HR 432 — A Resolution designating the month of April 2026 as "Donate Life Month" and April 10, 2026, as "Blue and Green Day" in Pennsylvania in support of organ donation awareness.

PRINTER'S NO.    2986

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



              HOUSE RESOLUTION
                 No. 432
                                                 Session of
                                                   2026

     INTRODUCED BY BIZZARRO, ISAACSON, GUZMAN, HILL-EVANS,
        SCHLOSSBERG, BRENNAN, VENKAT, McNEILL, GALLAGHER, BOROWSKI,
        HOHENSTEIN, BERNSTINE, HANBIDGE, SANCHEZ, MENTZER, MADDEN,
        RIVERA, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, DOUGHERTY, FRANKEL, KINKEAD, WARREN,
        CIRESI, FLEMING AND GILLEN, MARCH 11, 2026

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, MARCH 11, 2026


                                  A RESOLUTION
 1   Designating the month of April 2026 as "Donate Life Month" and
 2      April 10, 2026, as "Blue and Green Day" in Pennsylvania in
 3      support of organ donation awareness.
 4         WHEREAS, Pennsylvania strongly supports organ and tissue
 5   donation because of its lifesaving and life-enhancing
 6   opportunities; and
 7         WHEREAS, Pennsylvania saw strong donation activity in 2024,
 8   with nearly 2,300 transplants, and by mid-2025, more than 7,000
 9   residents were on the transplant waitlist, showing ongoing need;
10   and
11         WHEREAS, Nearly half of all Pennsylvanians have demonstrated
12   their support of donation by registering as organ, tissue and
13   cornea donors; and
14         WHEREAS, One organ and tissue donor may save up to eight
15   lives, restore sight to two people and heal the lives of 75
16   others; and
17         WHEREAS, People of all ages are considered potential organ
 1   and tissue donors; and
 2      WHEREAS, The Organ Donation Advisory Committee, Department of
 3   Health, Department of Education, Department of Transportation
 4   and this Commonwealth's two organ procurement organizations, the
 5   Center for Organ Recovery and Education (CORE) and Gift of Life
 6   Donor Program, are committed to saving and restoring the lives
 7   of those in need of organ, cornea and tissue transplantation by
 8   continuing to increase public awareness of the importance of
 9   becoming a registered donor; therefore be it
10      RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
11   month of April 2026 as "Donate Life Month" and April 10, 2026,
12   as "Blue and Green Day" in Pennsylvania in support of organ
13   donation awareness.




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