---
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: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1354"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1354 (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/d038438a-bbd3-44fb-bbcc-141f05e05d02"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1354"
source_hash: "427daad593aa4f514792754be333926fdc72dc054aa76793793bf793d1c10269"
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 1354 (2019-2020) — 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. **House Amendment A02075** (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=1354&pn=1648&aYear=2019&an=02075)
2. **Printer's No. 1648** (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=1354&pn=1648)
3. **Printer's No. 2237** (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=1354&pn=2237)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **196–5** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1648 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 2237 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/d038438a-bbd3-44fb-bbcc-141f05e05d02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).