Bill Text: PA HB886 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, providing for a limitation on the length of session.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 21-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-12 - Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT [HB886 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB886-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1005
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 886 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY BENNINGHOFF, CAUSER, COX, CUTLER, EVERETT, FAIRCHILD, FLECK, GROVE, HARRIS, HUTCHINSON, KAUFFMAN, METCALFE, MOUL, ROAE, SCAVELLO, SWANGER, VULAKOVICH, CREIGHTON AND GRELL, MARCH 12, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 12, 2009
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, providing for a limitation on the length of
session.
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 the provisions of
Article XI:
That section 4 of Article II be amended to read:
§ 4. Sessions.
(a) The General Assembly shall be a continuing body during
the term for which its Representatives are elected. It shall
meet at 12 o'clock noon on the first Tuesday of January each
year. Special sessions shall be called by the Governor on
petition of a majority of the members elected to each House or
may be called by the Governor whenever in his opinion the public
interest requires.
(b) Unless meeting in special or extraordinary session, the
General Assembly may not convene a voting session from a time
period beginning on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in
November through November 30 in any even-numbered year.
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
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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