SB 456 — A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, further providing for appropriation bills.
Congress · introduced 2025-03-17
Latest action: — Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT, March 17, 2025
Sponsors
- Kristin Phillips-Hill (R, PA-28) — sponsor · 2025-03-17
- Judy Ward (R, PA-30) — cosponsor · 2025-03-17
- Tracy Pennycuick (R, PA-24) — cosponsor · 2025-03-17
- Patrick J. Stefano (R, PA-32) — cosponsor · 2025-03-17
- Cris Dush (R, PA-25) — cosponsor · 2025-03-17
- Doug Mastriano (R, PA-33) — cosponsor · 2025-03-17
Action timeline
- · senate — Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT, March 17, 2025
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0384 · 2,400 characters · source document
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PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE
PRINTER'S NO. 384
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 456
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY PHILLIPS-HILL, J. WARD, PENNYCUICK, STEFANO, DUSH
AND MASTRIANO, MARCH 17, 2025
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 17, 2025
A JOINT RESOLUTION
1 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
2 of Pennsylvania, further providing for appropriation bills.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby resolves as follows:
5 Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of
6 Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:
7 That section 11 of Article III be amended to read:
8 § 11. Appropriation bills.
9 The general appropriation bill shall embrace nothing but
10 appropriations for a single fiscal year for the executive,
11 legislative and judicial departments of the Commonwealth, for
12 the public debt and for public schools. All other
13 appropriations, including supplemental appropriations for a
14 prior fiscal year, shall be made by separate bills, each
15 embracing but one subject.
16 Section 2. The following procedure applies to the proposed
17 constitutional amendment in this joint resolution:
1 (1) Upon the first passage by the General Assembly of
2 the amendment, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall
3 proceed immediately to comply with the advertising
4 requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution
5 of Pennsylvania.
6 (2) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of
7 the amendment, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall
8 proceed immediately to comply with the advertising
9 requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution
10 of Pennsylvania. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall
11 submit the amendment to the qualified electors of this
12 Commonwealth at the first general or municipal election which
13 meets the requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the
14 Constitution of Pennsylvania.
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Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kristin Phillips-Hill (R, state_upper PA-28) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Cris Dush (R, state_upper PA-25) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Doug Mastriano (R, state_upper PA-33) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Judy Ward (R, state_upper PA-30) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Patrick J. Stefano (R, state_upper PA-32) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Tracy Pennycuick (R, state_upper PA-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate State Government Committee · pa-leg