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2017–2018 Regular Session

House Bill 638

An Act amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, in district election officers, further providing for election officers to be sworn; in dates of elections and primaries and special elections, further providing for affidavits of candidates; in nomination of candidates, further providing for petition may consist of several sheets and affidavit of circulator, for affidavits of candidates, for examination of nomination petitions, certificates and papers and return of rejected nomination petitions, certificates and papers, for vacancy in party nomination by failure to pay filing fee or for failure to file loyalty oath, for affidavits of candidates, for filling of certain vacancies in public office by means of nomination certificates and nomination papers and for substituted nominations to fill certain vacancies for a November election; in ballots, further providing for form and printing of ballots; in returns of primaries and elections, further providing for manner of computing irregular ballots; replacing references to "justice of the peace" with "magisterial district judge"; and removing references to the "Traffic Court of Philadelphia."

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's State Government Committee on April 30, 2018. The 2017–2018 session has ended.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

9 co-sponsors

ROB W. KAUFFMAN, THOMAS R. CALTAGIRONE, SETH M. GROVE, MARK M. GILLEN, Greg Rothman, JAMES A. COX JR., MATTHEW M. GABLER, DARYL D. METCALFE, Keith J. Greiner

Its course

February 27, 2017 to April 30, 2018, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action11 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 27 to Apr 18415 days

State GovernmentFeb 27 to Mar 13379 days

AppropriationsApr 17 to Apr 181 day

In the SenateApr 18 to Apr 30 · stopped12 days

State GovernmentApr 30 to Apr 30 · stopped0 days

Votes

Yeas to nays, as the General Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.

  • House of Representatives, third reading114–77

    Passed · Apr 18, 2018

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Mar 13, 2018

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Feb 27 – Apr 18, 2018

  1. Feb 27Sent to STATE GOVERNMENT
  2. Mar 13, 2018STATE GOVERNMENT recommended it as amended
  3. Apr 17, 2018Read a second time
  4. Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
  5. Apr 18, 2018APPROPRIATIONS recommended it
  6. Passed the House of Representatives, 114 to 77

In the Senate Apr 30, 2018

  1. Apr 30, 2018Arrived in the Senate
  2. Sent to STATE GOVERNMENT
All 11 actions, as published
  1. Feb 27Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT, Feb. 27, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
  2. Mar 13, 2018Reported as amended, March 13, 2018 [House]House of Representatives
  3. Mar 13, 2018First consideration, March 13, 2018 [House]House of Representatives
  4. Mar 13, 2018Laid on the table, March 13, 2018 [House]House of Representatives
  5. Apr 16, 2018Removed from table, April 16, 2018 [House]House of Representatives
  6. Apr 17, 2018Second consideration, April 17, 2018 [House]House of Representatives
  7. Apr 17, 2018Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, April 17, 2018 [House]House of Representatives
  8. Apr 18, 2018Re-reported as committed, April 18, 2018 [House]House of Representatives
  9. Apr 18, 2018Third consideration and final passage, April 18, 2018 (114-77) [House]House of Representatives
  10. Apr 30, 2018In the Senate [Senate]Senate
  11. Apr 30, 2018Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT, April 30, 2018 [Senate]Senate