PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE
PRINTER'S NO. 1798
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1218
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY LEACH, JUNE 22, 2020
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, JUNE 22, 2020
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, prohibiting hydraulic fracturing.
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 Article X be amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 5. Hydraulic fracturing prohibited.
No public or private corporation may use natural gas
hydraulic fracturing to remove natural gas from the lands of
this Commonwealth. The General Assembly may enact legislation
providing for civil and criminal liability for corporations and
their employees that violate this section.
Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General
Assembly of this proposed constitutional 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 and shall transmit the
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required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in
which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after
passage of this proposed constitutional amendment.
(b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of this
proposed constitutional 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 and shall transmit the required
advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such
newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of
this proposed constitutional amendment. The Secretary of the
Commonwealth shall submit this proposed constitutional amendment
to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth 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 amendment is
passed by the General Assembly.
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