SB 82 — A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, further providing for Lieutenant Governor.

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                                                        PRINTER'S NO.   37

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                        SENATE BILL
                        No. 82
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY ARGALL, STREET, PENNYCUICK, BROWN, BAKER, STEFANO,
        PHILLIPS-HILL, ROBINSON, FONTANA, COSTA AND MILLER,
        JANUARY 22, 2025

     REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 22, 2025


                              A JOINT RESOLUTION
 1   Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
 2      of Pennsylvania, further providing for Lieutenant Governor.
 3      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 4   hereby resolves as follows:
 5      Section 1.    The following amendment to the Constitution of
 6   Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:
 7      That section 4 of Article IV be amended to read:
 8   § 4.   Lieutenant Governor.
 9      A Lieutenant Governor shall be chosen jointly with the
10   Governor by the casting by each voter of a single vote
11   applicable to both offices, for the same term, and subject to
12   the same provisions as the Governor[; he]. Each candidate for
13   Governor, having been nominated under the laws of this
14   Commonwealth, shall, subject to the approval of the political
15   party or political body, if any, nominating such candidate,
16   select a candidate for Lieutenant Governor within such time
17   before the gubernatorial general election as the General
 1   Assembly shall prescribe by law. A person may not seek election
 2   to both offices simultaneously. The Lieutenant Governor shall be
 3   President of the Senate. As such, [he] the Lieutenant Governor
 4   may vote in case of a tie on any question except the final
 5   passage of a bill or joint resolution, the adoption of a
 6   conference report or the concurrence in amendments made by the
 7   House of Representatives.
 8      Section 2.   The following procedure applies to the proposed
 9   constitutional amendment in this joint resolution:
10          (1)   Upon the first passage by the General Assembly of
11      the amendment, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall
12      proceed immediately to comply with the advertising
13      requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution
14      of Pennsylvania.
15          (2)   Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of
16      the amendment, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall
17      proceed immediately to comply with the advertising
18      requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution
19      of Pennsylvania. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall
20      submit the amendment to the qualified electors of this
21      Commonwealth at the first general or municipal election which
22      meets the requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the
23      Constitution of Pennsylvania.




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