HB 2194

                          PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE
                                                  PRINTER'S NO.     2863
                THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
                     HOUSE BILL
                     No. 2194
                                            Session of
                                              2026
INTRODUCED BY PUGH, MARCELL, COOPER AND SHUSTERMAN,
   FEBRUARY 4, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, FEBRUARY 4, 2026
                           A JOINT RESOLUTION
1 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
2    of Pennsylvania, further providing for sessions of General
3    Assembly.
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 4 of Article II be amended to read:
9 § 4.   Sessions.
10    (a)   The General Assembly shall be a continuing body during
11 the term for which its Representatives are elected. It shall
12 meet at 12 o'clock noon on the first Tuesday of January each
13 year. Special sessions shall be called by the Governor on
14 petition of a majority of the members elected to each House or
15 may be called by the Governor whenever in his opinion the public
16 interest requires.
17    (b)   In any fiscal year in which a general appropriation bill
18 for the same fiscal year has not been enacted by July 31, the
1 General Assembly shall be in session each weekday, other than
2 official State holidays, until a general appropriation bill for
3 the same fiscal year is enacted.
4    Section 2.   The following procedure applies to the proposed
5 constitutional amendment in this joint resolution:
6(1)   Upon the first passage by the General Assembly of
7    the amendment, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall
8    proceed immediately to comply with the advertising
9    requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution
10    of Pennsylvania.
11(2)   Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of
12    the amendment, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall
13    proceed immediately to comply with the advertising
14    requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution
15    of Pennsylvania. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall
16    submit the amendment to the qualified electors of this
17    Commonwealth at the first general or municipal election which
18    meets the requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the
19    Constitution of Pennsylvania.
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