---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act providing for funding for State-related universities for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, for costs basis, for frequency of payments and for recordkeeping requirements; imposing a duty on the Auditor General; providing for financial statements, for the Agricultural College Land Scrip Fund and for restrictions; and making appropriations."
description: "An Act providing for funding for State-related universities for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, for costs basis, for frequency of payments and for recordkeeping requirements; imposing a duty on the Auditor General; providing for financial statements, for the Agricultural College Land Scrip Fund and for restrictions; and making appropriations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1461"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1461 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jordan Harris"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-11-16T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fb3b180-363c-4781-9e66-3fdb2e93f9d8"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=62&rollcallid=529&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "a87168affcfcd7a5eb09ab182e723c98bee710c221eaa56b61f04b15ec4811e1"
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 1461 (2023-2024) — An Act providing for funding for State-related universities for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, for costs basis, for frequency of payments and for recordkeeping requirements; imposing a duty on the Auditor General; providing for financial statements, for the Agricultural College Land Scrip Fund and for restrictions; and making appropriations.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN1619** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB1461/PN1619)
2. **Printer's No. PN2288** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB1461/PN2288)
3. **Senate Amendment A02913** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A02913)

## Votes

- SECOND CONSIDERATION — **126–77** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **26–11** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Amended — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **195–8** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Adopt Amendment — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Rules): Re-report Bill As Committed — **28–5** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Rules): Re-report Bill As Committed — **18–15** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Report Bill As Committed — **22–15** (pass) · lower
- MOTION TO APPEAL RULING OF THE CHAIR — **102–101** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **45–5** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE — **149–54** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jordan Harris — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-11-15T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-11-15T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-15T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-11-15T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2023-11-15T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2023-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2023-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Act No. 11A of 2023

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0fb3b180-363c-4781-9e66-3fdb2e93f9d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).