---
type: "Bill"
title: "A Supplement to the act of July 28, 1966 (3rd Sp.Sess., P.L.87, No.3), known as the University of Pittsburgh--Commonwealth Act, making appropriations for carrying the same into effect; and providing for a basis for payments of such appropriations, for a method of accounting for the funds appropriated and for certain fiscal information disclosure."
description: "A Supplement to the act of July 28, 1966 (3rd Sp.Sess., P.L.87, No.3), known as the University of Pittsburgh--Commonwealth Act, making appropriations for carrying the same into effect; and providing for a basis for payments of such appropriations, for 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: "SB 327"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 327 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hughes"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-10-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e7ae0b5-8f8e-431c-aca9-16848e7c832a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=327"
source_hash: "b1f1299cf44d74eb7b41a6c11762eeaf3dd3e0913987919e25dc1c6708875b26"
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 SB 327 (2017-2018) — A Supplement to the act of July 28, 1966 (3rd Sp.Sess., P.L.87, No.3), known as the University of Pittsburgh--Commonwealth Act, making appropriations for carrying the same into effect; and providing for a basis for payments of such appropriations, for 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. 0521** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0327&pn=0521)
2. **Printer's No. 1060** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0327&pn=1060)

## Votes

- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Amended — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Reported as Committed — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **181–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hughes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0521 Referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1060 Re-reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2017-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2017-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-27T04:00:00+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/1e7ae0b5-8f8e-431c-aca9-16848e7c832a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).