HR 427

                                               PRINTER'S NO.   2977
             THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
      HOUSE RESOLUTION
         No. 427
                                         Session of
                                           2026
INTRODUCED BY PUGH, PICKETT, SCHEUREN, STENDER, GUENST, FREEMAN,
   SHAFFER, M. MACKENZIE, MARCELL, KUTZ, KAUFFMAN, VENKAT,
   VITALI, LEADBETER, GALLAGHER, COOPER, MENTZER, DOUGHERTY,
   GILLEN, CIRESI AND ROWE, MARCH 9, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 10, 2026
                          A RESOLUTION
1 Recognizing the week of May 10 through 16, 2026, as "National
2    Police Week" and recognizing May 15, 2026, as "Peace Officers
3    Memorial Day" in Pennsylvania.
4    WHEREAS, Across the United States, the week of May 10 through
5 16, 2026, is being recognized as "National Police Week"; and
6    WHEREAS, On October 1, 1962, the Congress of the United
7 States approved a joint resolution authorizing the President to
8 designate May 15 of each year as "Peace Officers Memorial Day"
9 and the calendar week in which that date occurs as "Police
10 Week"; and
11    WHEREAS, By proclamation dated May 4, 1963, President John F.
12 Kennedy designated May 15, 1963, and each succeeding May 15 as
13 "Peace Officers Memorial Day" and the week of May 12 through May
14 18, 1963, and each succeeding calendar week during which May 15
15 occurs as "Police Week"; and
16    WHEREAS, The first annual National Peace Officers' Memorial
17 Service was held on May 15, 1982; and
1    WHEREAS, The House of Representatives joins in remembering
2 the service and sacrifice of those police officers throughout
3 our nation who have died in the line of duty; and
4    WHEREAS, The House of Representatives honors the memory of
5 the hundreds of police officers who have given their lives in
6 the line of duty in this Commonwealth; therefore be it
7    RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
8 week of May 10 through 16, 2026, as "National Police Week" and
9 recognize May 15, 2026, as "Peace Officers Memorial Day" in
10 Pennsylvania.
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