republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2019-2020/hb-2444.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 requiring Commonwealth; 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; providing for a method of accounting for the funds appropriated; and providing 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 requiring Commonwealth; 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; providing for a method of accounting for the funds appropriated; and providing for certain fiscal information disclosure.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2019-2020	HB 2444	Pennsylvania HB 2444 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	Saylor	1	18	3	2020-04-27T04:00:00+00:00	2020-05-29T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/eb541084-e18f-46fa-989b-24ddcd8eab39	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=2444	96c48e6f4f620cddc0905af137d425f18dd642828f3dd615b8132e465a6ee767	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 2444 (2019-2020) — 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 requiring Commonwealth; 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; providing for a method of accounting for the funds appropriated; and providing 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. 3626 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 200–2 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Reported as Committed — 24–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Saylor — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-04-27T04:00:00+00:00 PN 3626 Referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2020-04-29T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2020-04-29T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2020-04-29T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2020-04-30T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2020-05-26T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2020-05-26T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2020-05-26T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2020-05-26T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2020-05-26T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2020-05-27T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2020-05-28T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2020-05-28T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2020-05-28T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2020-05-28T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-05-29T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eb541084-e18f-46fa-989b-24ddcd8eab39. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).