PA Constitution
The title of Article I of the PA Constitution, which also inspired the Bill of Rights in the US Constitution.
What is the Declaration of Rights?
The three branches of PA state government meant to provide checks and balances on one another.
What are the legislative, executive and judicial branches?
The name for the legislative branch of PA state government.
What is the General Assembly?
The number of members in the State Senate.
What is 50?
The document a legislator often sends out to his/her fellow members in the chamber that asks whether they also would like to sign onto a bill before it's introduced.
What is a co-sponsorship memo?
One of the two ways to change the PA Constitution.
What is a constitutional convention?
What is passing the same constitutional language in two consecutive legislative sessions and by voter referendum?
The branch of state government that writes laws.
What is the legislative branch?
The two chambers of the PA legislative branch.
What are the Senate and the House of Representatives?
The number of members of the PA House of Representatives.
What is 203?
The step immediately after a bill is introduced in a chamber.
What is referral to a standing committee?
The last time a constitutional convention was held in PA.
What is 1968?
The branch of state government that interprets laws.
What is the judicial branch?
Per the PA Constitution, this is how many days a bill must be considered openly in each chamber before taking a vote on final passage.
What is 3 days?
The term length of a House a member.
What is 2 years?
A language change in a bill that may happen in a standing committee or on the chamber floor.
What is an amendment?
This is how many state constitutions we've had in PA throughout our state history.
What is 5?
What is the executive branch?
Currently, this party is in the majority in both chambers.
Who are the Republicans?
The term length of a PA Senate member.
What is 4 years?
This legislative season is when most bills are passed.
What is budget season?
This is how many religious freedom clauses are in the PA Constitution.
What is 5?
The Governor may do this if s/he wants to block a law that already passed the legislature.
What is veto it?
The standing Senate Committee which Senator Haywood chairs.
What is the Senate Health & Human Services Committee?
The individuals who bring the House and Senate chambers to order and conduct debate.
Who are the Speaker of the House and the Lt. Governor?
Most bills go to the Appropriations Committees before getting a final floor vote for this purpose.
What is to get a fiscal note?