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HJR258 • 2025

A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, further providing for method of elections and secrecy in voting.

A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, further providing for method of elections and secrecy in voting.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
DIAMOND
Last action
2025-01-22
Official status
Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT, Jan. 22, 2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, further providing for method of elections and secrecy in voting.

A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, further providing for method of elections and secrecy in voting.

What This Bill Does

  • A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, further providing for method of elections and secrecy in voting.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-01-22 STATE GOVERNMENT

    Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT, Jan. 22, 2025

Official Summary Text

A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, further providing for method of elections and secrecy in voting.

Current Bill Text

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PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE
PRINTER'S NO. 204
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 258
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY DIAMOND, HAMM, GREINER, KAUFFMAN, MENTZER, WARNER,
KUZMA, BOROWICZ AND ZIMMERMAN, JANUARY 22, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 22, 2025
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, further providing for method of elections
and secrecy in voting.
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 VII be amended to read:
§ 4. Method of elections; secrecy in voting.
[All] E xcept as permitted by absentee ballot under section 14
of this article, all elections by the citizens shall be by
ballot [or by such other method as may be prescribed by law:]
cast in person by electors at their polling place, including
early in-person voting, as prescribed by law: Provided, That
secrecy in voting be preserved.
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
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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 primary, general or municipal
election which meets the requirements of section 1 of Article
XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania.
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