SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 766
PRINTER'S NO. 3605
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
664
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY HELM, WATERS, KINSEY, MUSTIO, COHEN, LONGIETTI,
KIM, READSHAW, REGAN, SCHREIBER, GRELL, BISHOP, THOMAS,
PICKETT, MILLARD, DiGIROLAMO, HENNESSEY, V. BROWN, WHEELAND,
O'NEILL, SCHWEYER, ROZZI, SONNEY, TOEPEL, YOUNGBLOOD,
FREEMAN, STURLA, BROWNLEE, BOBACK, GINGRICH, DIAMOND, FARINA,
DONATUCCI, ROSS, DeLUCA, CUTLER, KAUFFMAN, KIRKLAND, MARSICO,
DUSH, RAPP, C. PARKER, McNEILL, MENTZER, WATSON, R. BROWN,
MAJOR, MURT, MAHONEY, GROVE, WHEATLEY, KORTZ, HAHN, REED,
ROEBUCK, BAKER, SAYLOR, CORBIN, PHILLIPS-HILL, KAMPF,
McCARTER, TOOHIL, QUINN, MOUL, FABRIZIO, GIBBONS, PASHINSKI,
CALTAGIRONE, JOZWIAK, HEFFLEY AND DAVIS, FEBRUARY 27, 2015
SENATOR BROWNE, APPROPRIATIONS, IN SENATE, RE-REPORTED AS
AMENDED, JUNE 22, 2016
AN ACT
Providing for the annual designation and holiday observance of
the third Saturday in June JUNE 19 as "Juneteenth National
Freedom Day" in this Commonwealth.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Legislative findings.
The General Assembly hereby finds and declares as follows:
(1) Originating in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865,
when slaves in that state learned that they had been freed,
"Juneteenth National Freedom Day" is the oldest African-
American holiday observance in the United States.
(2) "Juneteenth National Freedom Day" commemorates the
survival instinct of Africans who endured a transatlantic
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