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Amendment history

Article 20 has never been amended.
Below is the latest text of Article 20, as enacted on 1st Jul, 1937.

Article 20.

  1. 1:
    Every Bill initiated in and passed by Dáil Éireann shall be sent to Seanad Éireann and may, unless it be a Money Bill, be amended in Seanad Éireann and Dáil Éireann shall consider any such amendment.
  2. 2:
    1. 1°:
      A Bill other than a Money Bill may be initiated in Seanad Éireann, and if passed by Seanad Éireann, shall be introduced in Dáil Éireann.
    2. 2°:
      A Bill initiated in Seanad Éireann if amended in Dáil Éireann shall be considered as a Bill initiated in Dáil Éireann.
  3. 3:
    A Bill passed by either House and accepted by the other House shall be deemed to have been passed by both Houses.