republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/sb-328.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "A Supplement to the act of November 30, 1965 (P.L.843, No.355), entitled \"An act providing for the establishment and operation of Temple University as an instrumentality of the Commonwealth to serve as a State-related university 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; providing for public support and capital improvements; authorizing appropriations in amounts to be fixed annually by the General Assembly; providing for the auditing of accounts of expenditures from said appropriations; authorizing the issuance of bonds exempt from taxation within the Commonwealth; requiring the President to make an annual report of the operations of Temple University,\" making an appropriation for carrying the same into effect; providing for a basis for payments of such appropriation; and providing a method of accounting for the funds appropriated and for certain fiscal information disclosure."
description: "A Supplement to the act of November 30, 1965 (P.L.843, No.355), entitled \"An act providing for the establishment and operation of Temple University as an instrumentality of the Commonwealth to serve as a State-related university 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; providing for public support and capital improvements; authorizing appropriations in amounts to be fixed annually by the General Assembly; providing for the auditing of accounts of expenditures from said appropriations; authorizing the issuance of bonds exempt from taxation within the Commonwealth; requiring the President to make an annual report of the operations of Temple University,\" making an appropriation for carrying the same into effect; providing for a basis for payments of such appropriation; and providing a method of accounting for the funds appropriated and for certain fiscal information disclosure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 328"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 328 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hughes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-10-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26c3afc4-305b-4ddb-babc-323d302e32c2"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=328"
source_hash: "9cc8801095f18f8dd0aed78f0eaef1b3c8e3faf46cd3f4888c5e948527b1b253"
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 328 (2017-2018) — A Supplement to the act of November 30, 1965 (P.L.843, No.355), entitled "An act providing for the establishment and operation of Temple University as an instrumentality of the Commonwealth to serve as a State-related university 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; providing for public support and capital improvements; authorizing appropriations in amounts to be fixed annually by the General Assembly; providing for the auditing of accounts of expenditures from said appropriations; authorizing the issuance of bonds exempt from taxation within the Commonwealth; requiring the President to make an annual report of the operations of Temple University," making an appropriation for carrying the same into effect; providing for a basis for payments of such 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. 0522** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0328&pn=0522)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **180–6** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Reported as Committed — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hughes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0522 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26c3afc4-305b-4ddb-babc-323d302e32c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).