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Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 1968
Legislative History - Amendments

PURPOSE:  From this page users are able to trace the legislative history of Amendments to the Pennsylvania Constitution beginning in 1968 and leading up to the present.

HOW TO USE:  The list below provides links to a legislative history page for each of the Amendments. 

Each amendment's legislative history page provides the text of the Amendment as well as the relevant dates regarding its introduction as a bill.  Users are able to access links to the various versions of the Amendment as they were proposed according to the bills “Printer’s No.”  Users may also access any “Remarks” made regarding the proposed legislation as it appeared in either the Senate or House Journals.

Most Constitutional Amendments require passage in both the state House of Representatives and the state Senate for two years, before being submitted to the electorate for a vote of enactment.  The legislative histories available from this website are only for those Amendments which became a part of the Constitution.  The “History” page for each Amendment contains the history of the bill for both years that it was voted on by the legislatures.

View a sample page.

These pages were researched and created by Britt Freud (L'08). 

Amendments to 1968 Constitution

Article I  
  Section 6. Amendment of May 18, 1971
  Section 6. Amendment of November 3, 1998
  Section 9. Amendment of November 6, 1984
 

Section 9. Amendment of November 7, 1995

  Section 9. Amendment of November 4, 2003
 

Section 10. Amendment of May 15, 1973

 

Section 14. Amendment of November 3, 1998

 

Section 27. Added by Amendment of May 18, 1971

 

Section 28. Added by Amendment of May 18, 1971

Article II  
 

Section 17. Amendment Of November 3, 1981

 

Section 17(f-h). Amendment Of May 15, 2001

Article IV  
 

Section 4.1. Added By Amendment Of May 16, 1978

 

Section 5. Amendment Of May 16, 1978

 

Section 6. Amendment Of May 16, 1978

 

Section 8. Amendment Of May 20, 1975

 

Section 8. Amendment Of May 16, 1978

 

Section 9. Amendment Of May 20, 1975

 

Section 9. Amendment Of November 4, 1997

 

Section 17. Amendment Of May 16, 1978

Article V  
 

Section 3. Amendment Of November 6, 1979

 

Section 13(b). Amendment Of May 20, 1975

 

Section 13(b). Amendment Of May 16, 1978

 

Section 13(b). Amendment Of November 6, 1979

 

Section 16. Amendment Of May 18, 1993

 

Section 18. Amendment Of May 18, 1993

 

Schedule Section 11. Amendment Of November 6, 1979

 

Schedule Section 24. Amendment Of May 18, 1993

Article VII  
 

Section 14. Amendment Of November 5, 1985

 

Section 14. Amendment Of November 4, 1997

Article VIII  
 

Section 2(b)(i). Amendment Of May 15, 1973

 

Section 2(b)(v). Amendment Of November 6, 1984

 

Section 2(b)(vi). Amendment Of November 4, 1997

 

Section 2(c). Amendment Of November 8, 1977

 

Section 2(c). Amendment Of November 5, 1985

 

Section 11. Amendment Of November 3, 1981

 

Section 17. Added By Amendment Of November 4, 1975

 

Section 17. Amendment Of November 8, 1977

 

                                                          

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