PRINTER'S NO. 3425
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2786
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY CIRESI, WEBSTER, BURGOS, HILL-EVANS, PENNYCUICK,
T. DAVIS, KINSEY, McNEILL, COX, RIGBY, GUENST, DELLOSO,
HENNESSEY, CONKLIN, RYAN, SAMUELSON, SANCHEZ, STAATS, MADDEN,
GILLEN, JOZWIAK, DEASY, ARMANINI AND NEILSON, AUGUST 23, 2022
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, AUGUST 23, 2022
AN ACT
Designating the portion of State Route 4031, also known as Main
Street, between Fifth Avenue and State Route 4048, also known
as Seventh Avenue, in Trappe Borough, Montgomery County, as
the Trooper Branden T. Sisca Memorial Highway.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Trooper Branden T. Sisca Memorial Highway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Branden T. Sisca was born June 23, 1992, in
Norristown to Craig and Marcy Sisca.
(2) After graduating from Perkiomen Valley High School,
Trooper Sisca went on to earn a Bachelor's Degree in Criminal
Justice from West Chester University and a Master's Degree in
Safety, Security and Emergency Management from Eastern
Kentucky University.
(3) Since 2008, Trooper Sisca served as a volunteer
firefighter with the Trappe Fire Company in Trappe Borough
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and would go on to serve as Treasurer and Fire Chief.
(4) In February 2021, he enlisted in the Pennsylvania
State Police where he graduated from the 161st cadet class
and was assigned to the Patrol Section of Troop K in
Philadelphia.
(5) On March 21, 2022, at the age of 29, Trooper Branden
T. Sisca was struck and killed in the line of duty alongside
Trooper Martin F. Mack III by a drunk driver on Interstate 95
in Philadelphia while assisting a pedestrian on the side of
the highway.
(6) At the time of his passing, Trooper Sisca had served
with the Pennsylvania State Police for 13 months.
(7) The Governor ordered the Commonwealth flag on all
Commonwealth facilities, public buildings and grounds to be
flown at half-staff in honor of Trooper Branden T. Sisca and
Trooper Martin F. Mack III.
(b) Designation.--The portion of State Route 4031, also
known as Main Street, between Fifth Avenue and State Route 4048,
also known as Seventh Avenue, in Trappe Borough, Montgomery
County, is designated as the Trooper Branden T. Sisca Memorial
Highway.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to
traffic in both directions on the highway.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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