PA HR126

Designates October 14, 2025, as "William Penn Day" in Pennsylvania to honor the founder of the Commonwealth, who was born on that date in 1644

Recognizes Penn's acquisition of the Province of Pennsylvania through a charter from King Charles II dated March 4, 1681, in payment of a debt owed to Penn's father

Highlights Penn's contributions including the Treaty of Shackamaxon with Native Americans, the 1701 "Charter of Privileges," and his 1697 "A Plan for Union for the English Colonies in America"

Notes that William Penn and his wife Hannah Callowhill Penn were declared honorary U.S. citizens through Public Law 98-516 on October 19, 1984

Proclaims Penn as an "inseparable and indispensable part of Pennsylvania's history" for establishing principles of religious liberty, self-government, and representative democracy