PRINTER'S NO. 2727
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
642
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY READSHAW, DiGIROLAMO, DEASY, HENNESSEY, MARSICO,
CALTAGIRONE, PAYNE, COHEN, THOMAS, YOUNGBLOOD, SCHLOSSBERG,
KIM, BOBACK, D. COSTA, MURT, CONKLIN, VEREB, BAKER,
LONGIETTI, DRISCOLL, V. BROWN, GILLESPIE, MILLARD, SCHWEYER,
KIRKLAND, WHEELAND, O'BRIEN, BIZZARRO, PICKETT, ROSS, DUSH,
SONNEY, KINSEY, KOTIK, MAHONEY, PHILLIPS-HILL, NEILSON,
BULLOCK, FARINA, JOZWIAK, DONATUCCI, McNEILL, PETRI, McCARTER
AND WATSON, JANUARY 21, 2016
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JANUARY 21, 2016
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the month of January 2016 as "Stalking Awareness
Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, January 2016 will be observed nationally as the
fifth annual "Stalking Awareness Month"; and
WHEREAS, According to the National Center for Victims of
Crime, more than six million people, one in six women and one in
19 men, are victims of stalkers annually; and
WHEREAS, Most frequently, stalkers are former intimate
partners and abusers of the person being stalked and 76% of
persons who have been murdered by their stalker have at one time
been an intimate partner of that stalker; and
WHEREAS, Stalking victims experience lost time from work,
anxiety, insomnia, social dysfunction and severe depression in
significantly higher numbers than the general public; and
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WHEREAS, Stalking pervasively occurs in neighborhoods, on
college campuses and in workplace environments, and is a crime
under the laws of all 50 states, the District of Columbia,
United States territories and under Federal statute; and
WHEREAS, Notwithstanding these facts, awareness of the
pervasiveness and detrimental social impact of stalking is
minimal; and
WHEREAS, To raise social awareness, the month of January 2016
has been set aside nationwide as "Stalking Awareness Month";
therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
month of January 2016 as "Stalking Awareness Month" in
Pennsylvania.
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