PRINTER'S NO. 1814
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1639
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY MALAGARI, COX, FREEMAN, THOMAS, BOBACK, HILL-
EVANS, CAUSER, SAINATO, RYAN, KNOWLES, PICKETT, HEFFLEY,
T. DAVIS, SANCHEZ, R. MACKENZIE, SNYDER, SONNEY, LONGIETTI,
BURNS, WEBSTER, MILLARD, MALONEY, STAATS, STEPHENS, DRISCOLL,
WARREN, FARRY AND CIRESI, JUNE 15, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 15, 2021
AN ACT
Designating a portion of Pennsylvania Route 113 from its
intersection with Schoolhouse Road, in Franconia Township,
Montgomery County, and State Route 4027, also known as County
Line Road, in Souderton Borough, Montgomery County, as the
Honorable Robert W. Godshall Memorial Highway.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Honorable Robert W. Godshall Memorial Highway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Robert W. Godshall was born May 15, 1933, in
Souderton, Montgomery County, and lived on the same farm for
his entire life.
(2) Mr. Godshall graduated from Souderton High School in
1951 and from Juniata College in 1955 with a bachelor of
science degree in business administration.
(3) Mr. Godshall later attended graduate school at The
Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania until called
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home to help run the family's poultry farm due to his
father's poor health.
(4) Mr. Godshall became and continued on as president of
Godshall's Hatchery until 1990.
(5) In 1962, Mr. Godshall began a 32-year tenure as a
Republican committeeman serving as area leader from 1970
until his death.
(6) In 1963, Mr. Godshall was elected to the Souderton
Area School Board and served until 1980.
(7) Mr. Godshall also served as the Montgomery County
Open Space director from 1975 to 1979, and as Montgomery
County controller from 1980 to 1983 where he oversaw the
county's pension fund.
(8) In 1982, Mr. Godshall was elected to the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives where he served the
53rd Legislative District for 36 years until retirement in
2018.
(9) Of Mr. Godshall's many accomplishments, several
stood out as points of pride for him, including the
construction of the Point Pleasant Pumping Station, the
development of the National Constitution Center where he
served on the board of directors for 12 years and several
legislation successes, including the 2017 enactment of his
Right to Try legislation, legislation phasing in electric
rate increases after rate caps were lifted, protecting those
on fixed incomes and his work on medical malpractice
regulations.
(10) In 2011, Mr. Godshall received the American Hero
Award from the National Kidney Registry for his
groundbreaking legislation on behalf of organ donors.
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(11) On November 24, 2019, Robert Godshall passed away
at the age of 86.
(b) Designation.--The section of Pennsylvania Route 113 from
its intersection with Schoolhouse Road, in Franconia Township,
Montgomery County, and State Route 4027, also known as County
Line Road, in Souderton Borough, Montgomery County, is
designated as the Honorable Robert W. Godshall Memorial Highway.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the 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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