HB647 • 2025

An Act amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, in county boards of elections, further providing for powers and duties of county boards.

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Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: MAKO
Last action: 2025-02-20
Official status: Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT, Feb. 20, 2025
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, in county boards of elections, further providing for powers and duties of county boards.

What This Bill Does

An Act amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, in county boards of elections, further providing for powers and duties of county boards.

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Bill History

2025-02-20 STATE GOVERNMENT
Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT, Feb. 20, 2025

Official Summary Text

An Act amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, in county boards of elections, further providing for powers and duties of county boards.

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PRINTER'S NO. 656
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 647
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY MAKO, BANTA, DIAMOND, HAMM, JAMES, KAUFFMAN,
KENYATTA, KUTZ, KUZMA, M. MACKENZIE AND ROAE,
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 20, 2025
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), entitled
"An act concerning elections, including general, municipal,
special and primary elections, the nomination of candidates,
primary and election expenses and election contests; creating
and defining membership of county boards of elections;
imposing duties upon the Secretary of the Commonwealth,
courts, county boards of elections, county commissioners;
imposing penalties for violation of the act, and codifying,
revising and consolidating the laws relating thereto; and
repealing certain acts and parts of acts relating to
elections," in county boards of elections, further providing
for powers and duties of county boards.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 302 of the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333,
No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, is amended by
adding a subsection to read:
Section 302. Powers and Duties of County Boards.--The county
boards of elections, within their respective counties, shall
exercise, in the manner provided by this act, all powers granted
to them by this act, and shall perform all the duties imposed
upon them by this act, which shall include the following:
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(q) To enter into an agreement with the unified judicial
system to receive a record of any county resident who claims
ineligibility for service as a juror under 42 Pa.C.S. § 4502
(relating to qualifications of jurors) and to investigate the
registration status of any registered elector who claimed
ineligibility to serve as a juror on the basis of a lack of
citizenship.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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