Total votes
5,307
all sessions
Attendance
93%
400 missed
Among the lowest in the chamber
With party
98%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
472
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
0
assignments
5,307 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
4,352
voted in favor
Nay
618
voted against
Absent
400
missed votes
Total cast
5,307
across all sessions
Crossed party
61
votes against own party
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Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 508
An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, prohibiting eligibility for violators of sexual offender registration.
Yea
Passed
185–0
Apr 19, 2017
HB 674
An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, implementing the 2017-2018 Commonwealth budget and instituting future budget implementation: further providing for title of act; in Department of Revenue: providing for lottery winnings intercept; providing for ambulatory surgical center data collection and for Joint Underwriting Association; in Treasury Department: providing for provisions for General Assembly; in Department of Auditor General: further providing for agencies receiving State aid and providing for audits of interstate commissions; in procedure for the disbursement of money from the State Treasury: further providing for settlement agreements and enforcement actions; in financially distressed municipalities: providing for payroll tax; in oil and gas wells: further providing for definitions, providing for Oil and Gas Lease Fund, repealing provisions relating to oil and gas operations in the South Newark Basin and providing for temporary cessation of oil and gas wells; in transportation network companies and motor carrier companies: providing for regulation of taxicabs and limousines by parking authority of city of the first class, for penalties and for provision of transportation network service; in Pennsylvania Gaming Economic Development and Tourism Fund: further providing for other grants; in Tobacco Settlement Fund: further providing for use of fund; in Pennsylvania Race Horse Development Fund: further providing for definitions, for fund and for distributions from fund; in miscellaneous limitations and transfers: further providing for drug and alcohol programs and providing for Workers' Compensation Security Fund; in Natural Gas Infrastructure Development Fund: further providing for definitions and for transfer of funds; providing for First Chance Trust Fund; in 2016-2017 restrictions on appropriations for funds and accounts: repealing provisions relating to fund transfers; in general budget implementation: further providing for Department of Agriculture, for Department of Community and Economic Development, for Department of Education, for Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, for Department of Human Services, for Commonwealth Financing Authority Restricted Revenue Account and for surcharges, providing for Multimodal Transportation Fund, further providing for Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board and providing for sales by distilleries, for Liquor Code suspension for deficiency, for State Employees' Retirement System Restricted Account and for Public School Employees' Retirement System Restricted Account; in school district debt refinancing bonds: further providing for sinking fund charges for school building projects and for Public School Building Construction and Reconstruction Advisory Committee; repealing provisions relating to 2012-2013 budget implementation and 2012-2013 restrictions on appropriations for funds and accounts; providing for 2017-2018 budget implementation and for 2017-2018 restrictions on appropriations for funds and accounts; making an editorial change; and making related repeals.
Yea
Passed
185–0
Apr 19, 2017
HB 97
An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in preliminary provisions, providing for advertising; in pupils and attendance, providing for transfer of attendance records to another school entity or nonpublic school; in terms and courses of study, further providing for agreements with institutions of higher education; in opportunities for educational excellence, further providing for definitions, for responsibilities of school entities and for concurrent enrollment agreements; and, in charter schools, extensively revising and adding charter school provisions and establishing the Charter School Funding Advisory Commission.
Nay
Failed
79–102
Apr 19, 2017
HB 97
An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in preliminary provisions, providing for advertising; in pupils and attendance, providing for transfer of attendance records to another school entity or nonpublic school; in terms and courses of study, further providing for agreements with institutions of higher education; in opportunities for educational excellence, further providing for definitions, for responsibilities of school entities and for concurrent enrollment agreements; and, in charter schools, extensively revising and adding charter school provisions and establishing the Charter School Funding Advisory Commission.
Nay
Failed
71–110
Apr 19, 2017
HB 97
An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in preliminary provisions, providing for advertising; in pupils and attendance, providing for transfer of attendance records to another school entity or nonpublic school; in terms and courses of study, further providing for agreements with institutions of higher education; in opportunities for educational excellence, further providing for definitions, for responsibilities of school entities and for concurrent enrollment agreements; and, in charter schools, extensively revising and adding charter school provisions and establishing the Charter School Funding Advisory Commission.
Nay
Failed
70–111
Apr 19, 2017
HB 16
An Act amending the act of May 25, 1945 (P.L.1050, No.394), known as the Local Tax Collection Law, providing for payment of taxes; and further providing for notices of taxes.
Yea
Passed
186–0
Apr 5, 2017
HR 212
A Resolution recognizing April 16, 2017, as "World Voice Day" in Pennsylvania.
Yea
Passed
185–0
Apr 5, 2017
HR 121
A Resolution designating April 5, 2017, as "National Walking Day" in Pennsylvania.
Yea
Passed
185–0
Apr 5, 2017
HB 266
An Act amending the act of November 10, 1999 (P.L.491, No.45), known as the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; and, in adoption and enforcement by municipalities, further providing for administration and enforcement.
Yea
Passed
185–1
Apr 5, 2017
HB 397
An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in hunting and furtaking licenses, further providing for eligibility for license.
Yea
Passed
164–22
Apr 5, 2017
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