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ARTICLE VII, SECTION 14. AMENDMENT OF NOVEMBER 5, 1985

Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 1968 – Legislative History

Absentee Voting.

The Legislature shall, by general law, provide a manner in which, and the time and place at which, qualified electors who may, on the occurrence of any election, be absent from the municipality of their residence, because their duties, occupation or business require them to be elsewhere or who, on the occurrence of any election, are unable to attend at their proper polling places because of illness or physical disability or who will not attend a polling place because of the observance of a religious holiday or who cannot vote because of election day duties, in the case of a county employee, may vote, and for the return and canvass of their votes in the election district in which they respectively reside. [Source: 1985 Pa. Laws 555]

Bill Histories

1984 Bill History Joint Resolution No. 3

HB 902 By Representatives ITKIN, McVERRY, DAWIDA, COWELL, PISTELLA,
VAN HORNE, MARKOSEK, TRELLO, OLASZ, DeLUCA and PRESTON.

Prior Printer’s Nos. 1026, 1964, 2058, 3280.           Printer’s No. 3332.

A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, further providing for absentee ballots.

Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT, May 2, 1983
Reported as amended, Oct. 17, 1983
First consideration, Oct. 17, 1983
Laid on the table, Oct. 17, 1983
Removed from table, Oct. 18, 1983
Second consideration, Oct. 19, 1983
Third consideration, with amendments, Oct. 26, 1983
Final passage, Oct. 26, 1983 (175-23)
(Remarks see House Journal Page 1712-1716), Oct. 26, 1983
In the Senate
Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT, Nov. 2, 1983
Reported as committed, March 27, 1984
First consideration, March 27, 1984
Re-committed to STATE GOVERNMENT, May 8, 1984
Re-reported as amended, June 25, 1984
Motion to revert to Printer’s No. 2058 Adopted, June 27, 1984
Second consideration, with amendments, June 27, 1984
Third consideration and final passage, June 29, 1984 (36-12)
In the House
House concurred in Senate amendments, June 29, 1984 (198-0)
Signed in House, June 29, 1984
Signed in Senate, June 29, 1984
Filed in the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, June 29, 1984
Passed Sessions of 1984
Joint Resolution 3

1985 Bill History Joint Resolution No. 1

HB 240 By Representatives ITKIN, McVERRY, OLIVER, HAGARTY, J. L. WRIGHT, HALUSKA, WOZNIAK, COHEN, SWEET, COWELL, MRKONIC, MORRIS, GODSHALL, SEVENTY, LEVIN, PRESTON, TRELLO, JOHNSON, CORNELL, E. Z. TAYLOR, SHOWERS, KUKOVICH, RYBAK, D. R. WRIGHT, DeLUCA, B. SMITH, HERMAN, LASHINGER, TIGUE, NAHILL, PERZEL, WOGAN, MERRY, DAWIDA, FREEMAN, BOWSER, RUDY, SEMMEL, JOSEPHS, BELARDI, PRATT, KASUNIC, STABACK, PISTELLA, STEVENS and TELEK.

Printer’s No. 257.

A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, further providing for absentee ballots.

Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT, Feb. 11, 1985
Reported as committed, March 18, 1985
First consideration, March 18, 1985
Laid on the table, March 18, 1985
Removed from table, March 20, 1985
Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, March 25, 1985
Re-reported as committed, April 9, 1985
Second consideration, April 10, 1985
Third consideration and final passage, April 16, 1985 (198-0)
In the Senate
Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT, April 19, 1985
Reported as committed, May 7, 1985
First consideration, May 7, 1985
Second consideration, May 13, 1985
Third consideration and final passage, May 14, 1985 (50-0)
Signed in House, May 14, 1985
Signed in Senate, May 14, 1985
Filed in the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, May 15, 1985
Passed Sessions of 1984 and 1985
Joint Resolution 1
(912,845 – 434,516)