SB 718 — An Act designating the portion of Pennsylvania Route 51 from Segment 0280/Offset 0000 to Segment 0300/Offset 0570 in Whitehall Borough, Allegheny County, as the Hon. Raymond T. Book Memorial Highway.
Congress · introduced 2025-05-02
Latest action: — Referred to TRANSPORTATION, May 2, 2025
Sponsors
- Nick Pisciottano (D, PA-45) — sponsor · 2025-05-02
- Devlin J. Robinson (R, PA-37) — cosponsor · 2025-05-02
- Wayne D. Fontana (D, PA-42) — cosponsor · 2025-05-02
- Carolyn T. Comitta (D, PA-19) — cosponsor · 2025-05-02
- Jay Costa (D, PA-43) — cosponsor · 2025-05-02
Action timeline
- · senate — Referred to TRANSPORTATION, May 2, 2025
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0731 · 2,834 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 731
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 718
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY PISCIOTTANO, ROBINSON, FONTANA, COMITTA AND COSTA,
MAY 2, 2025
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, MAY 2, 2025
AN ACT
1 Designating the portion of Pennsylvania Route 51 from Segment
2 0280/Offset 0000 to Segment 0300/Offset 0570 in Whitehall
3 Borough, Allegheny County, as the Hon. Raymond T. Book
4 Memorial Highway.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Hon. Raymond T. Book Memorial Highway.
8 (a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
9 follows:
10 (1) Born in Pittsburgh on February 14, 1925, Mr. Book
11 was the son of the late Raymond and Margaret Book.
12 (2) During World War II, Mr. Book served his country
13 with honor and was awarded numerous medals.
14 (3) After his honorable discharge, he attended Robert
15 Morris Business College and the University of Pittsburgh
16 before beginning his career with J&L Steel in 1948.
17 (4) He also worked in the real estate industry for more
18 than four decades.
19 (5) Mr. Book turned his attention to politics in 1980
1 when he was elected to serve on the Whitehall Borough
2 Council.
3 (6) In 1982, he became Representative Book upon his
4 election to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
5 (7) During his tenure as a legislator, he was a sponsor
6 of the Organ Donor Bill.
7 (8) After serving three consecutive terms in the House
8 of Representatives, he turned his attention to the real
9 estate industry and served as the Director of the Real Estate
10 Appeals Department before serving on the Pennsylvania Real
11 Estate Board for eight years.
12 (9) After his retirement, he continued to serve his
13 community by volunteering with Jefferson Hospital.
14 (b) Designation.--The portion of Pennsylvania Route 51 from
15 Segment 0280/Offset 0000 to Segment 0300/Offset 0570 in
16 Whitehall Borough, Allegheny County, is designated as the Hon.
17 Raymond T. Book Memorial Highway.
18 (c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
19 maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to
20 traffic in both directions on the highway.
21 Section 2. Effective date.
22 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
20250SB0718PN0731 - 2 -Connected on the graph
Inbound (5)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-02 | Devlin J. Robinson | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-02 | Carolyn T. Comitta | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-02 | Jay Costa | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-02 | Wayne D. Fontana | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-02 | Nick Pisciottano | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Outbound (1)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate Transportation Committee | — | pa-leg |
The full graph
Every typed relationship touching this entity — 6 edges across 2 categories. Grouped by what the connection is; the heaviest few are shown, with a link to the full list.
Committees
→ Referred to committee 1 edge
Legislation
← Cosponsored bill 4 edges
- Devlin J. Robinson · cosponsor · 2025-05-02
- Carolyn T. Comitta · cosponsor · 2025-05-02
- Jay Costa · cosponsor · 2025-05-02
- Wayne D. Fontana · cosponsor · 2025-05-02
← Sponsored bill 1 edge
- Nick Pisciottano · sponsor · 2025-05-02
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Pisciottano (D, state_upper PA-45) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Carolyn T. Comitta (D, state_upper PA-19) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Devlin J. Robinson (R, state_upper PA-37) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Jay Costa (D, state_upper PA-43) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Wayne D. Fontana (D, state_upper PA-42) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate Transportation Committee · pa-leg
- 2025-05-02 · sponsored by Nick Pisciottano (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-02 · cosponsored by Devlin J. Robinson (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-02 · cosponsored by Wayne D. Fontana (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-02 · cosponsored by Jay Costa (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-02 · cosponsored by Carolyn T. Comitta (cosponsor) · sponsorship