---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of January 25, 1966 (1965 P.L.1546, No.541), referred to as the Higher Education Scholarship Law, further providing for eligibility for State scholarship."
description: "An Act amending the act of January 25, 1966 (1965 P.L.1546, No.541), referred to as the Higher Education Scholarship Law, further providing for eligibility for State scholarship."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1653"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1653 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Quigley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-07-08T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc4d60e3-8113-4f6c-8ba5-adb21be7870d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1653"
source_hash: "f67d4d4556e53c03dc5fc0f1816c9577829e5863fd07e9215c683354d18f121c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-pa"]
---

# Pennsylvania HB 1653 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of January 25, 1966 (1965 P.L.1546, No.541), referred to as the Higher Education Scholarship Law, further providing for eligibility for State scholarship.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Printer's No. 2214** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1653&pn=2214)

## Votes

- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (EDUCATION): Reported as Committed — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **124–60** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Quigley — primary (person)
- B. O'Neill — cosponsor (person)
- Bloom — cosponsor (person)
- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
- Gabler — cosponsor (person)
- Godshall — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Milne — cosponsor (person)
- R. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Roebuck — cosponsor (person)
- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2214 Referred to EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-11-01T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc4d60e3-8113-4f6c-8ba5-adb21be7870d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).