Regular Session 2015-2016 House Bill 1344 P.N. 1846

PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE

PRINTER'S NO. 1846

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No.

1344

Session of

2015

INTRODUCED BY HARHAI, ROZZI, THOMAS, McNEILL, YOUNGBLOOD,

SCHLOSSBERG, O'BRIEN, D. PARKER, MAHONEY AND MULLERY,

JUNE 18, 2015

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JUNE 18, 2015

A JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing integrated amendments to the Constitution of the

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and further providing for

Legislative Reapportionment.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby resolves as follows:

Section 1. The following integrated amendments to the

Constitution of Pennsylvania are proposed in accordance with

Article XI:

That section 17 of Article II be amended to read:

§ 17. Citizens Legislative Reapportionment Commission.

(a) In each year following the year of the Federal decennial

census, a Citizens Legislative Reapportionment Commission shall

be constituted for the purpose of reapportioning the

Commonwealth. The advisory commission shall act by a majority of

its entire membership.

(b) The advisory commission shall consist of [five] fourteen

members[: four of whom shall be the majority and minority

leaders of both the Senate and the House of Representatives, or

deputies appointed by each of them, and a chairman selected as

hereinafter provided. No later than 60 days following the

official reporting of the Federal decennial census as required

by Federal law, the four members shall be certified by the

President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House

of Representatives to the elections officer of the Commonwealth

who under law shall have supervision over elections.] five of

whom shall be registered with the largest political party in

this Commonwealth based on registration, five of whom shall be

registered with the second largest political party in this

Commonwealth based on registration, and four of whom shall not

be registered with either of the two largest political parties

in this Commonwealth based on registration.

(1) By January 1, 2020, and in each year of a Federal

decennial census thereafter, the Secretary of the Commonwealth

shall initiate an application open to all qualified electors in

this Commonwealth.

(2) The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall disqualify an

applicant if the applicant or a member of the applicant's

immediate family, within the 10 years immediately preceding the

date of application, was:

(i) Appointed to, elected to or served as a candidate for

Federal or State office.

(ii) Served as an officer, employee or paid consultant of a

political party or of a campaign committee of a candidate for

elective Federal or State office.

(iii) Served as an elected or appointed member of a

political party committee.

(iv) Served as a registered Federal or State lobbyist.

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(v) Served as paid congressional, legislative or local

government staff.

(vi) Employed as staff or a consultant to, a person under a

contract with, or any person with an immediate family

relationship with the Governor, a member of the General

Assembly, a member of Congress or a member of the judiciary.

(b.1) No later than 60 days after initiating the application

process, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall establish an

Applicant Review Panel, consisting of the following members:

(1) The Auditor General of the Commonwealth or a designee.

(2) The Attorney General of the Commonwealth or a designee.

(3) Four legislative appointees who are not current or past

members of the General Assembly or staff of a member of the

General Assembly, appointed as follows:

(i) One individual appointed by the President pro tempore of

the Senate.

(ii) One individual appointed by the Minority Leader of the

Senate.

(iii) One individual appointed by the Speaker of the House

of Representatives.

(iv) One individual appointed by the Minority Leader of the

House of Representatives.

(b.2) The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall, no later than

August 1, 2020, and in each year of a Federal decennial census

thereafter, publish the names of the applicants not disqualified

under subsection (b)(2), which shall constitute the applicant

pool, in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and provide copies of their

applications to the Applicant Review Panel.

(b.3) (1) From the applicant pool, the Applicant Review

Panel shall select 60 of the most qualified applicants,

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consisting of 20 who are registered with the largest political

party in this Commonwealth based on registration, 20 who are

registered with the second largest political party in this

Commonwealth based on registration and 20 who are not registered

with either of the two largest political parties in this

Commonwealth based on registration. The applicants in the

subpools shall be selected on the basis of their relevant

analytical skills and ability to be impartial and appreciation

for this Commonwealth's diverse demographics and geography.

(2) The members of the panel shall not communicate with any

Senator, Representative, member of Congress or their

representatives or staff, about any matter related to the

nomination process or applicants prior to the presentation by

the panel of the pool of recommended applicants to the Secretary

of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the House of

Representatives.

(b.4) No later than October 1, 2020, and in each year of a

Federal decennial census thereafter, the Applicant Review Panel

shall present its pool of recommended applicants to the

Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the House of

Representatives. No later than November 15, 2020, and in each

year of a Federal decennial census thereafter, the President pro

tempore of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the

Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Minority Leader

of the House of Representatives may veto no more than two

applicants from each subpool of 20 for a total of eight possible

removals per subpool. After the legislative leaders have

exercised their veto, the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief

Clerk of the House of Representatives shall jointly present the

pool of remaining names to the Secretary of the Commonwealth.

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(b.5) No later than November 20, 2020, and in each year of a

Federal decennial census thereafter, the Secretary of the

Commonwealth shall randomly draw eight names from the remaining

pool of applicants as follows:

(1) Three from the remaining subpool of applicants

registered with the largest political party in this Commonwealth

based on registration.

(2) Three from the remaining subpool of applicants

registered with the second largest political party in this

Commonwealth based on registration.

(3) Two from the remaining subpool of applicants who are not

registered with either of the two largest political parties in

this Commonwealth based on registration. These eight individuals

shall serve on the Citizens Legislative Reapportionment

Commission.

(b.6) No later than December 31, 2020, and in each year of a

Federal decennial census thereafter, the eight commissioners

selected under subsection (b.5) shall review the remaining names

in the pool of applicants and appoint six applicants to the

advisory commission as follows:

(1) Two from the remaining subpool of applicants registered

with the largest political party in this Commonwealth based on

registration.

(2) Two from the remaining subpool of applicants registered

with the second largest political party in this Commonwealth

based on registration.

(3) Two from the remaining subpool of applicants who are not

registered with either of the two largest political parties in

this Commonwealth based on registration. The six appointees must

be approved by at least five affirmative votes that must include

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at least two votes of commissioners registered from each of the

two largest parties and one vote from a commissioner who is not

affiliated with either of the two largest political parties in

this Commonwealth. The six appointees shall be chosen to ensure

the advisory commission reflects this Commonwealth's diversity,

including, but not limited to, racial, ethnic, geographic and

gender diversity, but it is not intended that formulas or

specific ratios be applied for this purpose. Applicants shall

also be chosen based on their relevant analytical skills and

ability to be impartial.

[The four members within] (b.7) Within 45 days after their

certification [shall select the fifth member, who] fourteen

members shall select an individual from the advisory commission

to serve as chairman [of the commission], and shall immediately

certify his name to [such elections officer] the Secretary of

the Commonwealth. [The chairman shall be a citizen of the

Commonwealth other than a local, State or Federal official

holding an office to which compensation is attached.]

If the [four] fourteen members fail to select [the fifth

member] a chairman within the time prescribed, a majority of the

entire membership of the Supreme Court within 30 days thereafter

shall appoint the chairman as aforesaid and certify his

appointment to [such elections officer] the Secretary of the

Commonwealth.

Any vacancy in the advisory commission shall be filled within

15 days [in the same manner in which such position was

originally filled] by the remaining members of the advisory

commission from the final subpool of candidates from the same

political party as the departing member.

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commission has been duly certified or the population data for

the Commonwealth as determined by the Federal decennial census

are available, whichever is later in time, the advisory

commission shall [file a preliminary reapportionment plan with

such elections officer] perform such duties as specified in this

section for the purpose of reapportioning the Commonwealth.

[The commission shall have 30 days after filing the

preliminary plan to make corrections in the plan.

Any person aggrieved by the preliminary plan shall have the

same 30-day period to file exceptions with the commission in

which case the commission shall have 30 days after the date the

exceptions were filed to prepare and file with such elections

officer a revised reapportionment plan. If no exceptions are

filed within 30 days, or if filed and acted upon, the

commissions's plan shall be final and have the force of law.

(d) Any aggrieved person may file an appeal from the final

plan directly to the Supreme Court within 30 days after the

filing thereof. If the appellant establishes that the final plan

is contrary to law, the Supreme Court shall issue an order

remanding the plan to the commission and directing the

commission to reapportion the Commonwealth in a manner not

inconsistent with such order.

(e) When the Supreme Court has finally decided an appeal or

when the last day for filing an appeal has passed with no appeal

taken, the reapportionment plan shall have the force of law and

the districts therein provided shall be used thereafter in

elections to the General Assembly until the next reapportionment

as required under this section 17.

(f) Any district which does not include the residence from

which a member of the Senate was elected whether or not

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scheduled for election at the next general election shall elect

a Senator at such election.

(g) The General Assembly shall appropriate sufficient funds

for the compensation and expenses of members and staff appointed

by the commission, and other necessary expenses. The members of

the commission shall be entitled to such compensation for their

services as the General Assembly from time to time shall

determine, but no part thereof shall be paid until a preliminary

plan is filed. If a preliminary plan is filed but the commission

fails to file a revised or final plan within the time

prescribed, the commission members shall forfeit all right to

compensation not paid.

(h) If a preliminary, revised or final reapportionment plan

is not filed by the commission within the time prescribed by

this section, unless the time be extended by the Supreme Court

for cause shown, the Supreme Court shall immediately proceed on

its own motion to reapportion the Commonwealth.

(i) Any reapportionment plan filed by the commission, or

ordered or prepared by the Supreme Court upon the failure of the

commission to act, shall be published by the elections officer

once in at least one newspaper of general circulation in each

senatorial and representative district. The publication shall

contain a map of the Commonwealth showing the complete

reapportionment of the General Assembly by districts, and a map

showing the reapportionment districts in the area normally

served by the newspaper in which the publication is made. The

publication shall also state the population of the senatorial

and representative districts having the smallest and largest

population and the percentage variation of such districts from

the average population for senatorial and representative

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districts.]

(j) Unless otherwise directed by court order, legislative

and congressional redistricting shall only be permitted once in

the decade following the Federal decennial census.

(k) (1) The commission shall acquire appropriate

information, review and evaluate available facilities and

develop programs and procedures in preparation for drawing

congressional and legislative redistricting plans on the basis

of each Federal census.

(2) As soon as possible after January 1 of each year ending

in one, the commission shall obtain from the United States

Bureau of the Census information regarding geographic and

political units in this Commonwealth for which Federal census

population data has been gathered and will be tabulated. The

commission shall use the data obtained for all of the following:

(i) To describe geographic and political units for which

census data will be reported and which are suitable for use as

components of legislative districts.

(ii) To prepare maps of counties, cities, incorporated

boroughs, towns, boroughs, townships, wards and other geographic

units within this Commonwealth, which may be used to illustrate

the locations of legislative district boundaries proposed in

plans drawn in accordance with subsection (d).

(iii) To utilize the population data needed for legislative

districting which the Census Bureau is required to provide this

Commonwealth under 13 U.S.C. § 141 (relating to population and

other census information) to assign a population number based

upon census data to each geographic or political unit described

pursuant to subparagraph (i). Upon completing that task, the

commission shall begin the preparation of congressional and

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legislative districting plans as required by subsection (c).

(3) All information collected under this section shall be

posted for public inspection on the commission's Internet

website as soon as it is available.

(l) (1) Not later than February 15 of each year ending in

one, a five-member temporary redistricting advisory commission

shall be established as provided under subsection (e). The

advisory commission's only functions shall be those prescribed

under subsection (f). All advisory commission meetings shall be

advertised and open to the public. All communications between

the commission and the advisory commission regarding a plan

shall be in writing and part of the public record.

(2) Not later than April 1 of each year ending in one, the

commission shall deliver to the advisory commission a

preliminary plan of legislative and congressional districting

prepared in accordance with subsection (d).

(3) Upon receipt of the preliminary plan the advisory

commission shall:

(i) As expeditiously as reasonably possible but no later

than 30 days after receiving the preliminary plan, schedule and

conduct at least five public hearings on the plan in different

geographic regions of this Commonwealth.

(ii) Within 10 days following completion of the hearings,

promptly prepare and submit to the Secretary of the Senate, the

Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives and the commission a

report summarizing information and testimony received by the

commission in the course of the hearings. The advisory

commission's report shall include any comments and conclusions

which its members deem appropriate on the information and

testimony received at the hearings or otherwise presented to the

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commission and shall be posted for public inspection on the

advisory commission's Internet website.

(iii) The commission shall have 30 days after receiving the

advisory commission report to prepare a revised plan of

legislative and congressional districting prepared in accordance

with subsection (d) taking into account public comments on the

preliminary plan insofar as it is possible to do so within the

requirements of subsection (d) and deliver identical bills

embodying the revised legislative district plan and identical

bills embodying the revised congressional district plan to the

advisory commission, the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief

Clerk of the House of Representatives.

(iv) The General Assembly shall bring the bills to a vote in

both the Senate and the House of Representatives not less than

seven days but no more than 20 days after the bills have been

delivered in accordance with subparagraph (iii) under a

procedure or rule permitting no amendments. It is further the

intent of this section that, if the bill is approved by the

first House in which it is considered, it shall be brought to a

vote in the second House within 10 days under a similar

procedure or rule.

(4) (i) If the bill embodying the revised plan submitted by

the commission under paragraph (3)(iii) fails to be approved by

a constitutional majority in either the Senate or the House of

Representatives, the Secretary of the Senate or the Chief Clerk

of the House of Representatives, as the case may be, shall at

once transmit to the commission information which the Senate or

House of Representatives may direct regarding reasons why the

revised plan was not approved.

(ii) The commission shall prepare a bill embodying a final

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plan of legislative and congressional districting prepared in

accordance with subsection (m) taking into account the reasons

cited by the Senate or House of Representatives for its failure

to approve the revised plan insofar as it is possible to do so

within the requirements of subsection (m). If a final plan is

required under this subsection, the bill embodying it shall be

delivered to the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of

the House of Representatives no later than 14 days after the

date of the vote by which the Senate or the House of

Representatives fails to approve the bill submitted under

paragraph (1), whichever date is later.

(iii) It is the intent of this section that, if it is

necessary to submit a bill under this paragraph, the bill be

brought to a vote within the same time period after its delivery

to the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the House

of Representatives as is prescribed for the bill submitted under

paragraph (3), but shall not be subject to amendment in the same

manner as other bills.

(5) If either House fails to bring a bill embodying a final

plan to a vote within the prescribed time, the plan embodied in

that bill shall be the adopted plan. If a bill embodying a final

plan is voted upon but fails to receive a constitutional

majority of either or both Houses of the General Assembly, then

the revised and final plan shall be sent to the chief elections

officer who shall choose one of them by lot as the adopted plan.

(6) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1), (2) and (3):

(i) If population data from the Federal census which is

sufficient to permit preparation of a congressional districting

plan becomes available at an earlier time than the population

data needed to permit preparation of a legislative districting

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plan in accordance with subsection (d), the commission shall so

inform the advisory commission. If the advisory commission so

directs, the commission shall prepare a separate bill

establishing congressional districts and submit it separately

from the bill establishing legislative districts.

(ii) It is the intent of this section that the General

Assembly shall proceed to consider the congressional districting

bill in the manner prescribed by paragraphs (1), (2) and (3).

(iii) If the population data for legislative districting

which the United States Census Bureau is required to provide

this Commonwealth under 13 U.S.C. § 141 is not available to the

commission on or before February 1 of the year ending in one,

the dates set forth in this section shall be extended by a

number of days equal to the number of days after February 1 of

the year ending in one that the Federal census population data

for legislative districting is received.

(m) (1) Legislative and congressional districts shall be

established on the basis of population as follows:

(i) Senatorial and representative districts, respectively,

shall each have a population as nearly equal as practicable to

the ideal population for such districts, determined by dividing

the number of districts to be established into the population of

this Commonwealth reported in the Federal decennial census.

Senatorial districts and representative districts shall not vary

in population from the respective ideal district populations

except as necessary to comply with one of the other standards

enumerated in this section. In no case shall the quotient,

obtained by dividing the total of the absolute values of the

deviations of all district populations from the applicable ideal

district population by the number of districts established,

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exceed 2.5% of the applicable ideal district population. No

senatorial district shall have a population which exceeds that

of any other senatorial district by more than 5%, and no

representative district shall have a population which exceeds

that of any other representative district by more than 5%.

(ii) Congressional districts shall each have a population as

nearly equal as practicable to the ideal district population,

derived as prescribed in subparagraph (i). No congressional

district shall have a population which varies by more than 2.5%

from the applicable ideal district population.

(iii) If an action is filed with the Supreme Court under

subsection (i) alleging excessive population variance among

districts established in the adopted plan, the commission has

the burden of justifying any variance in excess of the standards

described in subparagraphs (i) and (ii).

(2) To the extent consistent with paragraph (1), district

boundaries shall coincide with the boundaries of political

subdivisions of this Commonwealth. Unless absolutely necessary,

no county, city, incorporated town, borough, township or ward

shall be divided in forming a congressional, senatorial or

representative district. The advisory commission shall include

an addendum to the plan explaining why a division is made for

any division made in the plan. With respect to any congressional

or legislative plan, when there is a choice between dividing

local political subdivisions, the more populous subdivisions

shall be divided before the less populous, but this provision

does not apply to a legislative district boundary drawn along a

county line which passes through a city that lies in more than

one county.

(3) Districts shall be composed of convenient contiguous

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territory. Areas which meet only at the points of adjoining

corners are not contiguous.

(4) It is preferable that a district be compact in form with

a compactness measurement of not less than 15% of the total

ideal measurement for the district, but the standards

established by paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) take precedence over

compactness where a conflict arises between compactness and

these standards. In general, compact districts are those which

are square, rectangular or hexagonal in shape to the extent

permitted by natural or political boundaries.

(5) No district shall be drawn for the purpose of favoring a

political party, incumbent legislator or member of Congress or

other person. In establishing districts, no use shall be made of

any of the following data:

(i) Addresses of incumbent legislators or members of

Congress or of any other person.

(ii) Political affiliations of registered voters.

(iii) Previous election results.

(6) Each bill embodying a plan drawn under this section

shall provide that notwithstanding the adoption of a

redistricting plan, for the purposes of filling a vacancy during

the legislative session in which redistricting occurs, such

vacancy shall be filled from the same geographic district in

which the previous individual was most recently elected.

(7) Each bill embodying a plan drawn under this section

shall include provisions for election of senators to the General

Assembly which take office in the years ending in three and

five, which shall be in conformity with section 16 of this

article.

(n) Any district which does not include the residence from

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which a member of the Senate was elected whether or not

scheduled for election at the next general election shall elect

a Senator at such election.

(o) (1) The members of the temporary redistricting advisory

commission established in subsection (c)(1) shall be selected as

follows:

(i) Each of the four selecting authorities shall certify to

the chief election officer his appointment of a person to serve

on the advisory commission. The certifications may be made at

any time after December 1 of the year ending in zero.

(ii) Within 30 days after the four selecting authorities

have certified their respective appointments to the advisory

commission, but in no event later than February 15 of the year

ending in one, the four advisory commission members so appointed

shall select, by a vote of at least three members, and certify

to the chief election officer the fifth advisory commission

member who shall serve as chairperson.

(iii) If the four members fail to select the fifth member

within the time prescribed, a majority of the membership of the

Supreme Court within 30 days thereafter shall appoint the

chairman as aforesaid and certify his appointment to such

elections officer.

(iv) A vacancy on the advisory commission shall be filled by

the initial selecting authority within 15 days after the vacancy

occurs.

(v) Members of the advisory commission shall receive travel

expenses and reimbursement for other necessary expenses incurred

in performing their duties under this section.

(2) No person shall be appointed to the advisory commission

who:

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(i) Is not an eligible elector of this Commonwealth at the

time of selection.

(ii) Holds partisan public office or political party office.

(iii) Is a relative of or is employed by a member of the

General Assembly or of the United States Congress or is employed

directly by the General Assembly or by the United States

Congress.

(p) The functions of the advisory commission shall be as

follows:

(1) If, in preparation of any plan as required by this

section, the commission is confronted with the necessity to make

any decision for which no clearly applicable guideline is

provided by subsection (d), the commission may submit a written

request for direction to the advisory commission.

(2) (i) Prior to delivering any plan on any bill embodying

that plan to the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of

the House of Representatives in accordance with subsection (c),

the commission shall provide to persons outside the commission

staff only such information regarding the plan as may be

required by policies agreed upon by the advisory commission.

(ii) This paragraph does not apply to data furnished to the

commission by the United States Bureau of the Census.

(3) Upon each delivery by the commission to the advisory

commission or the General Assembly of a plan or bill embodying a

plan, pursuant to subsection (c), the advisory commission shall

at the earliest feasible time make available to the public and

post on the advisory commission's Internet website the following

information:

(i) Copies of the bill delivered by the commission to the

General Assembly.

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(ii) Maps illustrating the plan.

(iii) A summary of the standards prescribed by subsection

(m) for development of the plan.

(iv) The full legal description of each district included in

the plan.

(v) A statement of the population of each district included

in the plan and the relative deviation of each district

population from the ideal district population.

(vi) An explanation of any deviation from any standard

specified in subsection (m)(1)(i) and (ii), along with any

document used to support the deviation.

(q) The preliminary and adopted congressional and

legislative redistricting plans shall be published by the chief

elections officer once in at least one newspaper of general

circulation in each congressional, senatorial and representative

district. The publication shall contain a map of the

Commonwealth showing the complete redistricting of congressional

and legislative districts, and a map showing the districts in

the area normally served by the newspaper in which the

publication is made. The publication shall also state the

population of the congressional, senatorial and representative

districts having the smallest and largest population and the

percentage variation of such districts from the average

population for congressional, senatorial and representative

districts.

(r) The advisory commission shall expire and its

responsibilities shall terminate when a redistricting plan is

adopted and shall be reconstituted no later than February 15 in

the year following the next Federal decennial census.

Notwithstanding the expiration of the advisory commission, all

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information which was made publicly available on the advisory

commission's Internet website shall be transferred to the

website of the commission and shall remain available to the

public until the next advisory commission comes into existence.

(s) (1) Any aggrieved person may file an appeal from the

adopted plan directly to the Supreme Court within 60 days after

the passage thereof. If the appellant establishes that the

adopted plan is contrary to law, the Supreme Court shall issue

an order remanding the plan to the commission and directing the

commission to redistrict the Commonwealth in a manner not

inconsistent with such order.

(2) If the Supreme Court finds that the adopted plan is

unconstitutional, it shall order the commission to make the

necessary revisions to the plan and to submit the plan with

revisions to the Supreme Court for approval.

(t) The term of office of each member of the Citizens

Legislative Reapportionment Commission shall expire upon the

appointment of the first member of the succeeding commission. No

person may be appointed to the commission more than once.

(u) The following words and phrases when used in this

section shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection

unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Advisory c ommission. " The temporary redistricting advisory

commission established pursuant to this section.

" Chief election officer. " The Secretary of the Commonwealth

or a designee.

"Commission." The Citizens Legislative Reapportionment

Commission established pursuant to this section.

" Federal census. " The decennial census required by Federal

law to be conducted by the United States Bureau of the Census in

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every year ending in zero.

" Four selecting authorities. "

(1) The Majority Leader of the Senate.

(2) The Minority Leader of the Senate.

(3) The Majority Leader of the House of Representatives.

(4) The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.

" Partisan public office. "

(1) An elective or appointive office in the executive or

legislative branch or in an independent establishment of the

Federal Government.

(2) An elective office in the executive or legislative

branch of the government of this Commonwealth or an office which

is filled by appointment.

(3) An office of a county, city or other political

subdivision of this Commonwealth which is filled by an election

process involving nomination and election of candidates on a

partisan basis.

" Plan. " The comprehensive map and legal description for

congressional and legislative redistricting or the separate maps

and legal descriptions for congressional redistricting drawn up

pursuant to the requirements of this article.

" Political party office. " An elective office in the national

or State organization of a political party.

" Relative. " An individual who is related to the person in

question as father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister,

uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife,

grandfather, grandmother, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-

law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather,

stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half

brother or half sister.

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Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General

Assembly of these proposed constitutional amendments, 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 and shall transmit the

required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in

which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after

passage of these proposed constitutional amendments.

(b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of these

proposed constitutional amendments, 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 and shall transmit the required

advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such

newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of

these proposed constitutional amendments. The Secretary of the

Commonwealth shall submit the proposed constitutional amendments

to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth as a single

ballot question at the first primary, general or municipal

election which meets the requirements of and is in conformance

with section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania

and which occurs at least three months after the proposed

constitutional amendments are passed by the General Assembly.

Section 3. Upon ratification by the electors of the

amendment of section 16 of Article II of the Constitution of

Pennsylvania, the General Assembly shall enact legislation to

implement this constitutional amendment so that it applies for

the first time to the first session of the General Assembly

which begins after the 2020 reapportionment.

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