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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act authorizing the Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor, to release a use restriction and reversionary interest affecting certain real property situate in the Township of East Vincent, Chester County, to facilitate the grant and conveyance of the real property from the Owen J. Roberts School District to Pennsylvania American Water Company; authorizing the Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor, to grant and convey to Centre County Industrial Development Corporation, certain lands situate in Benner Township, Centre County; and authorizing the Department of General Services, with the approval of West Chester University of Pennsylvania of the State System of Higher Education and the Governor, to grant and convey to Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc., or its assigns, an existing water tower and permanent utility easement from lands of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania at West Chester University of Pennsylvania situate in the Borough of West Chester, County of Chester, for the purpose of public water distribution."
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description: "An Act authorizing the Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor, to release a use restriction and reversionary interest affecting certain real property situate in the Township of East Vincent, Chester County, to facilitate the grant and conveyance of the real property from the Owen J. Roberts School District to Pennsylvania American Water Company; authorizing the Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor, to grant and convey to Centre County Industrial Development Corporation, certain lands situate in Benner Township, Centre County; and authorizing the Department of General Services, with the approval of West Chester University of Pennsylvania of the State System of Higher Education and the Governor, to grant and convey to Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc., or its assigns, an existing water tower and permanent utility easement from lands of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania at West Chester University of Pennsylvania situate in the Borough of West Chester, County of Chester, for the purpose of public water distribution."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
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legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
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session: "2019-2020"
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identifier: "HB 1896"
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citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1896 (2019-2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hennessey"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2019-09-30T04:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2019-11-27T05:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a86adff3-ce1b-4753-9d45-715fc2990bcf"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1896"
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source_hash: "998ecdcfe42f7d340f1eb8bb772266ffceae4142eeea72be53e19dfee99dd4c9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-pa"]
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---
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# Pennsylvania HB 1896 (2019-2020) — An Act authorizing the Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor, to release a use restriction and reversionary interest affecting certain real property situate in the Township of East Vincent, Chester County, to facilitate the grant and conveyance of the real property from the Owen J. Roberts School District to Pennsylvania American Water Company; authorizing the Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor, to grant and convey to Centre County Industrial Development Corporation, certain lands situate in Benner Township, Centre County; and authorizing the Department of General Services, with the approval of West Chester University of Pennsylvania of the State System of Higher Education and the Governor, to grant and convey to Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc., or its assigns, an existing water tower and permanent utility easement from lands of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania at West Chester University of Pennsylvania situate in the Borough of West Chester, County of Chester, for the purpose of public water distribution.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Printer's No. 2635** (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=1896&pn=2635)
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2. **Printer's No. 2883** (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=1896&pn=2883)
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3. **Senate Amendment A03789** (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=1896&pn=2635&aYear=2019&an=03789)
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## Votes
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- Committee vote (STATE GOVERNMENT): Reported as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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- HB 1896 PN 2883, CONCUR — **185–0** (pass) · lower
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- FINAL PASSAGE — **198–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Hennessey — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2635 Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
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- **2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
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- **2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
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- **2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
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- **2019-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
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- **2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
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- **2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
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- **2019-10-30T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
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- **2019-10-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-10-31T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
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- **2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** PN 2883 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
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- **2019-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
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- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
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- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
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- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
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- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
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- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
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- **2019-11-22T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-11-27T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a86adff3-ce1b-4753-9d45-715fc2990bcf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
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