HB 1746 — A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, further providing for sessions of the General Assembly.

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                     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
 1   Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
 2      of Pennsylvania, further providing for sessions of the
 3      General Assembly.
 4      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 5   hereby resolves as follows:
 6      Section 1.      The following amendment to the Constitution of
 7   Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:
 8      That section 4 of Article II be amended to read:
 9   § 4.   Sessions.
10      [The General Assembly shall be a continuing body during the
11   term for which its Representatives are elected. It shall meet at
12   12 o'clock noon on the first Tuesday of January each year.] The
13   General Assembly shall be a part-time body during the term for
14   which its Representatives are elected. It shall meet at 12
15   o'clock noon on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of
16   January each year and shall conclude its business before the
17   last day of March of each year unless a special session has been
 1   called. Special sessions shall be called by the Governor on
 2   petition of a majority of the members elected to each House or
 3   may be called by the Governor whenever in his opinion the public
 4   interest requires.
 5      Section 2.   The following procedure applies to the proposed
 6   constitutional amendment in this joint resolution:
 7          (1)   Upon the first passage by the General Assembly of
 8      the amendment, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall
 9      proceed immediately to comply with the advertising
10      requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution
11      of Pennsylvania.
12          (2)   Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of
13      the amendment, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall
14      proceed immediately to comply with the advertising
15      requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution
16      of Pennsylvania. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall
17      submit the amendment to the qualified electors of this
18      Commonwealth at the first general or municipal election which
19      meets the requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the
20      Constitution of Pennsylvania.




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