYDER, KULIK, READSHAW,
PASHINSKI, J. McNEILL, LONGIETTI, THOMAS, YOUNGBLOOD,
KIRKLAND, MILLARD, CALTAGIRONE, KINSEY, SCHLOSSBERG,
DiGIROLAMO, MARSICO, ENGLISH, MURT, GOODMAN, HILL-EVANS,
SCHWEYER, GILLEN, M. QUINN, SCHLEGEL CULVER AND WARREN,
MARCH 6, 2018
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MARCH 6, 2018
A RESOLUTION
Designating the week of March 11 through 17, 2018, as "Sunshine
Week" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, The basic principles of freedom of speech and
freedom of the press guaranteed in the Constitution of the
United States are fundamental to our national heritage; and
WHEREAS, Since 2005, the American Society of News Editors and
the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association and its members, which
include all of this Commonwealth's 76 daily newspapers, 176
nondaily and collegiate news publications and 8 online-only news
organizations annually observe "Sunshine Week" in mid-March,
coinciding with James Madison's birthday on March 16, as a
nonpartisan, nonprofit initiative to illustrate the importance
of open government and public access to government records and
meetings; and
WHEREAS, "Sunshine Week" participation by nonjournalism
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