PRINTER'S NO. 3545
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2168
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY WARNER, VEREB, COX, HENNESSEY, MARSHALL, PICKETT,
BAKER, DUSH, SONNEY, MILLARD, MALONEY, READSHAW, METZGAR,
BIZZARRO, COHEN, ELLIS, WENTLING, WARD, KNOWLES, O'NEILL,
MILNE, MUSTIO, SAYLOR, HAHN, D. PARKER, TOEPEL, PAYNE,
HARHART, REESE, MAHONEY, YOUNGBLOOD, DiGIROLAMO, D. COSTA,
KINSEY, MURT, REGAN, MAJOR, CAUSER, WHEELAND, GOODMAN AND
A. HARRIS, JUNE 16, 2016
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 16, 2016
AN ACT
Designating a portion of State Route 51 in Fayette County as the
Officer Richard Champion Memorial Highway.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Officer Richard Champion Memorial Highway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Officer Richard Champion was killed on December 14,
2014, in a two-vehicle crash on State Route 51 in Perry
Township while pursuing another vehicle.
(2) Officer Champion had been a member of the
Perryopolis Borough Police Department for only eight months,
and had previously worked for Derry Borough Police in
Westmoreland County.
(3) Before graduating from the Westmoreland Community
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