THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

INTRODUCED BY READSHAW, DEASY, KORTZ, DONATUCCI, HARHART, BRENNAN, BROWNLEE, CALTAGIRONE, CLYMER, DAVIS, DeLUCA, DeWEESE, FLECK, FREEMAN, GEIST, GEORGE, GOODMAN, HENNESSEY, KIRKLAND, KULA, LONGIETTI, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MANN, MATZIE, McGEEHAN, MILLARD, MIRABITO, M. O'BRIEN, PARKER, ROCK, ROSS, SONNEY, STEPHENS, STERN, SWANGER, TALLMAN, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, YOUNGBLOOD, BRADFORD, DELOZIER AND FABRIZIO, JANUARY 25, 2012

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, JANUARY 25, 2012  

A RESOLUTION

Recognizing the month of January 2012 as "Stalking Awareness

Month" in Pennsylvania.

WHEREAS, January 2012 will be observed nationally as the

third annual "Stalking Awareness Month"; and

WHEREAS, More than one million women and almost 400,000 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

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 and

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, January 2012 has been set

aside nationwide as "Stalking Awareness Month"; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the

month of January 2012 as "Stalking Awareness Month" in

Pennsylvania.