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PRINTER'S NO. 453
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
485
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY SOLOMON, KENYATTA, ISAACSON, MADDEN, RABB,
SANCHEZ, SIEGEL, GUENST, HILL-EVANS, SCHLEGEL CULVER, VENKAT,
KINKEAD AND CONKLIN, MARCH 16, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 16, 2023
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, further providing for removal of civil
officers.
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 7 of Article VI be amended to read:
ยง 7. Removal of civil officers.
All civil officers shall hold their offices on the condition
that they behave themselves well while in office, and shall be
removed on a guilty verdict, the entry of a guilty plea or a
plea of nolo contendere or the acceptance of Accelerated
Rehabilitative Disposition for a conviction of misbehavior in
office [or of any infamous crime.] or for a criminal offense
classified above a misdemeanor of the first degree. Appointed
civil officers, other than judges of the courts of record, may
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