PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE
PRINTER'S NO. 630
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
634
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY EICHELBERGER, WAGNER, SCAVELLO, BARTOLOTTA, WARD,
VULAKOVICH, ALLOWAY AND STEFANO, MARCH 13, 2015
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 13, 2015
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, providing for limits on the terms of members
of the General Assembly.
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 section 3 of Article II be amended to read:
ยง 3. Terms of members.
Senators shall be elected for the term of four years and
Representatives for the term of two years. No member of the
General Assembly may serve more than a total of 12 years in the
Senate and a total of 12 years in the House of Representatives
over the course of the member's lifetime.
Section 2. The provisions of this resolution will only
affect members of the General Assembly elected from the first
election cycle following the ratification of this constitutional
amendment and thereafter.
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Section 3. (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
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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