PRINTER'S NO. 1918
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1634
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY KENYATTA, SOLOMON, BURGOS, ROZZI, MADDEN, SANCHEZ,
GUENST, CEPHAS, FREEMAN, HADDOCK, DEASY, GREEN AND WAXMAN,
AUGUST 29, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, AUGUST 29, 2023
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), entitled
"An act concerning elections, including general, municipal,
special and primary elections, the nomination of candidates,
primary and election expenses and election contests; creating
and defining membership of county boards of elections;
imposing duties upon the Secretary of the Commonwealth,
courts, county boards of elections, county commissioners;
imposing penalties for violation of the act, and codifying,
revising and consolidating the laws relating thereto; and
repealing certain acts and parts of acts relating to
elections," in dates of elections and primaries and special
elections, further providing for general primary and
candidates to be nominated and party officers to be elected.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 603 of the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333,
No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, is amended to
read:
Section 603. General Primary; Candidates to Be Nominated and
Party Officers to Be Elected.--(a) There shall be a General
primary preceding each general election which shall be held on
the third Tuesday of May in all even-numbered years, except in
the year of the nomination of a President of the United States,
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in which year the General primary shall be held on the [fourth]
first Tuesday of April. Candidates for all offices to be filled
at the ensuing general election shall be nominated at the
General primary. The vote for candidates for the office of
President of the United States, as provided for by this act,
shall be cast at the General primary.
(b.1) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the General primary
for 2000 shall be held on April 4, 2000.
Section 2. The amendment of section 603 of the act shall
apply beginning with the general primary election that occurs in
2024.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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