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HR 353

A Resolution designating the month of October 2025 as "Italian and Italian American History and Culture Month" in Pennsylvania.

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Marla Brown and 13 co-sponsors

The Willow School girls’ tennis team is officially congratulated and recognized by the legislature for winning the 2025 LHSAA Division II state championship.

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Bill Summary · HR 353

Summary — H.R. 353 (2025) — Commendation for The Willow School (New Orleans) Girls’ Tennis Team

Status: Resolution (honorary) — Introduced January 13, 2025; enacted/processed and presented to the Secretary of State June 13, 2025.

Purpose / Intent

H.R. 353 is a non‑binding, honorary resolution that formally commends and recognizes The Willow School (New Orleans) girls’ tennis team for winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA) 2025 Division II team state championship. The resolution’s intent is to honor the student‑athletes, coaches, and school community for their athletic achievement and to record the appreciation of the legislative body.

Key provisions

  • Officially congratulates The Willow School (New Orleans) girls’ tennis team on winning the 2025 LHSAA Division II team state championship.
  • Praises the players, coaches, and school for demonstrating athletic excellence, teamwork, and sportsmanship.
  • Directs the legislative clerk/appropriate officer to make an appropriate copy of the resolution available for distribution to the team/school (standard for honorary resolutions).

Note: The resolution is purely ceremonial and contains no substantive policy changes, appropriations, or regulatory directives.

Who is affected

  • Primary: The Willow School girls’ tennis team (players and coaches) and The Willow School community.
  • Secondary: Family members, alumni, local supporters, and the wider New Orleans/Louisiana high‑school athletics community.
  • No government agencies or budgets are affected beyond routine administrative actions to file, publish, or distribute the resolution.

Procedural timeline (selected)

  • 2025-01-13: Introduced in the House; referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  • 2025-02-21 to 2025-03-31: Considered, placed on consent/local calendars, read and adopted by the House (dates in the record show multiple readings and adoption steps).
  • 2025-03-31: Reported enrolled; adopted (non‑record vote noted in official journal).
  • 2025-05-20 to 2025-06-11: Final procedural steps, including placement on Agreed Resolutions calendar, enrollment, signature by the Speaker, and actions under Joint Rule 11.
  • 2025-06-13: Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with House rules.

Other notes

  • Classification: Honorary/ceremonial House resolution (no legal or fiscal effect).
  • Related bill: S. 1382 is listed as a companion.
  • The legislative file includes extraneous or duplicated text from other unrelated resolutions in the public record; the core H.R. 353 action concerns the commendation described above.

This resolution formally recognizes and records legislative appreciation for the team’s 2025 LHSAA Division II state championship and provides a permanent legislative acknowledgement for the school community.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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