D Pennsylvania House · District 157 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Melissa Shusterman

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Total votes

5,531

all sessions

Attendance

100%

of floor votes

Near the chamber average

With party

99%

of cast votes

Higher than 80% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

crosses aisle rarely

Lower than 85% of chamber peers

About Rep. Melissa Shusterman

Rep. serving Pennsylvania District 157. Member of the Democratic party. Has been in office 7 years · 9 months. Serves on 7 committees, including Health, Judiciary and Liquor Control.

Sworn in

Dec 1, 2018

7 years · 9 months

Closest ally

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How Melissa votes, broken down

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Healthcare 90% / 10%

85 support · 9 oppose

Budget & Taxes 68% / 32%

102 support · 47 oppose

Labor & Employment 71% / 29%

60 support · 24 oppose

Criminal Justice 83% / 17%

74 support · 15 oppose

Veterans 82% / 18%

9 support · 2 oppose

Energy 50% / 50%

25 support · 25 oppose

Housing 77% / 23%

30 support · 9 oppose

Technology 76% / 24%

29 support · 9 oppose

Education 61% / 39%

43 support · 27 oppose

Environment 68% / 32%

23 support · 11 oppose

Immigration 100% / 0%

3 support · 0 oppose

Transportation 85% / 15%

28 support · 5 oppose

Last activity

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HB 2746An Act amending Title 68 (Real and Personal Property) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in seller disclosures, providing for owners' associations disclosure requirements. in committee

2 weeks ago

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HB 2124An Act amending Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for uniform real property transfer on death. in committee

4 weeks ago

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HB 2729An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in riot, disorderly conduct and related offenses, providing for the offense of animal hoarding; and, in sentencing, providing for sentencing for animal hoarding. in committee

1 month ago

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HB 2730An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in domestic and sexual violence victim address confidentiality, further providing for definitions and for Address Confidentiality Program, providing for private entity use of designated address and further providing for disclosure of actual address and for waiver process. in committee

1 month ago

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HB 2728An Act amending Title 15 (Corporations and Unincorporated Associations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in corporate powers, duties and safeguards, repealing provisions relating to general powers and providing for revocation and regrant of general powers; in limited liability companies, repealing provisions relating to powers and providing for revocation and regrant of powers; and making editorial changes. in committee

1 month ago

HB 2713An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in riot, disorderly conduct and related offenses, further providing for the offense of cruelty to animal. in committee

1 month ago

Voted Yea

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 Nay

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

Voted Yea

1 month ago