PENNSYLVANIA, March 15 - PRINTER'S NO. 490

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE RESOLUTION

No.

71

Session of

2023

INTRODUCED BY TARTAGLIONE, BARTOLOTTA, BOSCOLA, CAPPELLETTI,

COLLETT, COMITTA, MUTH, SCHWANK, L. WILLIAMS, HUGHES,

KEARNEY, HAYWOOD, SAVAL, FONTANA, BROWN, KANE, SANTARSIERO

AND BREWSTER, MARCH 15, 2023

REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, MARCH 15, 2023

A RESOLUTION

Designating the month of April 2023 as "Sexual Assault Awareness

Month" in Pennsylvania.

WHEREAS, April is nationally recognized as "Sexual Assault

Awareness Month" to call attention to the fact that sexual

violence is widespread and impacts every community; and

WHEREAS, April 2023 marks the 22nd anniversary of the

designation of "Sexual Assault Awareness Month"; and

WHEREAS, Rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment have a

deep physical and emotional trauma on those who have experienced

it; and

WHEREAS, Rape in the United States occurs more frequently

than the public realizes, as 1 in 5 women and 1 in 67 men have

been raped in the United States; and

WHEREAS, On postsecondary campuses, 1 in 5 women and 1 in 16

men are sexually assaulted at some point in their educational

career; and

WHEREAS, Young people experience heightened rates of child

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