Bill Text: PA HR584 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designating the week of February 1 through 5, 2010, as "Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week" in Pennsylvania.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2010-01-26 - Adopted [HR584 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HR584-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 3073
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 584 Session of2010
INTRODUCED BY FRANKEL, BEYER, BISHOP, BOYLE, BRENNAN, BRIGGS, BROOKS, CALTAGIRONE, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, EVERETT, FABRIZIO, FAIRCHILD, FREEMAN, GEIST, GEORGE, GOODMAN, HELM, HENNESSEY, KORTZ, MAHONEY, MANN, McGEEHAN, McILVAINE SMITH, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, PALLONE, PARKER, PAYNE, PAYTON, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROEBUCK, ROSS, SAINATO, SANTONI, SONNEY, STABACK, SWANGER, THOMAS, VULAKOVICH, WATSON, YOUNGBLOOD, HESS, WHITE, DELOZIER AND BELFANTI, JANUARY 19, 2010
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, JANUARY 19, 2010
A RESOLUTION
Designating the week of February 1 through 5, 2010, as "Teen
Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week" in
Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, One in three female teenagers in a dating
relationship has feared for her physical safety; and
WHEREAS, One in two teenagers in a serious relationship has
compromised personal beliefs to please a partner; and
WHEREAS, One in five teenagers in a serious relationship
reports having been hit, slapped or pushed by a partner; and
WHEREAS, Twenty-seven percent of teenagers have been in
dating relationships in which their partners have called them
names or degraded them; and
WHEREAS, Twenty-nine percent of girls who have been in a
relationship said that they have been pressured to have sex or
to engage in sexual activities that they did not want; and
WHEREAS, Technologies such as cell phones and the Internet
have made dating abuse both more pervasive and more hidden; and
WHEREAS, Thirty percent of teenagers who have been in a
dating relationship say that they have been text-messaged
between 10 and 30 times per hour by a partner seeking to find
out where they are, what they are doing or with whom they are;
and
WHEREAS, Seventy-two percent of teenagers who reported that
they had been monitored by a boyfriend or girlfriend ten times
per hour by e-mail or text messaging did not tell their parents
and many parents are largely unaware of the cell phone and
Internet harassment experienced by teenagers; and
WHEREAS, Native American women experience higher rates of
interpersonal violence than any other population group; and
WHEREAS, Violent relationships in adolescence can have
serious ramifications for victims, putting them at higher risk
for substance abuse, eating disorders, risky sexual behavior,
suicide and adult revictimization; and
WHEREAS, The severity of violence among intimate partners has
been shown to be greater in cases where the pattern of violence
has been established in adolescence; and
WHEREAS, The establishment of "Teen Dating Violence Awareness
and Prevention Week" in Pennsylvania, will benefit schools,
communities and families regardless of socioeconomic status,
race or sex; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
week of February 1 through 5, 2010, as "Teen Dating Violence
Awareness and Prevention Week" in Pennsylvania; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That all residents of this Commonwealth be called
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upon to observe "Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention
Week" by encouraging appropriate programs and activities that
promote awareness and prevention of the crime of teen dating
violence in their communities.
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