PRINTER'S NO. 3178
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 452
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY MIHALEK, VENKAT, FREEMAN, KINSEY, PICKETT,
R. MACKENZIE, NEILSON, CONKLIN AND ZIMMERMAN, MAY 28, 2024
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TOURISM AND ECONOMIC AND RECREATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT, MAY 28, 2024
A RESOLUTION
1 Recognizing the month of May 2024 as "National Water Safety
2 Month" in Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, The residents of this Commonwealth understand the
4 vital role that swimming and aquatic-related activities play in
5 good physical and mental health and enhance the quality of life
6 for all people; and
7 WHEREAS, Education regarding the topic of water safety is
8 essential to preventing drownings and recreational water-related
9 injuries; and
10 WHEREAS, In boating accidents in this Commonwealth from 2022
11 to 2023, of 17 fatalities involving boats, only four individuals
12 were wearing life jackets; and
13 WHEREAS, In 2021, 23 year old James DeAngelo, a graduate from
14 Peters Township High School, drowned at a marina in Washington
15 County, suspected to be caused by an electrical shock from below
16 the water; and
17 WHEREAS, Members of the recreational water industry,
 1 including the Pool and Hot Tub Alliance, American Red Cross,
2 National Drowning Prevention Alliance, World Waterpark
3 Association and the National Recreation and Parks Association,
4 have combined resources in an effort to educate Americans to be
5 "water aware" during "National Water Safety Month" in May; and
6 WHEREAS, These organizations are using this opportunity to
7 promote water safety by providing education on preventing
8 recreational water-related injuries and deaths to families and
9 individuals of all ages, whether owners of private pools, users
10 of public swimming facilities or visitors to water parks;
11 therefore be it
12 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
13 month of May 2024 as "National Water Safety Month" in
14 Pennsylvania.
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