PRINTER'S NO. 3560
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
845
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY ISAACSON, BOYLE, MURT, FRANKEL, DeLUCA, KORTZ,
MALAGARI, MILLARD AND READSHAW, APRIL 14, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, APRIL 14, 2020
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the month of May 2020 as "National Moving Month" in
Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, America's moving and storage industry consists of
7,000 companies operating at 13,900 locations with more than
122,000 employees and an annual payroll of $3.6 billion; and
WHEREAS, Professional movers successfully move more than 35
million Americans every year, helping more than 11% of Americans
move to new homes annually; and
WHEREAS, The American Moving & Storage Association recently
published an Economic Impact Study showing that the industry
generates more than $12 billion in annual revenue; and
WHEREAS, The busiest season for moving businesses begins in
May and runs through September as people use the summer season
to move to new homes while school is out; and
WHEREAS, The United States Department of Transportation
received more than 4,100 complaints of moving fraud in 2017,
where disreputable movers drained families financially and
emotionally through fraudulent business practices and theft; and
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