Article III of the Pennsylvania Constitution

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Article III of the Pennsylvania Constitution is the section that governs the state’s legislative branch, detailing how laws are made and setting procedural and ethical rules for the General Assembly.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional article ⓘ
appliesTo Pennsylvania House of Representatives ⓘ
Pennsylvania Senate ⓘ
bindingOn members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly ⓘ
officers of the legislative branch of Pennsylvania ⓘ
dateOfCurrentFramework 1968 ⓘ
defines enacting clause of laws ⓘ
form of bills ⓘ
limitations on special and local laws ⓘ
oath requirements for members of the General Assembly ⓘ
open session requirements ⓘ
original purpose rule for legislation ⓘ
procedures for amendments to bills ⓘ
procedures for appropriations bills ⓘ
procedures for impeachment by the House ⓘ
procedures for trials of impeachment by the Senate ⓘ
procedures for veto and override ⓘ
quorum requirements ⓘ
reading requirements for bills ⓘ
requirements for passage of bills ⓘ
requirements for passage of joint resolutions ⓘ
rules on bribery and corrupt solicitation ⓘ
rules on changes in legislative salaries ⓘ
rules on compensation of members of the General Assembly ⓘ
rules on conflicts of interest for legislators ⓘ
rules on legislative adjournment ⓘ
rules on legislative journals and records ⓘ
single-subject rule for legislation ⓘ
voting procedures in each house ⓘ
enforcedBy Pennsylvania courts ⓘ
governs Pennsylvania General Assembly ⓘ
legislative branch of Pennsylvania ⓘ
hasHistoricalPrecursor Article III of the Pennsylvania Constitution of 1874 ⓘ
interpretedBy Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
jurisdiction Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania
language English ⓘ
legalStatus supreme law within its subject matter in Pennsylvania ⓘ
partOf Constitution of Pennsylvania ⓘ
subject appropriations ⓘ
bills and resolutions ⓘ
ethics of legislators ⓘ
lawmaking process ⓘ
legislative ethics and conflicts of interest ⓘ
legislative powers ⓘ
legislative procedure ⓘ
legislative sessions ⓘ
local and special laws ⓘ
public debt limitations ⓘ
veto procedures ⓘ

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Pennsylvania Constitution → hasPart → Article III of the Pennsylvania Constitution ⓘ
Article III of the Pennsylvania Constitution → hasHistoricalPrecursor → Article III of the Pennsylvania Constitution of 1874 ⓘ
linked to: Article III of the Pennsylvania Constitution