PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE
PRINTER'S NO. 527
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
554
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY ZIMMERMAN, HAMM, R. MACKENZIE, STAMBAUGH,
KAUFFMAN, PICKETT, JOZWIAK, T. JONES, HEFFLEY, GLEIM AND
KEEFER, MARCH 20, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 20, 2023
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, further providing for qualifications of
electors.
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 1 of Article VII be amended to read:
ยง 1. Qualifications of electors.
[Every citizen 21] (a) Only citizens 18 years of age or
older, possessing the following qualifications, shall be
entitled to vote at all elections subject, however, to such laws
requiring and regulating the registration of electors as the
General Assembly may enact.
1. He or she shall have been a citizen of the United States
at least one month.
2. He or she shall have resided in the State [90] 30 days
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immediately preceding the election.
3. He or she shall have resided in the election district
where he or she shall offer to vote at least [60] 30 days
immediately preceding the election, except that if qualified to
vote in an election district prior to removal of residence, he
or she may, if a resident of Pennsylvania, vote in the election
district from which he or she removed his or her residence
within [60] 30 days preceding the election.
(b) In addition to the qualifications under subsection (a),
a qualified elector shall present a valid government-issued
identification prior to voting. When not voting in person, a
qualified elector shall provide proof of a valid government-
issued identification and the qualified elector's signature when
requesting and submitting a ballot. The qualified elector's
signature shall be matched to the qualified elector's signature
of record prior to the ballot being accepted.
(c) In addition to the qualifications under this section, a
qualified elector must be registered to vote no later than 30
days prior to an election in order to cast a vote. A
Commonwealth entity overseeing voter registration shall
adequately confirm an applicant's eligibility to vote prior to
permitting any registration.
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
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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 primary, general or municipal
election which meets the requirements of section 1 of Article
XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania.
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