HB 478 — A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, further providing for disqualifications for service as election officer.

PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE
                                                       PRINTER'S NO.   461

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 478
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY WEBSTER, HILL-EVANS, GIRAL, SANCHEZ, DONAHUE,
        GUENST, SCHLOSSBERG, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ AND CIRESI,
        FEBRUARY 4, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 4, 2025


                              A JOINT RESOLUTION
 1   Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
 2      of Pennsylvania, further providing for disqualifications for
 3      service as election officer.
 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 12 of Article VII be amended to read:
 9   § 12.   Disqualifications for service as election officer.
10      No persons shall be qualified to serve as an election officer
11   who shall hold, or shall within two months have held any
12   office[,] or appointment [or employment] in or under the
13   government of the United States, or of this State, or of any
14   city, or county, or of any municipal board, commission or trust
15   in any city, save only notaries public and persons in the
16   National Guard or in a reserve component of the armed forces of
17   the United States; nor shall any election officer be eligible to
 1   any civil office to be filled at an election at which he shall
 2   serve, save only to such subordinate municipal or local offices,
 3   below the grade of city or county offices, as shall be
 4   designated by general law.
 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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