Pennsylvania 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

SB 327 — A Supplement to the act of July 28, 1966 (3rd Sp.Sess., P.L.87, No.3), known as the University of Pittsburgh--Commonwealth Act, making appropriations for carrying the same into effect; and providing for a basis for payments of such appropriations, for a method of accounting for the funds appropriated and for certain fiscal information disclosure.

Last action — Approved by the Governor

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 16, 2017. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 4 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

69 added · 71 removed

Plain-language change summary

The most significant change in Bill SB 327 is an increase in the funding for rural education outreach, raising it from $2,563,000 to $2,763,000. This increase matters because it reflects a greater commitment to supporting education in rural areas, which can lead to improved educational opportunities and resources for students who may lack access to adequate services. Additionally, the bill specifies that payments to the University of Pittsburgh will be made monthly based on estimated costs, ensuring timely funding throughout the fiscal year.

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521 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA SENATE BILL Session of 2017 No.
1060 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA SENATE BILL Session of 2017 No.
INTRODUCED BY HUGHES, MARCH 16, 2017 REFERRED TO APPROPRIATIONS, MARCH 16, 2017 A SUPPLEMENT To the act of July 28, 1966 (3rd Sp.Sess., P.L.87, No.3), entitled "An act providing for the establishment and operation of the University of Pittsburgh as an instrumentality of the Commonwealth to serve as a State- related university in the higher education system of the Commonwealth;
INTRODUCED BY HUGHES, MARCH 16, 2017 SENATOR BROWNE, APPROPRIATIONS, RE-REPORTED AS AMENDED, JUNE 29, 2017 A SUPPLEMENT To the act of July 28, 1966 (3rd Sp.Sess., P.L.87, No.3), entitled "An act providing for the establishment and operation of the University of Pittsburgh as an instrumentality of the Commonwealth to serve as a State- related university in the higher education system of the Commonwealth;
authorizing appropriations in amounts to be fixed annually by the General expenditures from said appropriations;
authorizing appropriations in amounts to be fixed annually by the General Assembly;
providing for public support and capital improvements;
providing for the auditing of accounts of support and capital improvements;
$2,563,000 <-- (2) FOR RURAL EDUCATION OUTREACH...
$2,563,000 Section 2.
$2,763,000 <-- Section 2.
(b) Such statement of expenditures and costs shall be reviewed by the Auditor General of the Commonwealth, and he 20170SB0327PN1060 - 2 - shall have the right, in respect to the moneys appropriated by this act, to audit and disallow expenditures made for purposes not permitted by this act and to cause such sums to be recovered and paid by the University of Pittsburgh to the State Treasurer.
(b) Such statement of expenditures and costs shall be reviewed by the Auditor General of the Commonwealth, and he shall have the right, in respect to the moneys appropriated by this act, to audit and disallow expenditures made for purposes 20170SB0327PN0521 - 2 - not permitted by this act and to cause such sums to be recovered and paid by the University of Pittsburgh to the State Treasurer.
No funds appropriated by this act may be used for 20170SB0327PN1060 - 3 - costs of personnel and operations of the environmental law clinic.
No funds appropriated by this act may be used for costs of personnel and operations of the environmental law clinic.
Section 8.
20170SB0327PN0521 - 3 - Section 8.
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Action History

  1. Approved by the Governor

  2. Presented to the Governor

  3. Signed in House

  4. Signed in Senate

  5. Third consideration and final passage

  6. Removed from table

  7. Laid on the table

  8. Second consideration

  9. Removed from table

  10. Laid on the table

  11. First consideration

  12. Reported as committed

  13. Referred to APPROPRIATIONS

  14. Third consideration and final passage

  15. PN 1060 Re-reported as amended

  16. Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS

  17. Second consideration

  18. First consideration

  19. Reported as committed

  20. PN 0521 Referred to APPROPRIATIONS

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 252 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (252)

252 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

FINAL PASSAGE

Passed 181 Yea · 5 Nay · 16 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 41203
Unaffiliated 1053012
Democratic 35001
Total 1815016
% of votes cast 90%2%0%8%
How each member voted (202)
Member Party Vote
BARRAR — Yea
BLOOM — Yea
BOBACK — Yea
CHARLTON — Yea
CHRISTIANA — Yea
CORBIN — Yea
E CORR — Not Voting
COX — Yea
DIGIROLAMO — Yea
DOWLING — Yea
DUNBAR — Yea
ELLIS — Yea
ENGLISH — Yea
EVANKOVICH — Yea
EVERETT — Yea
E GABLER — Not Voting
GILLESPIE — Yea
E GODSHALL — Not Voting
HAHN — Yea
HARPER — Yea
HARRIS, A. — Yea
HELM — Yea
HENNESSEY — Yea
HICKERNELL — Yea
HILL — Yea
JOZWIAK — Yea
KAMPF — Yea
KAUFER — Yea
KELLER, F. — Yea
KELLER, M.K. — Yea
KNOWLES — Yea
LEWIS — Yea
MAHER — Yea
MARSHALL — Yea
MARSICO — Yea
MASSER — Yea
MCGINNIS — Nay
METCALFE — Nay
MICCARELLI — Yea
MILLARD — Yea
MILNE — Yea
MURT — Yea
MUSTIO — Yea
NELSON — Yea
NESBIT — Yea
O'NEILL — Yea
OBERLANDER — Yea
PEIFER — Yea
PETRI — Yea
E PYLE — Not Voting
QUIGLEY — Yea
QUINN, C. — Yea
QUINN, M. — Yea
REED — Yea
REESE — Yea
ROE — Yea
E RYAN — Not Voting
E SACCONE — Not Voting
SANKEY — Yea
SANTORA — Yea
SAYLOR — Yea
SCHEMEL — Nay
SIMMONS — Yea
SONNEY — Yea
STEPHENS — Yea
TALLMAN — Yea
TAYLOR — Yea
TOBASH — Yea
TOEPEL — Yea
TOOHIL — Yea
WARD — Yea
WATSON — Yea
WHEELAND — Yea
BARBIN — Yea
BOYLE — Yea
BROWN, V. — Yea
BULLOCK — Yea
CALTAGIRONE — Yea
E CRUZ — Not Voting
DEAN — Yea
DELISSIO — Yea
DELUCA — Yea
DERMODY — Yea
DONATUCCI — Yea
DRISCOLL — Yea
E EVANS — Not Voting
E FABRIZIO — Not Voting
FITZGERALD — Yea
GAINEY — Yea
GALLOWAY — Yea
GOODMAN — Yea
E HAGGERTY — Not Voting
HANNA — Yea
KAVULICH — Yea
KELLER, W. — Yea
KINSEY — Yea
KIRKLAND — Yea
KORTZ — Yea
LONGIETTI — Yea
MCCARTER — Yea
MULLERY — Yea
NEUMAN — Yea
E O'BRIEN — Not Voting
PETRARCA — Yea
RAVENSTAHL — Yea
READSHAW — Yea
ROEBUCK — Yea
ROZZI — Yea
SAINATO — Yea
SIMS — Yea
SNYDER — Yea
STURLA — Yea
THOMAS — Yea
VAZQUEZ — Yea
E WHEATLEY — Not Voting
YOUNGBLOOD — Yea
TURZAI — Yea
Dan Miller — Yea
Matthew Gergely — Yea
Seth Grove — Yea
Andre D. Carroll Democratic Yea
Anita Astorino Kulik Democratic Yea
Brandon J. Markosek Democratic Yea
Carolyn T. Comitta Democratic Yea
Christopher M. Rabb Democratic Yea
Dan Frankel Democratic Yea
Daniel J. Deasy Democratic Yea
Ed Neilson Democratic Yea
Eddie Day Pashinski Democratic Yea
Frank Burns Democratic Yea
Greg Vitali Democratic Yea
Jared G. Solomon Democratic Yea
Jason Dawkins Democratic Yea
Jay Costa Democratic Yea
Jay Costa Democratic Yea
Joanna E. McClinton Democratic Yea
Jordan A. Harris Democratic Yea
Leanne Krueger Democratic Yea
Marty Flynn Democratic Yea
Mary Jo Daley Democratic Yea
Matthew D. Bradford Democratic Yea
Maureen E. Madden Democratic Yea
Michael H. Schlossberg Democratic Yea
Morgan Cephas Democratic Yea
Nathan Davidson Democratic Yea
Patrick J. Harkins Democratic Yea
Patty Kim Democratic Yea
Perry S. Warren Democratic Yea
Peter Schweyer Democratic Yea
Robert F. Matzie Democratic Not Voting
Robert Freeman Democratic Yea
Ryan A. Bizzarro Democratic Yea
Scott Conklin Democratic Yea
Steve Samuelson Democratic Yea
Tim Briggs Democratic Yea
Tina M. Davis Democratic Yea
Aaron Bernstine Republican Yea
Brad Roae Republican Nay
Brett R. Miller Republican Yea
Bryan Cutler Republican Yea
Bud Cook Republican Yea
Carl Walker Metzgar Republican Yea
Craig T. Staats Republican Yea
Cris Dush Republican Nay
Dan Moul Republican Yea
David H. Zimmerman Republican Yea
David M. Maloney Republican Yea
Dawn W. Keefer Republican Not Voting
Doyle Heffley Republican Yea
Frank A. Farry Republican Yea
Gary W. Day Republican Yea
Greg Rothman Republican Not Voting
Jack Rader Republican Yea
Jamie Walsh Republican Not Voting
Jason Ortitay Republican Yea
Jesse Topper Republican Yea
Joe Emrick Republican Yea
John A. Lawrence Republican Yea
Jonathan Fritz Republican Yea
Kate A. Klunk Republican Yea
Kathy L. Rapp Republican Yea
Keith J. Greiner Republican Yea
Kerry A. Benninghoff Republican Yea
Lisa Baker Republican Yea
Lynda Schlegel Culver Republican Yea
Mark M. Gillen Republican Yea
Martin T. Causer Republican Yea
Martina A. White Republican Yea
Milou Mackenzie Republican Yea
Mindy Fee Republican Yea
Parke Wentling Republican Yea
R. Lee James Republican Yea
Rich Irvin Republican Yea
Rob W. Kauffman Republican Yea
Rosemary M. Brown Republican Yea
Russ Diamond Republican Yea
Ryan Warner Republican Yea
Sheryl M. Delozier Republican Yea
Steven C. Mentzer Republican Yea
Thomas L. Mehaffie Republican Yea
Tina Pickett Republican Yea
Zachary Mako Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE

Passed 50 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 29000
Republican 13000
Democratic 8000
Total 50000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (50)
Member Party Vote
ALLOWAY — Yea
AUMENT — Yea
BLAKE — Yea
BREWSTER — Yea
BROWNE — Yea
CORMAN — Yea
DINNIMAN — Yea
DISANTO — Yea
EICHELBERGER — Yea
FARNESE — Yea
FOLMER — Yea
GORDNER — Yea
GREENLEAF — Yea
KILLION — Yea
LEACH — Yea
MCGARRIGLE — Yea
MCILHINNEY — Yea
MENSCH — Yea
RAFFERTY — Yea
REGAN — Yea
RESCHENTHALER — Yea
SABATINA — Yea
SCARNATI — Yea
SCAVELLO — Yea
VULAKOVICH — Yea
WAGNER — Yea
WARD — Yea
WILLIAMS — Yea
YUDICHAK — Yea
Art Haywood Democratic Yea
Christine M. Tartaglione Democratic Yea
Jay Costa Democratic Yea
Judith L. Schwank Democratic Yea
Lisa M. Boscola Democratic Yea
Sharif Street Democratic Yea
Vincent J. Hughes Democratic Yea
Wayne D. Fontana Democratic Yea
Camera Bartolotta Republican Yea
Daniel Laughlin Republican Yea
David G. Argall Republican Yea
Elder A. Vogel Republican Yea
Gene Yaw Republican Yea
Kathleen C. Tomlinson Republican Yea
Lisa Baker Republican Yea
Martina A. White Republican Yea
Michele Brooks Republican Yea
Patrick J. Stefano Republican Yea
Scott E. Hutchinson Republican Yea
Scott Martin Republican Yea
Wayne Langerholc Republican Yea

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Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Amended

Passed 26 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 6000
Unaffiliated 14000
Democratic 6000
Total 26000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (26)
Member Party Vote
BLAKE — Yea
BREWSTER — Yea
EICHELBERGER — Yea
GREENLEAF — Yea
KILLION — Yea
LEACH — Yea
MENSCH — Yea
SCAVELLO — Yea
VULAKOVICH — Yea
WAGNER — Yea
WARD — Yea
BROWNE — Yea
CORMAN — Yea
SCARNATI — Yea
Art Haywood Democratic Yea
Christine M. Tartaglione Democratic Yea
Jay Costa Democratic Yea
Judith L. Schwank Democratic Yea
Sharif Street Democratic Yea
Vincent J. Hughes Democratic Yea
David G. Argall Republican Yea
Elder A. Vogel Republican Yea
Gene Yaw Republican Yea
Lisa Baker Republican Yea
Scott Martin Republican Yea
Wayne Langerholc Republican Yea

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Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Reported as Committed

Passed 26 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 6000
Unaffiliated 14000
Democratic 6000
Total 26000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (26)
Member Party Vote
BLAKE — Yea
BREWSTER — Yea
EICHELBERGER — Yea
GREENLEAF — Yea
KILLION — Yea
LEACH — Yea
MENSCH — Yea
SCAVELLO — Yea
VULAKOVICH — Yea
WAGNER — Yea
WARD — Yea
BROWNE — Yea
CORMAN — Yea
SCARNATI — Yea
Art Haywood Democratic Yea
Christine M. Tartaglione Democratic Yea
Jay Costa Democratic Yea
Judith L. Schwank Democratic Yea
Sharif Street Democratic Yea
Vincent J. Hughes Democratic Yea
David G. Argall Republican Yea
Elder A. Vogel Republican Yea
Gene Yaw Republican Yea
Lisa Baker Republican Yea
Scott Martin Republican Yea
Wayne Langerholc Republican Yea

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Subjects

finance education
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Who sponsors SB 327?
SB 327 is sponsored by Vincent J. Hughes (Democratic).
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 16, 2017. Enacted.
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