R Pennsylvania House · District 4 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Jake Banta

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Session

Total votes

1,689

all sessions

Attendance

45%

1,505 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

89%

of cast votes

Lower than 94% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

crosses aisle rarely

Higher than 93% of chamber peers

About Rep. Jake Banta

Rep. serving Pennsylvania District 4. Member of the Republican party. Has been in office 3 years · 9 months. Serves on 6 committees, including Game and Fisheries, Local Government and State Government.

Sworn in

Dec 1, 2022

3 years · 9 months

Closest ally

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How Jake votes, broken down

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Budget & Taxes 38% / 62%

52 support · 85 oppose

Labor & Employment 38% / 62%

26 support · 43 oppose

Healthcare 16% / 84%

11 support · 56 oppose

Veterans 45% / 55%

5 support · 6 oppose

Energy 53% / 47%

26 support · 23 oppose

Housing 15% / 85%

6 support · 33 oppose

Criminal Justice 32% / 68%

14 support · 30 oppose

Technology 48% / 52%

14 support · 15 oppose

Education 38% / 62%

23 support · 37 oppose

Environment 43% / 57%

15 support · 20 oppose

Transportation 25% / 75%

7 support · 21 oppose

Immigration 0% / 100%

0 support · 1 oppose

Last activity

Recent legislative activity

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Voted Yea

HR 589A Resolution celebrating the momentous and historic occasion of the United States Semiquincentennial.

3 weeks ago

Voted Yea

HR 590A Resolution celebrating the momentous occasion of the 250th anniversary of the Constitution of Pennsylvania.

3 weeks ago

Co-sponsor

HR 595A Resolution recognizing December 7, 2026, as "Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day" in Pennsylvania in honor of the courage, sacrifice and memory of the American service members, civilians and citizens of Hawaii who were killed, wounded or forever impacted by the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. in committee

1 month ago

Co-sponsor

HB 2725An Act amending the act of September 30, 1983 (P.L.160, No.39), known as the Public Official Compensation Law, further providing for members of the General Assembly. in committee

1 month ago

Co-sponsor

HB 2723An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in commercial drivers, further providing for definitions, for commercial driver's license qualification standards, for nonresident CDL and for disqualification, providing for English language proficiency and further providing for reciprocity. in committee

1 month ago

Co-sponsor

HB 2718An Act designating the interchange of Interstate 81 with State Route 4007, known as Exit 119, on the border of Cass Township and Butler Township, Schuylkill County, as the PSP Trooper Michael E. Pahira, Jr. Memorial Interchange. in committee

1 month ago

Voted Nay

HB 1042An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure), 61 (Prisons and Parole) and 63 (Professions and Occupations (State Licensed)) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in crimes against unborn child, further providing for the offense of murder of unborn child; in arson, criminal mischief and other property destruction, further providing for the offense of arson and related offenses; in judicial boards and commissions, further providing for adoption of guidelines for sentencing; in posttrial matters, further providing for jurisdiction and proceedings; in sentencing, providing for sentence for general murder of the second degree, further providing for sentences for second and subsequent offenses and for life imprisonment for homicide, repealing provisions relating to transfer of inmates in need of medical treatment and providing for modification of an imposed term of imprisonment for reasons of illness; in general administration, providing for earned vocational training and education credit; in Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, further providing for parole power, for short sentence parole, for parole procedure and for victim statements, testimony and participation in hearing; and, in powers and duties, further providing for consideration of criminal convictions.

1 month ago

Voted Yea

1 month ago

Voted Yea

HR 600A Resolution authorizing the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to hold session on September 9, 2026, at 5:45 p.m., at Congress Hall in Philadelphia, in celebration of the momentous and historic occasion of the 250th anniversary of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and the United States Semiquincentennial.

1 month ago

Co-sponsor

HR 548A Resolution recognizing June 12, 2026, as "Women Veterans Day" in Pennsylvania. in committee

1 month ago