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PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE
PRINTER'S NO. 37
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 82
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY ARGALL, STREET, PENNYCUICK, BROWN, BAKER, STEFANO,
PHILLIPS-HILL, ROBINSON, FONTANA, COSTA AND MILLER,
JANUARY 22, 2025
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 22, 2025
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, further providing for Lieutenant Governor.
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 IV be amended to read:
§ 4. Lieutenant Governor.
A Lieutenant Governor shall be chosen jointly with the
Governor by the casting by each voter of a single vote
applicable to both offices, for the same term, and subject to
the same provisions as the Governor[; he]. Each candidate for
Governor, having been nominated under the laws of this
Commonwealth, shall, subject to the approval of the political
party or political body, if any, nominating such candidate,
select a candidate for Lieutenant Governor within such time
before the gubernatorial general election as the General
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Assembly shall prescribe by law. A person may not seek election
to both offices simultaneously. The Lieutenant Governor shall be
President of the Senate. As such, [he] the Lieutenant Governor
may vote in case of a tie on any question except the final
passage of a bill or joint resolution, the adoption of a
conference report or the concurrence in amendments made by the
House of Representatives.
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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