PRINTER'S NO. 2257
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1969
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY GUENST, KINSEY, COX, SONNEY, RYAN, STAATS, BURGOS,
T. DAVIS, BURNS, MILLARD, SANCHEZ, LONGIETTI, WEBSTER,
DAVANZO, ROWE, NEILSON AND GILLEN, OCTOBER 12, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, OCTOBER 12, 2021
AN ACT
Designating a portion of State Route 2009, also known as Byberry
Road, between State Route 2040, also known as Warminster
Road, and State Route 263, also known as Old York Road, in
Hatboro Borough, Montgomery County, as the SPC John Kulick
Memorial Highway.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. SPC John Kulick Memorial Highway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) SPC John Kulick began his distinguished firefighting
career when he joined the Enterprise Fire Company as a 16-
year-old junior firefighter in 1985, and subsequently rose to
the rank of deputy chief.
(2) He later became a Federal Firefighter at the now
closed Johnsville Naval Air Warfare Center in Warminster,
Pennsylvania.
(3) Upon closing, he was transferred to the Naval Air
Station Willow Grove.
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(4) He subsequently became a career firefighter for the
Whitpain Township Fire Department in Montgomery County, where
he also served as the township's assistant fire marshal.
(5) After the tragic events of September 11, 2001, SPC
John Kulick was moved to join the Pennsylvania National Guard
in September 2003. He was deployed to Iraq shortly after he
completed boot camp.
(6) He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 111th Infantry
Regiment (Mechanized), Pennsylvania Army National Guard of
Philadelphia.
(7) On August 9, 2005, while serving during Operation
Iraqi Freedom, SPC John Kulick was killed at 35 years of age,
along with three of his fellow soldiers, when a mine exploded
and enemy forces attacked using small arms fire as they were
investigating a rocket-propelled grenade incident in Bayji,
Iraq.
(b) Designation.--The portion of State Route 2009, also
known as Byberry Road, between State Route 2040, also known as
Warminster Road, and State Route 263, also known as Old York
Road, in Hatboro Borough, Montgomery County, is designated as
the SPC John Kulick 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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