HB 1546 — An Act designating a portion of Pennsylvania Route 164, Cove Mountain Road, from the intersection with Frederick Road in Taylor Township to the intersection with Agway Road in North Woodbury Township, Blair County, as the Representative Jerry A. Stern Memorial Highway.

PRINTER'S NO.     1823

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 1546
                                                Session of
                                                  2025

     INTRODUCED BY BARGER, STAMBAUGH, CAUSER, STAATS, COOK, CUTLER,
        BENNINGHOFF, BERNSTINE, MENTZER, KAUFFMAN, SCHMITT, ANDERSON
        AND ROWE, JUNE 3, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 3, 2025


                                     AN ACT
 1   Designating a portion of Pennsylvania Route 164, Cove Mountain
 2      Road, from the intersection with Frederick Road in Taylor
 3      Township to the intersection with Agway Road in North
 4      Woodbury Township, Blair County, as the Representative Jerry
 5      A. Stern Memorial Highway.
 6      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 7   hereby enacts as follows:
 8   Section 1.     Representative Jerry A. Stern Memorial Highway.
 9      (a)     Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
10   follows:
11            (1)   Jerry Allen Stern was born January 11, 1955, in
12      Roaring Spring, Blair County.
13            (2)   Jerry graduated from Central High School in 1972 and
14      attended Altoona School of Commerce, Penn State Altoona and
15      the Altoona Bible Institute where he completed a three-year
16      course in Bible Studies.
17            (3)   Jerry was elected to the Pennsylvania House of
18      Representatives in 1992 where he honorably served the
19      constituents of the 80th Legislative District until January
 1      6, 2015.
 2            (4)    Representative Stern was a lifetime member of the
 3      Martinsburg Grace Brethren Church, where he served as a
 4      deacon and Sunday school teacher and sang with the Adult
 5      Choir and Maranatha Quartet.
 6            (5)    Representative Stern also served as a lay minister
 7      for his church and for many other local churches.
 8            (6)    Representative Stern also was a member of the
 9      Martinsburg Sportsmen's Association, the Blair County Chamber
10      of Commerce, Blair County Farm Bureau and the Blair County
11      Republican Committee.
12            (7)    Representative Stern was a longtime member of the
13      local Rotary International, serving twice as President and as
14      the Assistant District Governor.
15            (8)    Representative Stern also served his community as a
16      board member for Nason Hospital and the Hollidaysburg
17      American Legion Ambulance Service.
18            (9)    Representative Stern also enjoyed bowling, where he
19      earned his professional card, gardening and playing softball
20      as a longtime, proud team member of the world-famous Cobras
21      softball team.
22            (10)   Representative Stern loved spending time with his
23      family and sharing his faith with everyone he crossed paths
24      with during his day.
25            (11)   Representative Stern passed away on December 11,
26      2024.
27      (b)   Designation.--The portion of Pennsylvania Route 164,
28   Cove Mountain Road, from the intersection with Frederick Road in
29   Taylor Township to the intersection with Agway Road in North
30   Woodbury Township, Blair County, is designated as the

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1   Representative Jerry A. Stern Memorial Highway.
2      (c)   Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
3   maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the designated
4   highway to traffic in both directions on the highway.
5   Section 2.   Effective date.
6      This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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