PRINTER'S NO. 2424
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1913
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY STAMBAUGH, KAUFFMAN, R. MACKENZIE, STAATS,
PICKETT, GREINER, LEADBETER, JAMES, MARCELL, ECKER, HAMM,
JOZWIAK, KAZEEM, T. JONES AND ROWE, DECEMBER 12, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 12, 2023
AN ACT
Providing for the annual designation and holiday observance of
June 14 as Flag Day, September 17 as Constitution Day and
March 4 as Charter Day in this Commonwealth.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Significant
Holiday Designation Act.
Section 2. Legislative findings.
The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) Flag Day commemorates the adoption of the flag of
the United States on June 14, 1777, by resolution of the
Second Continental Congress.
(2) Constitution Day commemorates the September 17,
1787, signing of the Constitution of the United States, the
most important of our nation's founding documents.
(3) Charter Day commemorates when William Penn received
the Charter Contract of Pennsylvania from Britain's King
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