Pennsylvania HB 437: A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, further providing for qualifications of electors.

Bill Text

PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE
PRINTER'S NO. 418
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 437
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY KUTZ, ECKER, JAMES, M. MACKENZIE, ROAE, GREINER,
COOPER, SCHEUREN, MARCELL, DIAMOND, KAUFFMAN, M. BROWN,
REICHARD, MENTZER, LEADBETER, WARNER, KUZMA, PICKETT, ROWE,
CAUSER, E. NELSON, SCHLEGEL, RYNCAVAGE, CUTLER, STAATS,
WATRO, HAMM, STAMBAUGH, D'ORSIE, SMITH, OWLETT, BARTON,
GLEIM, KLUNK, KERWIN AND MOUL, FEBRUARY 3, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 3, 2025
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:
§ 1. Qualifications of electors.
(a) Every citizen 21 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
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immediately preceding the election.
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.
(b) In addition to the qualifications under subsection (a)
of this section, a qualified elector shall provide a valid
identification at each election in accordance with the
following:
1. When voting in person, the qualified elector shall
present a valid identification before receiving a ballot to vote
in person.
2. When not voting in person, the qualified elector shall
provide proof of a valid identification with his or her ballot.
(c) If a qualified elector does not possess a valid
identification, he or she shall, upon request and confirmation
of identity, be furnished with a government-issued
identification at no cost to the qualified elector.
(d) For purposes of this section, the term "valid
identification" means an unexpired government-issued
identification, unless otherwise provided for by law.
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
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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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