---
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; providing for a method of accounting for the funds appropriated; and providing 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; providing for a method of accounting for the funds appropriated; and providing for certain fiscal information disclosure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1353"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1353 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Saylor"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-05-01T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1c877c5-238b-4dd7-9b88-dac7f01d0094"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1353"
source_hash: "9026f713d9a538913f4b99ac96f5017fac988b6e090cdbe1a6e87b4b09feef3d"
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 1353 (2019-2020) — 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; providing for a method of accounting for the funds appropriated; and providing for certain fiscal information disclosure.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A02073** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=1353&pn=1647&aYear=2019&an=02073)
2. **Printer's No. 1647** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1353&pn=1647)
3. **Printer's No. 2236** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1353&pn=2236)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Saylor — primary (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1647 Referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2236 Re-reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-28T04:00:00+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/f1c877c5-238b-4dd7-9b88-dac7f01d0094`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).