10/22/2026
IT PASSED! A VICTORY FOR BETHEL PARK SAVING LIVES ACROSS THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
A heart-felt thank you to REP. NATALIE MIHALEK for drafting and sponsoring HB961, the good people of Bethel Park for urging lawmakers to bring it to the floor, the Gentile family and the students at Bethel Park Park HS for their passionate advocacy. This is the power of ordinary citizens making their voices heard and an experienced Representative who listened and took action - together there’s nothing we can’t do. Congratulations to all!
Bethel Park High School students are advocating for safety laws on Pennsylvania’s waterways in memory of former history teacher Jon Gentile. Gentile died in May 2022 in a kayaking accident on the Delaware River in Bucks County. Gentile kayaked into an unmarked low head dam where his kayak caps...