A01952
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
224
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY ARGALL, STREET, BARTOLOTTA, PHILLIPS-HILL, FARRY,
AUMENT, STEFANO, COSTA, SANTARSIERO AND CAPPELLETTI,
JANUARY 31, 2023
SENATOR DUSH, STATE GOVERNMENT, AS AMENDED, AUGUST 30, 2023
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 general primary and
candidates to be nominated and party officers to be elected.;
and, in nomination of candidates, further providing for
manner of signing nomination petitions and time of
circulating and for place and time of filing nomination
petitions and filing fees.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 603 of the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333,
No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, is amended to
read:
Section 1. Sections 603, 908 and 913(d) of the act of June
3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election
Code, are amended to read:
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Section 603. General Primary; Candidates to Be Nominated and
Party Officers to Be Elected.--(a) There shall be a General
primary preceding each general election which shall be held on
the third Tuesday of May in all even-numbered years, except in
the year of the nomination of a President of the United States,
in which year the General primary shall be held on the [fourth
Tuesday of April] third Tuesday of March. Candidates for all
offices to be filled at the ensuing general election shall be
nominated at the General primary. The vote for candidates for
the office of President of the United States, as provided for by
this act, shall be cast at the General primary.
(b.1) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the General primary
for 2000 shall be held on April 4, 2000.
Section 2. The amendment of section 603 of the act shall
apply beginning with the general primary election that occurs in
2024.
(C) ( b .2) NOTWITHSTANDING SUBSECTION (A), THE GENERAL
PRIMARY FOR 2024 SHALL BE HELD ON MARCH 19, 2024.
Section 908. Manner of Signing Nomination Petitions; Time of
Circulating.--
(1) Each signer of a nomination petition shall sign but one
such petition for each office to be filled, and shall declare
therein that he is a registered and enrolled member of the party
designated in such petition: Provided, however, That where there
are to be elected two or more persons to the same office, each
signer may sign petitions for as many candidates for such office
as, and no more than, he could vote for at the succeeding
election. He shall also declare therein that he is a qualified
elector of the county therein named, and in case the nomination
is not to be made or candidates are not to be elected by the
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electors of the State at large, of the political district
therein named, in which the nomination is to be made or the
election is to be held. He shall add his address where he is
duly registered and enrolled, giving city, borough or township,
with street and number, if any, and shall legibly print his name
and add the date of signing, expressed in words or numbers:
Provided, however, That if the said political district named in
the petition lies wholly within any city, borough or township,
or is coextensive with same, it shall not be necessary for any
signer of a nomination petition to state therein the city,
borough or township of his residence. [No]
(2) Except as provided under paragraph (3), no nomination
petition shall be circulated prior to the thirteenth Tuesday
before the primary, and no signature shall be counted unless it
bears a date affixed not earlier than the thirteenth Tuesday nor
later than the tenth Tuesday prior to the primary.
(3) For the general primary election that occurs in 2024, no
nomination petition shall be circulated prior to the eleventh
Tuesday before the primary and no signature shall be counted
unless it bears a date affixed not earlier than the eleventh
Tuesday nor later than the eighth Tuesday prior to the primary.
Section 913. Place and Time of Filing Nomination Petitions;
Filing Fees.--* * *
[(d) All] (d) (1) Except as provided under paragraph (2),
all nomination petitions shall be filed on or before the tenth
Tuesday prior to the primary.
(2) For the general primary election that occurs in 2024,
all nomination petitions shall be filed on or before the eighth
Tuesday prior to the primary.
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Section 3 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days
IMMEDIATELY.
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