---
type: "Bill"
title: "A Supplement to the act of July 7, 1972 (P.L.743, No.176), known as the Lincoln University-Commonwealth Act, making an appropriation for carrying the same into effect; providing for a basis for payments of the appropriation; and providing a method of accounting for the funds appropriated and for certain fiscal information disclosure."
description: "A Supplement to the act of July 7, 1972 (P.L.743, No.176), known as the Lincoln University-Commonwealth Act, making an appropriation for carrying the same into effect; providing for a basis for payments of the appropriation; and providing a method of accounting for the funds appropriated and for certain fiscal information disclosure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2245"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 2245 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Saylor"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ee3a32e-5d0d-4013-bfa9-4c7d4ea8d2ea"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=2245"
source_hash: "112f58087ee8bf9a4a9ae6fc2f18509693eabd25189b982b364a3ae33b411e10"
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 2245 (2017-2018) — A Supplement to the act of July 7, 1972 (P.L.743, No.176), known as the Lincoln University-Commonwealth Act, making an appropriation for carrying the same into effect; providing for a basis for payments of the appropriation; and providing a method of accounting for the funds appropriated and for certain fiscal information disclosure.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 3294** (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=2245&pn=3294)
2. **Printer's No. 3751** (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=2245&pn=3751)

## Votes

- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Reported as Committed — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **195–3** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Saylor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3294 Referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2018-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3751 Re-reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+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/1ee3a32e-5d0d-4013-bfa9-4c7d4ea8d2ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).