PENNSYLVANIA, March 28 - PRINTER'S NO. 1462

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

1108

Session of

2024

INTRODUCED BY BROWN, MASTRIANO, MARTIN, BARTOLOTTA, LANGERHOLC,

PENNYCUICK, BREWSTER, PHILLIPS-HILL, GEBHARD, DUSH, KANE AND

VOGEL, MARCH 28, 2024

REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 28, 2024

AN ACT

Amending Title 38 (Holidays and Observances) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, in veteran recognition, providing for

K9 Veterans Day.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Title 38 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:

§ 1306. K9 Veterans Day.

(a) Legislative findings and declarations.--The General

Assembly finds and declares as follows:

(1) The official K9 Corps was created on March 13, 1942,

when the United States military began actively recruiting and

training canine forces.

(2) Military working dogs are always on the clock and

actively working in combat zones worldwide.

(3) It is important to recognize the thousands of dogs

that served with honor, dignity and valor throughout history,

around the clock and in combat zones, just like human

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