PRINTER'S NO. 341
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 34
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY MATZIE, VENKAT, DEASY, HARKINS, SANCHEZ, McNEILL,
KENYATTA, MALAGARI, GIRAL, NEILSON, HILL-EVANS, SCHLOSSBERG,
GREEN, MADDEN, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, MAYES, REICHARD AND ZIMMERMAN,
JANUARY 28, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION, TECHNOLOGY AND
UTILITIES, JANUARY 28, 2025
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating the month of April 2025 as "Pennsylvania 8-1-1 Safe
2 Digging Month."
3 WHEREAS, As engineers, designers, excavators and homeowners
4 work to keep pace with this Commonwealth's unprecedented
5 economic development, it is important to minimize damage to
6 underground utility lines, danger to workers, environmental
7 pollution and loss of utility service to residents of this
8 Commonwealth; and
9 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania One Call System, a utility
10 notification center celebrating more than 50 years of continuous
11 service to this Commonwealth, is key to preventing injuries and
12 damage when excavating and demolishing; and
13 WHEREAS, This unique service provides easy, one-call
14 notification about construction and excavation projects that may
15 endanger workers and jeopardize utility lines and promotes
16 workplace and public safety, reduces underground utility damage,
 1 minimizes utility service interruptions and protects the
2 environment; and
3 WHEREAS, This vital service, which began with only six
4 utility companies in western Pennsylvania and the City of
5 Pittsburgh, now serves more than 100,000 excavators and 3,600
6 critical infrastructure owners throughout this Commonwealth; and
7 WHEREAS, Each year, the Pennsylvania One Call System receives
8 more than 1 million notification requests and transmits more
9 than 6 million notifications to its members, providing
10 protection to utility companies, their employees and customers;
11 and
12 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania's Underground Utility Line Protection
13 Law, referred to as the One Call Act, has been used as a model
14 for many other states and at least seven foreign countries; and
15 WHEREAS, Dozens of counties and hundreds of municipalities
16 are following in the footsteps of the General Assembly and
17 adopting their own proclamations memorializing "Safe Digging
18 Month"; therefore be it
19 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
20 month of April 2025 as "Pennsylvania 8-1-1 Safe Digging Month";
21 and be it further
22 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives encourage all
23 excavators and homeowners of this Commonwealth to dial 8-1-1 or
24 1-800-242-1776 before digging in order to "Know What's Below,"
25 avoid injury, protect the environment and prevent millions of
26 dollars in damages; and be it further
27 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives remind excavators
28 that three business days' notice before digging is the law
29 because safe digging is no accident and that more information
30 may be obtained by visiting www.pa811.org.
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