PRINTER'S NO. 1612
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1433
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY JAMES, JUNE 20, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 20, 2023
AN ACT
Designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 33758, carrying
Pennsylvania Route 427 over Sugar Creek in Sugarcreek
Borough, Venango County, as the Staff Sergeant Richard James
Mulholland Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Staff Sergeant Richard James Mulholland Memorial
Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Richard James Mulholland was born January 23, 1992,
in Franklin, Venango County, and was a 2010 graduate of
Venango Catholic High School.
(2) He served two deployments to Afghanistan with the
82nd Airborne, 2/504th Infantry Battalion in the United
States Army.
(3) Upon being honorably discharged from active-duty
service, Staff Sergeant Mulholland enlisted in the
Pennsylvania Army National Guard, serving in the HHC, 2nd
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Brigade HQ in Washington, Pennsylvania, and later with the
HHC, 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Battalion in Cambridge
Springs, Crawford County.
(4) For his service to the United States, Staff Sergeant
Mulholland was awarded the National Defense Service Medal,
the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Parachutist Badge, the Army
Good Conduct Medal, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal with two
campaign stars, the NATO Medal, the Global War on Terrorism
Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, the Army Service Medal and
the Army Commendation Medal (3rd Award).
(5) Staff Sergeant Mulholland died on July 1, 2018. At
the time of his death, he resided in Oil City, Venango
County.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key
33758, carrying Pennsylvania Route 427 over Sugar Creek in
Sugarcreek Borough, Venango County, is designated the Staff
Sergeant Richard James Mulholland Memorial Bridge.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to
traffic in both directions on the bridge.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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