PRINTER'S NO. 3100
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2586
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY BOBACK, D. WILLIAMS, HILL-EVANS, MADDEN, PICKETT,
M. MACKENZIE, LONGIETTI, SAPPEY, KIRKLAND, KINSEY,
POLINCHOCK, MILLARD, GUENST, PARKER, HELM, COX, RYAN,
MALAGARI, ROTHMAN, C. WILLIAMS, DeLUCA, SANCHEZ, B. MILLER,
O'MARA, MARSHALL, DEASY, MIZGORSKI, MOUL, KAUFER, TWARDZIK,
GREINER, FLOOD, MATZIE, STEPHENS, MEHAFFIE, HARKINS, HEFFLEY,
HENNESSEY, MERSKI, McCLINTON, DELOZIER, GAYDOS, SHUSTERMAN,
PENNYCUICK, NEILSON, STAATS, DELLOSO, McNEILL, HANBIDGE,
DeLISSIO, COVINGTON, MENTZER, PASHINSKI AND CIRESI,
MAY 11, 2022
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, MAY 11, 2022
AN ACT
Amending Title 38 (Holidays and Observances) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in veteran recognition, providing for
Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 38 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 1304. Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day.
(a) Legislative findings and declarations.--The General
Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) During World War I, African Americans were
prohibited from serving as military pilots in the United
States Armed Forces due to their race.
(2) In response to advocacy by civil rights leaders and
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