Pennsylvania legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Pennsylvania HR588: A Resolution condemning the actions of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, including the illegal abduction and forcible transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia.
Status: In committee, July 22, 2026
What the bill says
A resolution Condemning the actions of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, including the illegal abduction and forcible transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia.
From the introduced text, July 22, 2026:
A RESOLUTION Condemning the actions of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, including the illegal abduction and forcible transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia. WHEREAS, On January 12, 1951, the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, commonly known as the "Genocide Convention," of which the Russian Federation is a party, came into effect; and WHEREAS, On February 24, 2022, the Russian Federation launched an unprovoked, large-scale invasion of Ukraine; and WHEREAS, On June 16, 2022, Russian authorities announced that children born in occupied Ukrainian territories after the invasion would be deemed Russian citizens; and WHEREAS, The government of the Russian Federation changed its adoption laws since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 for the purpose of forcibly adopting children abducted from Ukraine in order to raise the children as Russian citizens and erase their Ukrainian identity; and WHEREAS, Forcibly transferring children of one group to another group is a violation of Article II(e) of the Genocide Convention; and WHEREAS, On July 11, 2022, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres ordered an investigation into the deaths and injuries of Ukrainian children; and WHEREAS, On February 14, 2023, a report by the Yale School of Public Health's Humanitarian Research Lab identified at least 210 facilities in Russia-occupied Crimea and Russia involved in the systematic academic, cultural, patriotic and …
Sponsors
- Melissa Cerrato (D, 151) · primary sponsor
- Liz Hanbidge (D, HD-061)
- Tarah Probst (D, 189)
- James Prokopiak (D, 140)
- Benjamin Sanchez (D, 153)
- Joe McAndrew (D, 32)
- Christopher Pielli (D, 156)
- Kristine Howard (D, 167)
- Timothy Brennan (D, 29)
- Jose Giral (D, 180)
- Patrick Gallagher (D, 173)
- Steven Malagari (D, 53)
Latest actions
- : Referred to INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AND OPERATIONS, July 22, 2026
Common questions
- What is HR588?
- HR588 is a bill in the Pennsylvania Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): A Resolution condemning the actions of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, including the illegal abduction and forcible transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia.
- What does HR588 do?
- In its own words: A resolution Condemning the actions of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, including the illegal abduction and forcible transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia.
- What is the status of HR588?
- In committee as of July 22, 2026. Latest action: Referred to INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AND OPERATIONS, July 22, 2026 (July 22, 2026).
- Who sponsored HR588?
- Melissa Cerrato (D, 151), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HR588?
- On the Pennsylvania Legislature website: https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/2025/hr588
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