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PRINTER'S NO. 1245
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
885
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY PHILLIPS-HILL, ARGALL, GORDNER, J. WARD, MARTIN,
MASTRIANO, PITTMAN, STEFANO AND HUTCHINSON, OCTOBER 8, 2019
REFERRED TO APPROPRIATIONS, OCTOBER 8, 2019
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, in legislation, further providing for
appropriation bills.
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 11 of Article III be amended to read:
ยง 11. Appropriation bills.
The general appropriation bill shall embrace nothing but
appropriations for a single fiscal year for the executive,
legislative and judicial departments of the Commonwealth, for
the public debt and for public schools. All other
appropriations, including supplemental appropriations for a
prior fiscal year, shall be made by separate bills, each
embracing but one subject.
Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General
Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the
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