ART. XI §1 | PROPOSAL OF AMENDMENTS BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND THEIR ADOPTION
Amendments to this Constitution may be proposed in the Senate or House of Representatives; and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each House, such proposed amendment or amendmentsshall be entered on their journals with the yeas and nays taken thereon, and the Secretary of the Commonwealth shallcause the same to be published three months before the next general election, in at least two newspapers in every county in which such newspapers shall be published; and if, in the General Assembly next afterwards chosen, such proposed amendment or amendmentsshall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each House, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shallcause the same again to be published in the manner aforesaid; and such proposed amendment or amendmentsshall be submitted to the qualified electors of the State in such manner, and at such time at least three months after being so agreed to by the two Houses, as the General Assembly shall prescribe; and, if such amendment or amendmentsshall be approved by a majority of those voting thereon, such amendment or amendmentsshall become a part of the Constitution; but no amendment or amendmentsshall be submitted oftener than once in five years. When two or more amendmentsshall be submitted they shall be voted upon separately.
(a) In the event a major emergency threatens or is about to threaten the Commonwealth and if the safety or welfare of the Commonwealth requires prompt amendment of this Constitution, such amendments to this Constitution may be proposed in the Senate or House of Representatives at any regular or special session of the General Assembly, and if agreed to by at least two-thirds of the members elected to each House, a proposed amendmentshall be entered on the journal of each House with the yeas and nays taken thereon and the official in charge of statewide elections shall promptly publish such proposed amendment in at least two newspapers in every county in which such newspapers are published. Such amendmentshall then be submitted to the qualified electors of the Commonwealth in such manner, and at such time, at least one month after being agreed to by both Houses as the General Assembly prescribes.
(b) If an emergency amendment is approved by a majority of the qualified electors voting thereon, it shall become part of this Constitution. When two or more emergency amendments are submitted they shall be voted on separately.
Amendments
1967 Amendment.
Joint Resolution No.6 added subsecs. (a) and (b).
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