Designating the month of April 2025 as "Pennsylvania Donate Life Month" in Pennsylvania.
Summary
Senate Resolution 55 designates April 2025 as "Pennsylvania Donate Life Month" in Pennsylvania. The resolution recognizes the importance of organ, tissue, and cornea donation and highlights the need for more registered donors to help patients awaiting transplants. It cites statewide figures on the number of people waiting for transplants, the number of donors in 2024, and the potential for a single donor to save and improve multiple lives.
The resolution also acknowledges the role of the Department of Health, the Department of Education, the Department of Transportation, the Organ Donation Advisory Committee, and Pennsylvania’s two organ procurement organizations in promoting donor registration and public awareness. It is a commemorative resolution rather than a regulatory bill, so it does not create new programs, penalties, or eligibility rules. Instead, it formally encourages continued outreach and education around donation.
Impact
SR55 has no direct effect on the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes or regulatory requirements. Its legal impact is limited to a formal Senate designation of April 2025 as "Pennsylvania Donate Life Month," which serves as an official state recognition and awareness campaign. The practical effect is to support public education efforts by state agencies and organ procurement organizations, and to encourage residents to register as organ, tissue, and cornea donors.
Sentiment
The sentiment around the resolution is strongly supportive and celebratory. The bill’s sponsors from both parties and the stated findings reflect broad agreement on the lifesaving value of donation and the importance of increasing donor registration. No votes or committee debate were provided, but the text itself presents the measure as a consensus public-awareness resolution with a positive tone.
Contention
No notable contention is evident in the available materials. Because the resolution is symbolic and nonbinding, it does not appear to raise policy disputes over funding, mandates, or administrative authority. The only implied policy emphasis is on expanding donor registration and public awareness, which is framed as a shared public health goal rather than a contested issue.
Designating the month of April 2026 as "Donate Life Month" and April 10, 2026, as "Blue and Green Day" in Pennsylvania in support of organ donation awareness.