Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 25, June 22, 2024
Section 9.148 - Emergency amendments(a)General.-In the event a major emergency threatens or is about to threaten this Commonwealth and if the safety or welfare of this Commonwealth requires prompt amendment to the Constitution, such amendment may be proposed in the Senate or House at any regular or special session of the General Assembly.(b)Passage and publication.-If an emergency amendment is agreed to by at least two-thirds of the members elected to each house, the proposed amendment is entered on the journal of each house with the yeas and nays taken thereon and the Secretary of the Commonwealth promptly publishes such proposed amendment in at least two newspapers in every county in which such newspapers are published.(c)Submission to electorate and vote.-Following the passage and publication of the amendment it is then submitted to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth at least one month after being agreed to by both houses. If an emergency amendment is approved by a majority of the qualified electors voting thereon, it becomes part of the Constitution. When two or more emergency amendments are submitted they are voted on separately.