SB 353 — An Act amending Title 38 (Holidays and Observances) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in veteran recognition, providing for K9 Veterans Day.
Congress · introduced 2025-02-26
Latest action: — Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT, Feb. 26, 2025
Sponsors
- Rosemary M. Brown (R, PA-40) — sponsor · 2025-02-26
- Doug Mastriano (R, PA-33) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
- Lisa M. Boscola (D, PA-18) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
- Wayne Langerholc (R, PA-35) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
- Wayne D. Fontana (D, PA-42) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
- Tracy Pennycuick (R, PA-24) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
- Kristin Phillips-Hill (R, PA-28) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
- Christine M. Tartaglione (D, PA-2) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
- Jay Costa (D, PA-43) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
- John I. Kane (D, PA-9) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
- Patrick J. Stefano (R, PA-32) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
- Cris Dush (R, PA-25) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
- Devlin J. Robinson (R, PA-37) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
Action timeline
- · senate — Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT, Feb. 26, 2025
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0291 · 2,444 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 291
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 353
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY BROWN, MASTRIANO, BOSCOLA, LANGERHOLC, FONTANA,
PENNYCUICK, PHILLIPS-HILL, TARTAGLIONE, COSTA, KANE, STEFANO
AND DUSH, FEBRUARY 26, 2025
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 26, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 38 (Holidays and Observances) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, in veteran recognition, providing for
3 K9 Veterans Day.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 38 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 1307. K9 Veterans Day.
9 (a) Legislative findings and declarations.--The General
10 Assembly finds and declares as follows:
11 (1) The official K9 Corps was created on March 13, 1942,
12 when the United States military began actively recruiting and
13 training canine forces.
14 (2) Military working dogs are always on the clock and
15 actively working in combat zones worldwide.
16 (3) It is important to recognize the thousands of dogs
17 that served with honor, dignity and valor throughout history,
18 around the clock and in combat zones, just like human
1 soldiers.
2 (4) Each military working dog is a noncommissioned
3 officer one rank higher than its handler and is part of the
4 team, risk, intelligence and protection of the United States
5 military.
6 (5) A military working dog risks its health and life by
7 working side by side with human military personnel to
8 accomplish difficult missions.
9 (6) Field medics are now trained on how to treat injured
10 military working dogs.
11 (b) Designation.--March 13 of each year is designated as K9
12 Veterans Day.
13 (c) Proclamation.--The Governor shall annually issue a
14 proclamation encouraging residents of this Commonwealth to
15 observe K9 Veterans Day.
16 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
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| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate 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 | Rosemary M. Brown (R, state_upper PA-40) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Christine M. Tartaglione (D, state_upper PA-2) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Cris Dush (R, state_upper PA-25) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Devlin J. Robinson (R, state_upper PA-37) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Doug Mastriano (R, state_upper PA-33) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Jay Costa (D, state_upper PA-43) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | John I. Kane (D, state_upper PA-9) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Kristin Phillips-Hill (R, state_upper PA-28) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Lisa M. Boscola (D, state_upper PA-18) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Patrick J. Stefano (R, state_upper PA-32) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Tracy Pennycuick (R, state_upper PA-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Wayne D. Fontana (D, state_upper PA-42) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Wayne Langerholc (R, state_upper PA-35) | 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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