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

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                                                       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
 1   Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
 2      of Pennsylvania, further providing for qualifications of
 3      electors.
 4      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 5   hereby resolves as follows:
 6      Section 1.    The following amendment to the Constitution of
 7   Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:
 8      That section 1 of Article VII be amended to read:
 9   § 1.    Qualifications of electors.
10      (a)    Every citizen 21 years of age, possessing the following
11   qualifications, shall be entitled to vote at all elections
12   subject, however, to such laws requiring and regulating the
13   registration of electors as the General Assembly may enact.
14      1.    He or she shall have been a citizen of the United States
15   at least one month.
16      2.    He or she shall have resided in the State 90 days
 1   immediately preceding the election.
 2      3.    He or she shall have resided in the election district
 3   where he or she shall offer to vote at least 60 days immediately
 4   preceding the election, except that if qualified to vote in an
 5   election district prior to removal of residence, he or she may,
 6   if a resident of Pennsylvania, vote in the election district
 7   from which he or she removed his or her residence within 60 days
 8   preceding the election.
 9      (b)    In addition to the qualifications under subsection (a)
10   of this section, a qualified elector shall provide a valid
11   identification at each election in accordance with the
12   following:
13      1.    When voting in person, the qualified elector shall
14   present a valid identification before receiving a ballot to vote
15   in person.
16      2.    When not voting in person, the qualified elector shall
17   provide proof of a valid identification with his or her ballot.
18      (c)    If a qualified elector does not possess a valid
19   identification, he or she shall, upon request and confirmation
20   of identity, be furnished with a government-issued
21   identification at no cost to the qualified elector.
22      (d)    For purposes of this section, the term "valid
23   identification" means an unexpired government-issued
24   identification, unless otherwise provided for by law.
25      Section 2.    The following procedure applies to the proposed
26   constitutional amendment in this joint resolution:
27            (1)   Upon the first passage by the General Assembly of
28      the amendment, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall
29      proceed immediately to comply with the advertising
30      requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution

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 1    of Pennsylvania.
 2        (2)   Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of
 3    the amendment, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall
 4    proceed immediately to comply with the advertising
 5    requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution
 6    of Pennsylvania. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall
 7    submit the amendment to the qualified electors of this
 8    Commonwealth at the first general or municipal election which
 9    meets the requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the
10    Constitution of Pennsylvania.




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