---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act making appropriations to the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania."
description: "An Act making appropriations to the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2246"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 2246 (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/0c5d2ba4-7c45-4209-8d00-bbaaa01a3536"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=2246"
source_hash: "e44a5bc764385d640015ceba2acd3968781db88e9b1c73fbb2d999ad647c925a"
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 2246 (2017-2018) — An Act making appropriations to the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 3295** (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=2246&pn=3295)
2. **Printer's No. 3752** (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=2246&pn=3752)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **193–5** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Reported as Committed — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Saylor — primary (person)
- Miccarelli — cosponsor (person)
- Roe — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3295 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 3752 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/0c5d2ba4-7c45-4209-8d00-bbaaa01a3536`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).