---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, providing for institutions of higher education and for Performance-based Funding Council."
description: "An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, providing for institutions of higher education and for Performance-based Funding Council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 1154"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 1154 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ryan Aument"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2024-04-26T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-07-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56b3dbf1-3527-418f-b2fe-2b0b1fdaf0e2"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=12&rollcallid=2281&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "c31ea16314e759bf27ca3b2f0940a116bffe9301147043152ea763d58cc57bda"
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 1154 (2023-2024) — An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, providing for institutions of higher education and for Performance-based Funding Council.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A05499** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A05499)
2. **House Amendment A05529** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A05529)
3. **Printer's No. PN1559** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB1154/PN1559)
4. **Printer's No. PN1713** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB1154/PN1713)
5. **Printer's No. PN1819** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB1154/PN1819)
6. **Senate Amendment A04868** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A04868)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS RECONSIDERATION — **38–11** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Re-Reported as Committed — **15–2** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **37–12** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Education): Report Bill As Committed — **25–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Adopt Amendment — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **188–14** (pass) · lower
- A5499 — **95–107** (fail) · lower
- AUMENT AMENDMENT NO. A-4868 — **29–21** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Amended — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **15–9** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **28–21** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Education): Reported as Committed — **6–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ryan Aument — primary (person)
- Daniel Laughlin — cosponsor (person)
- David Argall — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Mastriano — cosponsor (person)
- Elder Vogel — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Regan — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Stefano — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Pennycuick — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne Langerholc — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2024-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2024-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Amended on third consideration `amendment-passage`
- **2024-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-07-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-07-09T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2024-07-09T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2024-07-09T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2024-07-10T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2024-07-10T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Amended in House Committee on Appropriations
- **2024-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2024-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2024-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Vote on concurrence reconsidered
- **2024-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2024-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2024-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2024-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-07-17T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-17T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 90 of 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56b3dbf1-3527-418f-b2fe-2b0b1fdaf0e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).