HB 876 — A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, further providing for removal of civil officers.

PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE
                                                       PRINTER'S NO.   916

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 876
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY SOLOMON, KENYATTA, VENKAT, SANCHEZ, PROBST,
        GUENST, MADSEN, HILL-EVANS, GREEN AND BOROWSKI,
        MARCH 11, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 11, 2025


                              A JOINT RESOLUTION
 1   Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
 2      of Pennsylvania, further providing for removal of civil
 3      officers.
 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 7 of Article VI be amended to read:
 9   § 7.   Removal of civil officers.
10      All civil officers shall hold their offices on the condition
11   that they behave themselves well while in office, and shall be
12   removed on [conviction of misbehavior in office or of any
13   infamous crime.] a finding or verdict of guilt by a judge or
14   jury, plea or admission of guilt or plea of nolo contendere to a
15   crime, the gravamen of which relates to the officer's conduct or
16   which would render the official ineligible to hold office.
17   Appointed civil officers, other than judges of the courts of
 1   record, may be removed at the pleasure of the power by which
 2   they shall have been appointed. All civil officers elected by
 3   the people, except the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor,
 4   members of the General Assembly and judges of the courts of
 5   record, shall be removed by the Governor for reasonable cause,
 6   after due notice and full hearing, on the address of two-thirds
 7   of the Senate.
 8      Section 2.    The following procedure applies to the proposed
 9   constitutional amendment in this joint resolution:
10          (1)   Upon the first passage by the General Assembly of
11      the amendment, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall
12      proceed immediately to comply with the advertising
13      requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution
14      of Pennsylvania.
15          (2)   Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of
16      the amendment, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall
17      proceed immediately to comply with the advertising
18      requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution
19      of Pennsylvania. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall
20      submit the amendment to the qualified electors of this
21      Commonwealth at the first general or municipal election which
22      meets the requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the
23      Constitution of Pennsylvania.




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