HB 1634

                                                 PRINTER'S NO.     1984
                THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
                    HOUSE BILL
                    No. 1634
                                           Session of
                                             2025
INTRODUCED BY FREEMAN, BRENNAN, SAMUELSON, PIELLI, HILL-EVANS,
   HEFFLEY, VITALI, STAATS, HADDOCK, O'MARA, BOROWSKI AND
   GILLEN, JUNE 23, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 23, 2025
                                AN ACT
1 Designating the bridge, identified as Bridge Key 28737, carrying
2    13th Street over Bushkill Creek in the City of Easton,
3    Northampton County, as the Honorable James F. Prendergast
4    Memorial Bridge.
5    The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1.     Honorable James F. Prendergast Memorial Bridge.
8    (a)     Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
9 follows:
10(1)   The Honorable James F. Prendergast was born February
11    5, 1917, in Easton, Northampton County.
12(2)   Mr. Prendergast graduated from Easton High School in
13    1934 and received a bachelor of arts degree from Lafayette
14    College in 1938.
15(3)   Mr. Prendergast served as a second lieutenant in the
16    United States Marine Corps during World War II.
17(4)   Mr. Prendergast was awarded the Navy Cross for his
18    valor during the Battle of Saipan in the South Pacific and
1    was a double Purple Heart recipient.
2(5)   Following the war, Mr. Prendergast received a
3    bachelor of laws degree from George Washington University Law
4    School in 1951, was admitted to the bar in Washington, DC, in
5    1952, and opened his law practice in Easton in 1953.
6(6)   Mr. Prendergast was elected to represent the 136th
7    Legislative District in the Pennsylvania House of
8    Representatives in 1958 and was reelected for nine
9    consecutive terms thereafter, serving a total of 20 years as
10    a State Representative.
11(7)   During his tenure in the Pennsylvania House of
12    Representatives, Mr. Prendergast's peers elected him to serve
13    as the Majority Caucus Secretary from 1965 to 1966, the
14    Minority Caucus Chairman from 1967 to 1968 and 1973 to 1974,
15    the Majority Whip from 1968 to 1972 and the Majority Caucus
16    Administrator from 1975 to 1978.
17(8)   Mr. Prendergast also served appointments to the
18    Legislative Budget and Finance Committee from 1963 to 1964
19    and the Joint State Government Commission from 1967 to 1974
20    and served as a delegate to Pennsylvania's Constitutional
21    Convention in 1968.
22(9)   Mr. Prendergast passed away April 29, 1985, in
23    Easton, Northampton County.
24    (b)   Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key
25 28737, carrying 13th Street over Bushkill Creek in the City of
26 Easton, Northampton County, is designated the Honorable James F.
27 Prendergast Memorial Bridge.
28    (c)   Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
29 maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to
30 traffic in both directions on the bridge.
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1 Section 2.   Effective date.
2    This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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