The Senate State Government Committee unanimously approved a bill Wednesday that would move the primary up from April 23 to March 19, a change that would be effective only for next year’s election.
was introduced in the state House on Tuesday. That bill, from Democratic Reps. Malcolm Kenyatta and Jared Solomon , would move the primary to April 2.
State Sen. Amanda Cappelletti , the ranking Democrat on the Senate State Government Committee, said her chamber heard similar concerns. “I would expect that to firm up in the next week or so,” spokesperson Erica Clayton-Wright said. “Moving it into April doesn’t [make Pennsylvania any more politically relevant], so obviously the sooner we can do it the better.”She added that the plan is currently to have the full state Senate vote on a bill in September.
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