SB 78 — An Act designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 67586, located over the South Branch of Bear Run on State Route 1053 in Banks Township, Indiana County, as the PFC John Tabacsko Memorial Bridge; designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 8377, carrying Pennsylvania Route 53 over Bear Rock Run in Lilly Borough, Cambria County, as the Corporal James D. Sloan Memorial Bridge; designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 8387, carrying Pennsylvania Route 53 over Patty's Run in Gallitzin Township, Cambria County, as the USMCR Mary A. Lidwell Memorial Bridge; designating a portion of State Route 3037 from the intersection with Waltz Mill Flats Road to Segment 0170/Offset 0950 in Sewickley Township, Westmoreland County, as the PFC Earl "Butch" Long Memorial Highway; designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 25406, carrying Pennsylvania Route 346 over Willow Creek in Corydon Township, McKean County, as the Private First Class Bruce A. Cobb Memorial Bridge; designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 22726, carrying Pennsylvania Route 934 over Swatara Creek in East Hanover Township, Lebanon County, as the WO1 John Stephen Chrin Memorial Bridge; designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 44210, carrying State Route 2001 over Kreutz Creek in Windsor Township, York County, as the Private Myles Ness Memorial Bridge; designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 56130, carrying Pennsylvania Route 562 over Manatawny Creek in Amity Township, Berks County, as the PFC Travis C. Zimmerman Memorial Bridge; designating a portion of State Route 2051 from the intersection with Elizabeth Street (segment 0020/offset 1600) to the Decatur Township Line (segment 0030/offset 0000) in Osceola Mills Borough, Clearfield County, as the IC3 James S. Dunlap Memorial Highway; designating the bridge identified as Bridge Key 48006, carrying State Route 3007 over Carson Run in Knox Township, Clearfield County, as the Sgt. Ronald Bloom Memorial Bridge; 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; designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Keys 5599/5600, carrying Interstate 99 over PA Route 36 in Logan Township, Blair County, as the Jack E. and Sheldon L. Chambers Memorial Bridge; designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 31496, carrying Pennsylvania Route 985 over North Branch Quemahoning Creek in Jenner Township, Somerset County, as the PFC Paul A. Gilbert Memorial Bridge; designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 4262, carrying State Route 2016 over Shaffer Creek in East Providence Township, Bedford County, as the PFC Charles O. Snyder Memorial Bridge; designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 1723, carrying State Route 3017 over Peters Creek in the Borough of Jefferson Hills, Allegheny County, as the Janice Butko Cmar Memorial Bridge; designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 37601, carrying Pennsylvania Route 462 over a tributary of Kreutz Creek in Hellam Township, York County, as the Roger Lee Fraker Memorial Bridge; designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 18630, carrying Pennsylvania Route 305 over the Frankstown Branch of the Juniata River in Alexandria Borough, Huntingdon County, as the Craig Walker Memorial Bridge; designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 12334, carrying State Route 2012 over McElhattan Creek in Wayne Township, Clinton County, as the Master Sergeant Robert F. Johnson Memorial Bridge; designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 33747, carrying US Route 322 over Sugar Creek in Sugarcreek Borough, Venango County, as the Earle Chandler Memorial Bridge; designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 69027, carrying Worthington Mill Road over Neshaminy Creek in Wrightstown Township, Bucks County, as the Colonel Daniel L. Rubini Memorial Bridge; designating the portion of U.S. Route 15 in Monroe Township and Shamokin Dam Borough, Snyder County, from its interchange with existing U.S. Routes 11/15 and U.S. Route 522 north of Selinsgrove to its interchange with existing U.S. Route 15 and Pennsylvania Route 147 south of Winfield as the Joseph McGranaghan Memorial Highway; designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 8430, carrying Pennsylvania Route 160 over the North Branch Little Conemaugh River in the borough of Wilmore, Cambria County, as the Potchak Brothers Memorial Bridge; designating the portion of Interstate 180 from the Lycoming-Northumberland County line to the interchange with existing U.S. Route 15 and U.S. Route 220 in Lycoming County as the Kenneth C. Larson, Jr., Memorial Highway; designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 5664, on that portion of Old Pennsylvania Route 220 North over the Beaverdam Branch of the Juniata River in Allegheny Township, Blair County, as the Baker Brothers Memorial Bridge; designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 44229, on that portion of Pennsylvania Route 22, 3rd Avenue, over Blair Gap Run in Duncansville Borough, Blair County, as the Sergeant Robert E. Davis Memorial Bridge; designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 5784, on that portion of State Route 3013, Dunnings Highway, over Beaverdam Creek in Greenfield Township, Blair County, as the Arthur R. Walter, Jr., Memorial Bridge; designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 47600, on that portion of Pennsylvania Route 220, East Pleasant Valley Boulevard, over Little Juniata River in Antis Township, Blair County, as the Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Lee Swayne Memorial Bridge; designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 68408, on that portion of Wopsononock Avenue over Spring Run in the City of Altoona, Blair County, as the Private First Class James A. Behe Memorial Bridge; designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 45589, located on that portion of Spring Road over the Conodoguinet Creek in North Middleton Township, Cumberland County, the Sergeant Patrick C. Hawkins Memorial Bridge; designating a portion of Pennsylvania Route 183, also known as Bernville Road, from the intersection with Mt. Pleasant Road in Penn Township, Berks County, southbound to the bridge over Licking Creek in Penn Township with identification number 0601830180000 as the Staff Sergeant Norman W. Reifsnyder Memorial Highway; designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 7027, carrying Pennsylvania Route 413 over U.S. Route 1 in Middletown Township, Bucks County, as the Corporal John F. Muffler Memorial Bridge; designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 8510, carrying PA Route 271 over Pergrin Run in the borough of Nanty Glo, Cambria County, as the PFC William P. O'Farrell Memorial Bridge; designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 8457, carrying U.S. Route 219 over PA Route 869 in Adams Township, Cambria County, as the Seaman First Class John M. McGinty Memorial Bridge; designating a portion of Pennsylvania Route 352 also known as Middletown Road, from the intersection with State Route 4008, also known as Gradyville Road, in Edgmont Township, Delaware County, to the intersection with Pennsylvania Route 452, also known as North Pennell Road, in Middletown Township, Delaware County, as the Chief Joseph J. Montgomery, Jr. Memorial Highway; designating a portion of State Route 1006, also known as Ferry Road, from the intersection with Limekiln Road to the intersection with Pennsylvania Route 313, also known as Swamp Road, in Doylestown Township, Bucks County, as the Judge R. Barry McAndrews Memorial Highway; designating the entire portion of Pennsylvania Route 232 within the Borough of Rockledge, Montgomery County, as the PFC Helmut Boehm Memorial Highway; 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; designating the bridge, identified as Bridge Key 28737, carrying 13th Street over Bushkill Creek in the City of Easton, Northampton County, as the Honorable James F. Prendergast Memorial Bridge; designating the western roundabout on State Route 1001 at the intersection of New Britain Road and South Easton Road in Doylestown Township, Bucks County, as the Blue Star Family Tribute Roundabout; designating the eastern roundabout on State Route 1001 at the intersection of New Britain Road and Sauerman Road in Doylestown Township, Bucks County, as the Gold Star Family Tribute Roundabout; designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 56035, carrying U.S. Route 422 over State Route 2005 and Cherry Run in Plumcreek Township, Armstrong County, as the George W. McAuley, Jr. Memorial Bridge; designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 27695, carrying State Route 3006, also known as Whitehall Road, over Kepner Creek in East Norriton Township, Montgomery County, as the E. Pearl Smith Memorial Bridge; and making a repeal.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-22
Latest action: — Act No. 17 of 2025, June 30, 2025
Sponsors
- Joe Pittman (R, PA-41) — sponsor · 2025-01-22
Action timeline
- · senate — Referred to TRANSPORTATION, Jan. 22, 2025
- · senate — Reported as committed, Jan. 28, 2025
- · senate — First consideration, Jan. 28, 2025
- · senate — Second consideration, *Opening Vote* Jan. 29, 2025 (49-0)
- · senate — Third consideration and final passage, March 24, 2025 (49-0)
- · house — In the House
- · house — Referred to TRANSPORTATION, March 25, 2025
- · house — Reported as committed, June 24, 2025
- · house — First consideration, June 24, 2025
- · house — Laid on the table, June 24, 2025
- · house — Removed from table, June 24, 2025
- · house — Second consideration, with amendments, June 25, 2025
- · house — Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, June 25, 2025
- · house — Re-reported as committed, June 26, 2025
- · house — Third consideration and final passage, June 26, 2025 (202-0)
- · senate — In the Senate
- · senate — Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, June 26, 2025
- · senate — Re-reported on concurrence, as committed, June 26, 2025
- · senate — Senate concurred in House amendments, June 26, 2025 (50-0)
- · senate — Signed in Senate, June 26, 2025
- · house — Signed in House, June 30, 2025
- — Presented to the Governor, June 30, 2025
- — Approved by the Governor, June 30, 2025
- — Act No. 17 of 2025, June 30, 2025
- · house — (Remarks see House Journal Page 1071-1087), June 25, 2025
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PRINTER'S NO. 34
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 78
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY PITTMAN, JANUARY 22, 2025
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 22, 2025
AN ACT
1 Designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 67586, located
2 over the South Branch of Bear Run on State Route 1053 in
3 Banks Township, Indiana County, as the PFC John Tabacsko
4 Memorial Bridge.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. John Tabacsko Memorial Bridge.
8 (a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
9 follows:
10 (1) PFC John Tabacsko, a native of Banks Township, gave
11 his life in service to his country during World War II.
12 (2) Before entering the service, PFC Tabacsko was
13 employed by the Clark Coal Company near Bear Run.
14 (3) PFC Tabacsko entered the Army in August 1942 and
15 completed basic training at Camp Wheeler, Georgia.
16 (4) PFC Tabacsko served with the 472 Field Artillery
17 Battalion in Company B for seven months during his time of
18 service.
19 (5) On March 24, 1945, PFC John Tabacsko was killed in
1 action in the Philippines on Luzon Island when he was only 23
2 years of age.
3 (b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key
4 67586, located over the South Branch of Bear Run on State Route
5 1053 in Banks Township, Indiana County, is designated as the PFC
6 John Tabacsko Memorial Bridge.
7 (c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
8 maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to
9 traffic in both directions on the bridge.
10 Section 2. Effective date.
11 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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Outbound (4)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate Rules And Executive Nominations Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Transportation Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate Transportation Committee | — | pa-leg |
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| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Pittman (R, state_upper PA-41) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
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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
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- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate Rules And Executive Nominations Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Transportation Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate Transportation Committee · pa-leg