D Pennsylvania Senate · District 45 · Former member

Sen. Jim Brewster

Contact Email Official site ↗

Compare

Total votes

3,814

all sessions

Attendance

99%

34 missed

Higher than 81% of chamber peers

With party

95%

of cast votes

Lower than 76% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

3%

crosses aisle rarely

Higher than 75% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

3,339

voted in favor

Nay

425

voted against

Absent

34

missed votes

Total cast

3,814

across all sessions

Crossed party

177

votes against own party

This page

3,814

matching current filters

Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 621

An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, amending provisions relating to school police officers, school resource officers and school security guards; and imposing powers and duties on the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. Against party

Yea

Passed

32–17

Jun 11, 2019

SB 200

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, further providing for definitions; in school directors, further providing for school director training programs; in certification of teachers, further providing for continuing professional development, providing for trauma-informed education and further providing for postbaccalaureate certification and for Pennsylvania School Leadership Standards; in school safety and security, further providing for definitions, for School Safety and Security Committee, for school safety and security coordinator and for school safety and security training and providing for trauma-informed approach; in early learning programs, further providing for duties of department; and, in the State Board of Education, further providing for powers and duties of the board and for powers and duties of Council of Basic Education and Council of Higher Education.

Yea

Passed

11–0

Jun 11, 2019

SB 729

An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in school safety and security, further providing for School Safety and Security Grant Program and for school safety and security training; providing for threat assessment; and, in school health services, further providing for confidentiality, transference and removal of health records.

Yea

Passed

11–0

Jun 11, 2019

SB 701

An Act authorizing and directing the Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor, to grant and convey certain lands and improvements situate in the City of Allentown and the City of Bethlehem, Lehigh County, through a competitive solicitation process; and making a related repeal.

Yea

Passed

49–0

Jun 11, 2019

HB 522

An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, providing for the Career and Technical Education Investment Incentive Program.

Nay

Passed

8–3

Jun 11, 2019

HB 297

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 career information and recruitment.

Yea

Passed

11–0

Jun 11, 2019

SB 723

An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in high schools, further providing for courses of study.

Yea

Passed

11–0

Jun 11, 2019

HB 800

An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in educational tax credits, further providing for definitions and for limitations.

Nay

Passed

28–21

Jun 11, 2019

SB 703

An Act amending Title 45 (Legal Notices) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in publication and effectiveness of Commonwealth documents, further providing for Joint Committee on Documents.

Yea

Passed

50–0

Jun 10, 2019

SB 621

An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, amending provisions relating to school police officers, school resource officers and school security guards; and imposing powers and duties on the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency.

Yea

Failed

22–28

Jun 10, 2019