HR 317 — A Resolution recognizing the months of September 2025 and September 2026 as "Hunger Action Month" in Pennsylvania.

PRINTER'S NO.    2308

                  THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



           HOUSE RESOLUTION
              No. 317
                                              Session of
                                                2025

     INTRODUCED BY KINKEAD, PASHINSKI, FREEMAN, HILL-EVANS, WAXMAN,
        McNEILL, HOWARD, PROBST, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, VITALI, ISAACSON,
        MADDEN, GIRAL, SANCHEZ, VENKAT, STEELE, SAMUELSON, KHAN,
        DEASY, SCHLOSSBERG, NEILSON, HOHENSTEIN, CERRATO, MALAGARI,
        CIRESI, O'MARA, MENTZER AND GREEN, SEPTEMBER 12, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS,
        SEPTEMBER 15, 2025


                               A RESOLUTION
 1   Recognizing the month of September 2025 as "Hunger Action Month"
 2      in Pennsylvania.
 3      WHEREAS, Hunger and food insecurity are issues of vital
 4   concern in Pennsylvania where, according to Feeding America,
 5   more than 1.5 million individuals experience food insecurity and
 6   one in every six children do not know where their next meal will
 7   come from; and
 8      WHEREAS, Everyone needs nutritious food to thrive and in
 9   every community in America people are working hard to provide
10   for themselves and their families yet 47 million people,
11   including more than 14 million children, face food insecurity in
12   the United States; and
13      WHEREAS, Food insecurity, the condition of limited or
14   uncertain access to adequate food, is associated with numerous
15   adverse social and health outcomes and is a critical public
16   health issue; and
 1      WHEREAS, The fight against hunger requires engaging a wide
 2   range of public and private entities, including policymakers,
 3   business leaders, food banks, community organizations, farmers,
 4   producers and concerned residents; and
 5      WHEREAS, The Commonwealth is committed to taking action to
 6   combat hunger in every corner of our State and to provide
 7   additional resources to those in need; and
 8      WHEREAS, The Commonwealth is working with Feeding
 9   Pennsylvania and Hunger-Free Pennsylvania to educate people
10   about the role and importance of food banks in addressing hunger
11   and raise awareness about the need to devote more resources and
12   attention to hunger issues; and
13      WHEREAS, Feeding Pennsylvania, Hunger-Free Pennsylvania and
14   antihunger organizations across this Commonwealth distributed
15   more than 164 million pounds of food last year to Pennsylvanians
16   experiencing food insecurity; and
17      WHEREAS, The month of September is recognized as "Hunger
18   Action Month" across the country in order to bring attention to
19   the issue of food insecurity in our communities and to mobilize
20   the public in the movement to end hunger; therefore be it
21      RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
22   month of September 2025 as "Hunger Action Month" in
23   Pennsylvania.




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