Halakhah for Pesachim 189:10

ואין לי אלא מצות עשה מצות ל"ת מנין ת"ל (במדבר ט, יב) לא ישאירו ממנו עד בקר

Our Rabbis taught: 'According to all the statute of the Passover they shall keep it': you might think, just as the first is subject to the prohibition of [leaven] 'shall not be seen' and 'shall not be found', so is the second subject to the prohibition of [leaven] shall not be seen and shall not be found: therefore it is stated, they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.13 Again, I know it only of positive precepts;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'They shall eat it' etc. is a positive precept, and therefore teaches that all the positive precepts applicable to the first Passover are also binding upon the second, e.g., the precept to eat it roast.');">14

Sefer HaChinukh

From the laws of the commandment is that which they, may their memory be blessed, taught in Pesachim 95a in the chapter [entitled] Mi Shehaya Tamei, "What [are the differences] between first and second? On the first all leaven is forbidden to be seen or kept in one's possession; on the second both leaven and matsa are with him in the house. The second is only observed one day, and there is no holiday or prohibition of labor. The first requires Hallel while eating it; the second does not require Hallel while eating it - though this and that require Hallel during the offering. Both are eaten roasted with matsa and marror," as it is explicitly stated like that in the verse. "Both supersede the Shabbat, and neither may be left over or have bones broken in them," as the verse explicitly warns about this too, with "do not leave over" and "they shall not break a bone in it."

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