HB 2000 — An Act providing for Pennsylvania and National Medal of Honor Highway; and making a repeal.

PRINTER'S NO.     2540

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                          HOUSE BILL
                          No. 2000
                                                Session of
                                                  2025

     INTRODUCED BY WENTLING, HARKINS, ROAE, BIZZARRO, BANTA, MERSKI,
        JAMES, COOK, RYNCAVAGE, RAPP, MALONEY, ROWE, ROSSI, STENDER,
        REICHARD, KUZMA, COOPER, HOGAN, MARCELL, BASHLINE, GLEIM,
        SMITH, IRVIN, WHITE, E. NELSON, ARMANINI, RADER, O'NEAL,
        BERNSTINE, GALLAGHER, BONNER, FLICK AND GILLEN,
        OCTOBER 28, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, OCTOBER 29, 2025


                                     AN ACT
 1   Providing for Pennsylvania and National Medal of Honor Highway;
 2      and making a repeal.
 3      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 4   hereby enacts as follows:
 5   Section 1.     Short title.
 6      This act shall be known and may be cited as the Pennsylvania
 7   and National Medal of Honor Highway Act.
 8   Section 2.     Designation of Pennsylvania and National Medal of
 9                  Honor Highway.
10      (a)     Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
11   follows:
12            (1)   The Medal of Honor is our nation's highest award for
13      valor presented to veterans of the armed forces of the United
14      States for acting with conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity
15      above and beyond the call of duty at the risk of one's life
16      during combat with an enemy of the United States.
 1        (2)    The Medal of Honor is widely respected by the
 2    military and public alike.
 3        (3)    Three hundred twenty-one Medal of Honor recipients
 4    were born in Pennsylvania, 382 recipients entered service
 5    from Pennsylvania and 241 recipients were laid to rest in
 6    Pennsylvania.
 7        (4)    Pennsylvania's Medal of Honor recipients served
 8    during 14 wars, from the Civil War to the Iraq War, over a
 9    period of more than 145 years.
10        (5)    The nonprofit Bend Heroes Foundation and the Oregon
11    Legislature created a law designating all 451 miles of the
12    border-to-border US Route 20 in Oregon as the Oregon Medal of
13    Honor Highway, a first in our nation to honor all of a
14    state's Medal of Honor recipients.
15        (6)    The Oregon law proposes a national Medal of Honor
16    Highway to be created on US Route 20 at 3,365 miles in
17    length.
18        (7)    Legislatures and governors in all 12 states along US
19    Route 20 have designated their state Medal of Honor Highways
20    covering 100% of the 3,365-mile Medal of Honor Highway across
21    America.
22        (8)    On December 17, 2024, US Route 20 was designated as
23    the National Medal of Honor Highway. By designating US Route
24    20 as the Pennsylvania and National Medal of Honor Highway,
25    we honor the service and sacrifice of Medal of Honor
26    recipients across the United States and in this Commonwealth.
27        (9)    Pennsylvania has the second-highest number of Medal
28    of Honor recipients of any state.
29        (10)   A 45-mile, border-to-border Pennsylvania and
30    National Medal of Honor Highway designated on US Route 20

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 1      would honor our Commonwealth's and our nation's current and
 2      future Medal of Honor recipients and advance a 3,365-mile
 3      National Medal of Honor Highway across America between the
 4      Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
 5            (11)    Pennsylvania deeply appreciates the service and
 6      sacrifice of its Medal of Honor recipients and the positive
 7      roles they played in their communities for more than 145
 8      years.
 9      (b)     Designation.--The entire portion, 45.433 miles, of US
10   Route 20 in Pennsylvania, beginning at the Pennsylvania-Ohio
11   State Line and ending at the Pennsylvania-New York State Line,
12   is designated as the Pennsylvania and National Medal of Honor
13   Highway.
14      (c)     Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
15   maintain appropriate signs, brown with white trim and lettering,
16   displaying the name of the highway to traffic in each direction
17   of the route in each House legislative district the route passes
18   through and near the borders of Ohio and New York. The sign
19   shall also display the Army Medal of Honor, Navy Medal of Honor
20   and Air Force Medal of Honor.
21   Section 3.      Repeals.
22      Repeals are as follows:
23            (1)    The General Assembly declares that the repeal under
24      paragraph (2) is necessary to effectuate this act.
25            (2)    Section 16 of the act of June 30, 2021 (P.L.339,
26      No.64), entitled "An act designating the bridges, identified
27      as Bridge Key 31419 and Bridge Key 31420, on that portion of
28      U.S. Route 219 over State Route 601 in Conemaugh Township,
29      Somerset County, as the Corporal Anthony G. Orlandi Memorial
30      Bridge; designating the interchange of State Route 43, also

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 1    known as the Mon-Fayette Expressway, with U.S. Route 40,
 2    known as Exit 22, in Redstone Township, Fayette County, as
 3    the PFC Joseph Frank Duda Memorial Interchange KIA WWII
 4    U.S.M.C.; designating the interchange of U.S. Route 40 with
 5    State Route 4035, also known as Market Street and Spring
 6    Street, in Brownsville, Fayette County, as the Corporal Denny
 7    Ray Easter Memorial Interchange KIA Vietnam War U.S. Army;
 8    designating the portion of Pennsylvania Route 837, also known
 9    as Duquesne Boulevard, between Center Street in the City of
10    Duquesne, Allegheny County, and Hoffman Boulevard in West
11    Mifflin Borough, Allegheny County, as the Clifton P. Pitts
12    Memorial Highway; designating a bridge, identified as Bridge
13    Key 8391, on that portion of Pennsylvania Route 53 over
14    Laurel Run, also known as Lost Creek, in Dean Township,
15    Cambria County, as the Seaman 2nd Class Louis J. Benzie WWII
16    Memorial Bridge; designating a bridge, identified as Bridge
17    Key 8461, on that portion of U.S. Route 219 over Pennsylvania
18    Route 53, also known as Railroad Street, in Croyle Township,
19    Cambria County, as the Janice Keen-Livingston First
20    Responders' Memorial Bridge; designating the portion of State
21    Route 4014, also known as Grandview Boulevard, from
22    Pittsburgh Avenue to State Route 4015, also known as Zuck
23    Road, in Millcreek Township, Erie County, as the John A.
24    Pulice Memorial Highway; designating a bridge on that portion
25    of State Route 4001 over Crooked Creek, Armstrong Township,
26    Indiana County, as the Sergeant Carl Roof Memorial Bridge;
27    designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 25488,
28    carrying State Route 1011 over Mix Creek, Eldred Township,
29    McKean County, as the Sgt. Neil K. Dorrion Memorial Bridge;
30    designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 39504,

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 1    carrying Pennsylvania Route 3004 over the Allegheny River,
 2    Roulette Township, Potter County, as the SSG Gerrith Kibbe
 3    Memorial Bridge; designating a bridge, identified as Bridge
 4    Key 32773, on that portion of U.S. Route 6 over the Tioga
 5    River, Mansfield Borough, Tioga County, as the Mansfield
 6    Veterans Memorial Bridge; designating a bridge, identified as
 7    Bridge Key 5840, on that portion of SR 4010 (17th Street)
 8    over Interstate 99 in Logan Township, Blair County, as the
 9    Honorable Richard A. Geist Memorial Bridge; designating a
10    bridge, identified as Bridge Key 45998, carrying State Route
11    2027 in North Union Township, Fayette County, as the SSG
12    Willis J. Crayton Memorial Bridge; designating the bridge,
13    identified as Bridge Key 4133, carrying Pennsylvania Route
14    913 over Raystown Branch Juniata River in Liberty Township,
15    Bedford County, as the Sergeant Charles Warsing Memorial
16    Bridge; designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 68033,
17    carrying State Route 2047 over CSX and SEPTA Railroads, in
18    Middletown Township, Bucks County, as the PFC John Elton
19    Candy Memorial Bridge; designating the entire portion of US
20    Route 20 in Pennsylvania, beginning at the Pennsylvania-Ohio
21    State Line and ending at the Pennsylvania-New York State
22    Line, as the Pennsylvania Medal of Honor Highway; designating
23    the portion of State Route 2038, also known as Fitzwatertown
24    Road, between Jenkintown Road and North Hills Avenue in Upper
25    Dublin Township, Montgomery County, as the CPL Vincent J.
26    Wargo, Jr., U.S.M.C. Memorial Highway; designating a bridge,
27    identified as Bridge Key 43267, on that portion of State
28    Route 3041, also known as Dishong Mountain Road, over U.S.
29    Route 22 in Jackson Township, Cambria County, as the
30    Technical Sergeant Mike Capelli Memorial Bridge; and making

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1      related repeals," is repealed.
2   Section 4.   Effective date.
3      This act shall take effect immediately.




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