PRINTER'S NO. 362
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
378
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA, COSTA, BREWSTER, DINNIMAN AND HAYWOOD,
MARCH 4, 2019
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 4, 2019
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), entitled
"An act concerning elections, including general, municipal,
special and primary elections, the nomination of candidates,
primary and election expenses and election contests; creating
and defining membership of county boards of elections;
imposing duties upon the Secretary of the Commonwealth,
courts, county boards of elections, county commissioners;
imposing penalties for violation of the act, and codifying,
revising and consolidating the laws relating thereto; and
repealing certain acts and parts of acts relating to
elections," in dates of elections and primaries and special
elections, further providing for special elections for
Senator and Representative in the General Assembly.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 628 of the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333,
No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, is amended to
read:
Section 628. Special Elections for Senator and
Representative in the General Assembly.--Whenever a vacancy
shall occur in either house of the General Assembly whether or
not it then be in session, the presiding officer of such house
shall, within ten (10) days after the happening of the vacancy,
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