republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2019-2020/hb-2444.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2444"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 2444 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Saylor"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-04-27T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-05-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb541084-e18f-46fa-989b-24ddcd8eab39"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=2444"
source_hash: "96c48e6f4f620cddc0905af137d425f18dd642828f3dd615b8132e465a6ee767"
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 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](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=2444&pn=3626)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb541084-e18f-46fa-989b-24ddcd8eab39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).