Pennsylvania HB 2290: An Act designating a portion of Pennsylvania Route 405 from segment 0270/offset 2380 to segment 220/offset 2306 on Pennsylvania Route 44 in Delaware Township and Watsontown Borough in Northumberland County as the PFC Richard F. "Ricky" Ritter Memorial Highway.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 3000
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2290
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY STENDER, BERNSTINE, BRENNAN, CAUSER, GILLEN,
JAMES, ROWE AND SMITH, MARCH 13, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 16, 2026
AN ACT
Designating a portion of Pennsylvania Route 405 from segment
0270/offset 2380 to segment 220/offset 2306 on Pennsylvania
Route 44 in Delaware Township and Watsontown Borough in
Northumberland County as the PFC Richard F. "Ricky" Ritter
Memorial Highway.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. PFC Richard F. "Ricky" Ritter Memorial Highway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) PFC Richard Frank Ritter was born October 7, 1944,
in Williamsport.
(2) PFC Ritter graduated from Warrior Run High School.
(3) PFC Ritter entered the Marines and was a part of
Company A, First Engineering Battalion, Third Marine
Division.
(4) PFC Ritter was killed in action on March 15, 1967,
near Da Nang, Vietnam.
(5) PFC Ritter received the Purple Heart posthumously.
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(b) Designation.--The section of Pennsylvania Route 405 from
segment 0270/offset 2380 to segment 220/offset 2306 on
Pennsylvania Route 44 in Delaware Township and Watsontown
Borough in Northumberland County is designated the PFC Richard
F. "Ricky" Ritter Memorial Highway.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to
traffic in both directions on the highway.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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