republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/sb-329.md

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Bill	A Supplement to the act of July 7, 1972 (P.L.743, No.176), entitled "An act providing for the establishment and operation of Lincoln University as an instrumentality of the Commonwealth to serve as a State-related institution in the higher education system of the Commonwealth; providing for change of name; providing for the composition of the board of trustees; terms of trustees, and the power and duties of such trustees; providing for preference to Pennsylvania residents in tuition; authorizing appropriations in amounts to be fixed annually by the General Assembly; providing for the auditing of accounts of expenditures from said appropriations; providing for public support and capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of bonds exempt from taxation within the Commonwealth; requiring the President to make an annual report of the operations of Lincoln University," making an appropriation for carrying the same into effect; providing for a basis for payments of the appropriation; and providing a method of accounting for the funds appropriated and for certain fiscal information disclosure.	A Supplement to the act of July 7, 1972 (P.L.743, No.176), entitled "An act providing for the establishment and operation of Lincoln University as an instrumentality of the Commonwealth to serve as a State-related institution in the higher education system of the Commonwealth; providing for change of name; providing for the composition of the board of trustees; terms of trustees, and the power and duties of such trustees; providing for preference to Pennsylvania residents in tuition; authorizing appropriations in amounts to be fixed annually by the General Assembly; providing for the auditing of accounts of expenditures from said appropriations; providing for public support and capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of bonds exempt from taxation within the Commonwealth; requiring the President to make an annual report of the operations of Lincoln University," making an appropriation for carrying the same into effect; providing for a basis for payments of the appropriation; and providing a method of accounting for the funds appropriated and for certain fiscal information disclosure.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	SB 329	Pennsylvania SB 329 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Hughes	1	20	5	2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00	2017-10-27T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/7ea1d5b9-c24d-4241-b0c5-b258a0cdf7c9	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=329	1e2e1b6d62c25bc98859ad1663cae39ea9787ab8e61b4a6d7c7118d94d0aed9b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 329 (2017-2018) — A Supplement to the act of July 7, 1972 (P.L.743, No.176), entitled "An act providing for the establishment and operation of Lincoln University as an instrumentality of the Commonwealth to serve as a State-related institution in the higher education system of the Commonwealth; providing for change of name; providing for the composition of the board of trustees; terms of trustees, and the power and duties of such trustees; providing for preference to Pennsylvania residents in tuition; authorizing appropriations in amounts to be fixed annually by the General Assembly; providing for the auditing of accounts of expenditures from said appropriations; providing for public support and capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of bonds exempt from taxation within the Commonwealth; requiring the President to make an annual report of the operations of Lincoln University," making an appropriation for carrying the same into effect; providing for a basis for payments of the appropriation; and providing 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. 0523 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 26–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Reported as Committed — 26–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 181–5 (pass) · lower
• SB 329 PN 523, MOT TABLE, TALLMAN — 17–169 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Hughes — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 PN 0523 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 Re-reported as committed committee-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; origin ocd-bill/7ea1d5b9-c24d-4241-b0c5-b258a0cdf7c9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).