PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE
PRINTER'S NO. 1635
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1205
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY MASTRIANO, PHILLIPS-HILL, ARGALL, ROTHMAN,
HUTCHINSON AND MARTIN, MAY 28, 2024
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, MAY 28, 2024
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, further providing for qualifications of
electors.
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 1 of Article VII be amended to read:
ยง 1. Qualifications of electors.
[Every citizen 21] Only citizens 18 years of age, possessing
the following qualifications, shall be entitled to vote at all
elections subject, however, to such laws requiring and
regulating the registration of electors as the General Assembly
may enact.
1. He or she shall have been a citizen of the United States
at least one month.
2. He or she shall have resided in the State 90 days
immediately preceding the election.
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3. He or she shall have resided in the election district
where he or she shall offer to vote at least 60 days immediately
preceding the election, except that if qualified to vote in an
election district prior to removal of residence, he or she may,
if a resident of Pennsylvania, vote in the election district
from which he or she removed his or her residence within 60 days
preceding the election.
4. A noncitizen resident of this Commonwealth, whether
present legally or illegally, shall be prohibited from voting in
any Federal, State or local election.
Section 2. The following procedure applies to the proposed
constitutional amendment in this joint resolution:
(1) Upon the first passage by the General Assembly of
the 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.
(2) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of
the 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. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall
submit the amendment to the qualified electors of this
Commonwealth at the first general or municipal election which
meets the requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the
Constitution of Pennsylvania.
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