HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1264
PRINTER'S NO. 1855
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
982
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY BAKER, PHILLIPS-HILL, MARTIN, LAUGHLIN,
BARTOLOTTA, MENSCH, J. WARD, SCAVELLO, STEFANO, AUMENT, DUSH
AND BROOKS, DECEMBER 10, 2021
AS RE-REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JULY 7, 2022
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 preliminary provisions, providing for public
funding of elections.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known
as the Pennsylvania Election Code, is amended by adding a
section to read:
Section 107. Public Funding of Elections.--(a) The cost and
expense to State and local governments relating to the
registration of voters and the preparation, administration and
conduct of elections in this Commonwealth shall be funded only
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