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HB1438 • 2025

An Act 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.

An Act 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.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
KEPHART
Last action
2025-05-12
Official status
Referred to TRANSPORTATION, May 12, 2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

An Act 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.

An Act 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.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act 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.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-12 TRANSPORTATION

    Referred to TRANSPORTATION, May 12, 2025

Official Summary Text

An Act 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.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
PRINTER'S NO. 1677
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1438
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY KEPHART, GUENST, CONKLIN, SMITH, CAUSER, STAATS,
ANDERSON, KAUFFMAN, DAVANZO AND ROWE, MAY 12, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MAY 12, 2025
AN ACT
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.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. IC3 James S. Dunlap Memorial Highway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) James Scott Dunlap was born January 22, 1967, at
Philipsburg Hospital in Philipsburg, Centre County, and later
attended Philipsburg-Osceola Area High School.
(2) He also attended Great Lakes Naval Training Center
in Illinois and Interior Communications 'A' School in San
Diego, California.
(3) He was a Petty Officer Third Class in the United
States Navy and served as an Interior Communications
Electrician (IC3) on board the USS Stark FFG-31 from November
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1984 to May 1987, stationed out of Mayport Base,
Jacksonville, Florida.
(4) On May 17, 1987, Petty Officer Third Class Dunlap
was killed in action on board the USS Stark in the Persian
Gulf when Iraqi aircraft fired missiles at the ship.
(b) Designation.--The 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, is designated the IC3 James S.
Dunlap Memorial Highway.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the designated
highway to traffic in both directions on the highway.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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