Bill Title: Designating the week of December 26, 2017, through January 1, 2018, as "Kwanzaa Week" in Pennsylvania, in recognition of the cultural significance of this holiday for African people throughout the world.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-6)

Status: (Passed) 2017-12-12 - Adopted (191-0) [HR626 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Vanessa Brown [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-190	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Harry Readshaw [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-036	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Maria Donatucci [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-185	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Timothy Hennessey [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-026	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Tarah Toohil [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-116	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Michael Schlossberg [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-132	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Brian Kirkland [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-159	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Eddie Pashinski [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-121	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Thomas Murt [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-152	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative David Millard [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-109	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Stephen Kinsey [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-201	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Gene DiGirolamo [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-018	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Thomas Caltagirone [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-127	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Peter Schweyer [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-134	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Katharine Watson [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-144	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Neal Goodman [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-123	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative William Kortz [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-038	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Matthew Bradford [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-070	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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