Pennsylvania HR 483: A Resolution recognizing the week of May 10 through 16, 2026, as "National Police Week" and recognizing May 15, 2026, as "Peace Officers Memorial Day" in Pennsylvania.

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PRINTER'S NO. 3221
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 483
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY MUNROE, HARKINS, VENKAT, DOUGHERTY, PIELLI,
GUENST, RIVERA, BURGOS, VITALI, M. MACKENZIE, HILL-EVANS,
McNEILL, SAPPEY, BRENNAN, CONKLIN, MARCELL, MALAGARI,
PASHINSKI, D. WILLIAMS, STEELE, SANCHEZ, HADDOCK, CIRESI,
FLEMING AND NEILSON, APRIL 15, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, APRIL 16, 2026
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the week of May 10 through 16, 2026, as "National
Police Week" and recognizing May 15, 2026, as "Peace Officers
Memorial Day" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Across the United States, the week of May 10 through
16, 2026, is being recognized as "National Police Week"; and
WHEREAS, On October 1, 1962, the Congress of the United
States approved a joint resolution authorizing the President to
designate May 15 of each year as "Peace Officers Memorial Day"
and the calendar week in which that date occurs as "Police
Week"; and
WHEREAS, By proclamation dated May 4, 1963, President John F.
Kennedy designated May 15, 1963, and each succeeding May 15 as
"Peace Officers Memorial Day" and the week of May 12 through May
18, 1963, and each succeeding calendar week during which May 15
occurs as "Police Week"; and
WHEREAS, The first annual National Peace Officers' Memorial
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Service was held in 1982; and
WHEREAS, A candlelight vigil continues to be observed
annually at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in
Washington, DC, in memory of police officers who have made the
ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty; and
WHEREAS, The House of Representatives joins in remembering
the service and sacrifice of those police officers throughout
our nation who have died in the line of duty; and
WHEREAS, The House of Representatives honors the memory of
the hundreds of police officers who have given their lives in
the line of duty in this Commonwealth; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
week of May 10 through 16, 2026, as "National Police Week" and
recognize May 15, 2026, as "Peace Officers Memorial Day" in
Pennsylvania.
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