PRINTER'S NO. 2775
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2361
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY PENNYCUICK, HENNESSEY, POLINCHOCK, HAMM, MIHALEK,
HILL-EVANS, KULIK, M. MACKENZIE, R. MACKENZIE, GUENST,
HOHENSTEIN, KINSEY, SCHMITT, LONGIETTI, JAMES, O'MARA,
MENTZER, MILLARD, GILLEN, ROZZI, PICKETT, GUZMAN, INNAMORATO,
DRISCOLL, WEBSTER AND FARRY, MARCH 8, 2022
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, MARCH 8, 2022
AN ACT
Amending Title 38 (Holidays and Observances) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in veteran recognition, providing for
Women Veterans 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. Women Veterans Day.
(a) Legislative findings and declarations.--The General
Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) While women have served in the American military
since before we became a nation, they were not officially
recognized as military members or veterans until 1948.
(2) Women were originally relegated to serving in the
civilian fields of nursing, laundering, mending clothing and
cooking.
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