It would be shocking if legislation to make it harder to pass constitutional amendments ever sees the light of day in the state Legislature.

Rep. Ryan Bizzarro, D-Erie, and Rep. Pam Snyder, D-Green/Fayette/Washington, have proposed House Bill 2340 to require a two-thirds majority vote in each house to pass bills that would amend the constitution.

Additionally, bills would still have to be passed in two consecutive legislative sessions to be placed on the ballot for voters.

Their stance makes some sense. If the state constitution is setting the rules by which Pennsylvania’s elected representatives must govern, changing the constitution shouldn’t be easier than picking out the perfect orange at the supermarket. Republicans’ use of amendments to change the constitution in order to achieve their goals is like changing the rules of a football game halfway through the fourth quarter — it’s a phyrric victory whose rewards don’t outweigh the costs of the fight.

Still, this bill should remain buried in committee.

Gov. Tom Wolf isn’t as difficult to deal with as some governors — see former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in New York state for proof of that. But on some matters Wolf is so far out of step with so many state residents that Republicans have had no choice but to go around him.

Making that process harder means giving an outsized voice to Pennsylvania’s cities at the expense of its more rural counties. Again, take a look to our north for an idea why that’s a bad idea. Unlike New York state, where rural residents voices are barely heard above the cacaphony of the state’s cities, Pennsylvania’s legislature still reflects the concerns and desires of state residents who live outside of Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Erie and Harrisburg.

Republicans shouldn’t resort to constitutional amendments as often as they do. Conversely, Wolf would have done well to compromise on matters like COVID-19 and the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

Compromise would have been preferable to partisan warfare. But enacting legislation that makes it harder to amend the constitution would too often leave our state basically agreeing to disagree. Nothing would actually get done.

And that’s even worse than partisan bickering.