A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, further providing for sessions of the General Assembly.

PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE
PRINTER'S NO. 2152
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1746
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY BOROWICZ, SCIALABBA, HAMM, STAMBAUGH, KAUFFMAN,
M. JONES, BERNSTINE, METZGAR, GILLEN, MARCELL, GAYDOS, WALSH,
CUTLER AND SHAFFER, JULY 17, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JULY 21, 2025
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, further providing for sessions of the
General Assembly.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby resolves as follows:
Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of
Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:
That section 4 of Article II be amended to read:
§ 4. Sessions.
[The General Assembly shall be a continuing body during the
term for which its Representatives are elected. It shall meet at
12 o'clock noon on the first Tuesday of January each year.] The
General Assembly shall be a part-time body during the term for
which its Representatives are elected. It shall meet at 12
o'clock noon on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of
January each year and shall conclude its business before the
last day of March of each year unless a special session has been
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called. Special sessions shall be called by the Governor on
petition of a majority of the members elected to each House or
may be called by the Governor whenever in his opinion the public
interest requires.
Section 2. The following procedure applies to the proposed
constitutional amendment in this joint resolution:
(1) Upon the first passage by the General Assembly of
the amendment, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall
proceed immediately to comply with the advertising
requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution
of Pennsylvania.
(2) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of
the amendment, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall
proceed immediately to comply with the advertising
requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution
of Pennsylvania. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall
submit the amendment to the qualified electors of this
Commonwealth at the first general or municipal election which
meets the requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the
Constitution of Pennsylvania.
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