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PRINTER'S NO. 359
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
409
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY PHILLIPS-HILL, STEFANO, MASTRIANO, COLEMAN,
HUTCHINSON, J. WARD, AUMENT AND DUSH, FEBRUARY 21, 2023
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 21, 2023
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, further providing for appropriation bills.
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 11 of Article III be amended to read:
ยง 11. Appropriation bills.
The general appropriation bill shall embrace nothing but
appropriations for a single fiscal year for the executive,
legislative and judicial departments of the Commonwealth, for
the public debt and for public schools. All other
appropriations, including supplemental appropriations for a
prior fiscal year, shall be made by separate bills, each
embracing but one subject.
Section 2. The following procedure applies to the proposed
constitutional amendment in this joint resolution:
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