HB 299 — An Act providing for the annual designation and holiday observance of March 4 as Charter Day, June 14 as Flag Day and September 17 as Constitution Day in this Commonwealth.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-23
Latest action: — Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT, Jan. 23, 2025
Sponsors
- Perry A. Stambaugh (R, PA-86) — sponsor · 2025-01-23
- Rob W. Kauffman (R, PA-89) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Joe Hamm (R, PA-84) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- R. Lee James (R, PA-64) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Steven C. Mentzer (R, PA-97) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Robert Freeman (D, PA-136) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Thomas H. Kutz (R, PA-87) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- David H. Rowe (R, PA-85) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Chad G. Reichard (R, PA-90) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- David H. Zimmerman (R, PA-99) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT, Jan. 23, 2025
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Bill text
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PRINTER'S NO. 243
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 299
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY STAMBAUGH, KAUFFMAN, HAMM, JAMES, MENTZER,
FREEMAN, KUTZ, ROWE, REICHARD AND ZIMMERMAN, JANUARY 23, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 23, 2025
AN ACT
1 Providing for the annual designation and holiday observance of
2 March 4 as Charter Day, June 14 as Flag Day and September 17
3 as Constitution Day in this Commonwealth.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Short title.
7 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Significant
8 Holiday Designation Act.
9 Section 2. Legislative findings.
10 The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
11 (1) Charter Day commemorates when William Penn received
12 the Charter Contract of Pennsylvania from Britain's King
13 Charles II in 1681. Charter Day allows all Pennsylvanians,
14 and people the world over, to reflect on Penn's "Holy
15 Experiment" in government, one operating on principles of
16 justice, liberty, freedom, tolerance and respect for all.
17 (2) Flag Day commemorates the adoption of the flag of
18 the United States on June 14, 1777, by resolution of the
1 Second Continental Congress.
2 (3) Constitution Day commemorates the September 17,
3 1787, signing of the Constitution of the United States, the
4 most important of our nation's founding documents.
5 Section 3. Designations.
6 (a) Charter Day.--March 4 shall be designated as Charter Day
7 in this Commonwealth.
8 (b) Flag Day.--June 14 shall be designated as Flag Day in
9 this Commonwealth.
10 (c) Constitution Day.--September 17 shall be designated as
11 Constitution Day in this Commonwealth.
12 Section 4. Construction.
13 Nothing in this act shall be construed as requiring an
14 employer to treat a day designated under this act as a legal or
15 official holiday or to provide paid leave to an employee on a
16 day designated under this act solely by virtue of the date being
17 designated under this act.
18 Section 5. Effective date.
19 This act shall take effect immediately.
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| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
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| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House State Government Committee | — | pa-leg |
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Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Perry A. Stambaugh (R, state_lower PA-86) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Chad G. Reichard (R, state_lower PA-90) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | David H. Rowe (R, state_lower PA-85) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | David H. Zimmerman (R, state_lower PA-99) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Joe Hamm (R, state_lower PA-84) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | R. Lee James (R, state_lower PA-64) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Rob W. Kauffman (R, state_lower PA-89) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Robert Freeman (D, state_lower PA-136) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Steven C. Mentzer (R, state_lower PA-97) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Thomas H. Kutz (R, state_lower PA-87) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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