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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Resolution

HR 161: A Resolution designating the month of May 2025 as "Haitian Heritage Month" in Pennsylvania.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HR 161 is a resolution introduced in the Pennsylvania House on April 1, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: A Resolution designating the month of May 2025 as "Haitian Heritage Month" in Pennsylvania. Primary sponsor: Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (Democratic). It lists 17 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 14, 2025): Adopted.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 18

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Johanny Cepeda-FreytizPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse129
Tim BrennanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse29
Mary Jo DaleyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse148
Bob FreemanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse136
José GiralCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse180
Roni GreenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse190
Jim HaddockCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse118
Carol Hill-EvansCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse95
Joe HohensteinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse177
Malcolm KenyattaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse181
Tarik KhanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse194
Bob MerskiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse2
Ed NeilsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse174
Eddie PashinskiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse121
Ben SanchezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse153
Mike SchlossbergCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse132
Arvind VenkatCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse30
Greg VitaliCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse166

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Adopted
  2. Reported as committed
  3. Referred to Tourism, Recreation & Economic Development

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source