PRINTER'S NO. 802
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
736
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY LONGIETTI, BARRAR, D. COSTA, MULLERY, CARROLL,
READSHAW, McNEILL, DeLUCA, KORTZ AND ROZZI, MARCH 7, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 7, 2017
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 nomination of candidates, further providing
for nomination petitions to be filed.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 907 of the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333,
No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, is amended to
read:
Section 907. Nomination Petitions to Be Filed.--[The] (a)
Except as provided under subsection (b), the names of candidates
for nomination as President of the United States, and the names
of all other candidates for party nominations, and for election
as delegates, alternate delegates, members of committees and
other party officers, shall be printed upon the official primary
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