HB 452 Summary

• Transfers the commencement date of General Assembly members' terms from the Constitution's Schedule to Article II for better organization and clarity.

• Repeals § 24 of Article II which required the State Treasurer to settle accounts with the General Assembly annually, reflecting that this function is now performed by multiple state agencies.

• Updates § 20 of Article III to change "Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health" to "Director of the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health" to reflect current government structure.

• Comprehensively revises § 6 of Article V regarding election procedures to modernize language around voting machine recording tapes, voting machine certificates, and absentee ballots while correcting a codification error from 1956.

• Corrects an outdated internal reference in § 7 of Article XV from "Section 30" to "Section 28" of Article IV, adjusting for a 1951 judicial reorganization that was not reflected in the original cross-reference.

• Standardizes hyphenation of fractional vote requirements ("three fourths" and "two-thirds") throughout the Constitution for consistency.