Pennsylvania HR602: A Resolution recognizing the month of October 2026, as "Infant Safe Sleep Month" in Pennsylvania.

What the bill says

A resolution Recognizing the month of October 2026, as "Infant Safe Sleep Month" in Pennsylvania.

From the introduced text, August 27, 2026:

A RESOLUTION Recognizing the month of October 2026, as "Infant Safe Sleep Month" in Pennsylvania. WHEREAS, October is nationally recognized as "Infant Safe Sleep and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month" to raise awareness of evidence-based safe sleep practices and reduce the incidence of sleep-related infant deaths; and WHEREAS, Advances in medical research expanded the understanding of sleep-related infant deaths beyond SIDS to include other sleep-related causes, such as accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed (ASSB), leading to broader evidence-based safe sleep recommendations aimed at reducing Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID); and WHEREAS, Organizations such as the Pennsylvania-based Cribs for Kids have played a nationally recognized role in advancing evidence-based infant safe sleep education and promoting October as "Infant Safe Sleep and SIDS Awareness Month," helping shift public awareness toward preventing sleep-related infant deaths; and WHEREAS, Sleep-related infant deaths remain among the leading causes of death for infants; and WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Department of Health's 2025 Child Death Review Annual Report found that unsafe sleep factors were present in 86.8% of reviewed SUID cases, underscoring the continued need for public education and awareness; and WHEREAS, The same report found that more than half of reviewed SUID deaths occurred in an adult bed rather than in a crib, bassinet or other recommended infant sleep space; and WHEREAS, The Commonwealth has …

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Sponsors

• Joseph Ciresi (D, 146) · primary sponsor
• Carol Hill-Evans (D, 95)
• Benjamin Waxman (D, 182)
• Arvind Venkat (D, 30)
• Patrick Harkins (D, 1)
• Joseph Hamm (R, 84)
• Steven Malagari (D, 53)
• Manuel Guzman (D, 127)
• Patrick Gallagher (D, 173)
• James Haddock (D, 118)
• Joseph Hohenstein (D, 177)
• Benjamin Sanchez (D, 153)

Latest actions

1. September 28, 2026: Reported as committed, Sept. 28, 2026
2. August 27, 2026: Referred to CHILDREN AND YOUTH, Aug. 27, 2026

Votes

• House Children & Youth: Report Bill As Committed (September 28, 2026): 25 yea, 0 nay, passed

Common questions

What is HR602?

HR602 is a bill in the Pennsylvania Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): A Resolution recognizing the month of October 2026, as "Infant Safe Sleep Month" in Pennsylvania.

What does HR602 do?

In its own words: A resolution Recognizing the month of October 2026, as "Infant Safe Sleep Month" in Pennsylvania.

What is the status of HR602?

In committee as of September 28, 2026. Latest action: Reported as committed, Sept. 28, 2026 (September 28, 2026).

Who sponsored HR602?

Joseph Ciresi (D, 146), with 11 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for HR602?

On the Pennsylvania Legislature website: https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/2025/hr602