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R Pennsylvania Senate · District 49

Sen. Dan Laughlin

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Total votes
2,972
all sessions
Attendance
97%
44 missed
Lower than 94% of chamber peers
With party
98%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
814
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
7
assignments
Biography

About Sen. Dan Laughlin

Sen. serving Pennsylvania District 49. Member of the Republican party. Has been in office 9 years · 9 months. Serves on 7 committees, including Law and Justice, Game and Fisheries and Appropriations.

Sworn in
Dec 1, 2016
9 years · 9 months
Closest ally
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no co-sponsorship data
Top topic
Budget & Taxes
86 votes tracked
Voting record · by topic

How Dan votes, broken down

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Budget & Taxes 87% / 13%
39 support · 6 oppose
Healthcare 89% / 11%
25 support · 3 oppose
Energy 36% / 64%
4 support · 7 oppose
Labor & Employment 67% / 33%
14 support · 7 oppose
Technology 100% / 0%
6 support · 0 oppose
Environment 24% / 76%
5 support · 16 oppose
Veterans 100% / 0%
3 support · 0 oppose
Housing 67% / 33%
6 support · 3 oppose
Transportation 78% / 22%
18 support · 5 oppose
Education 75% / 25%
3 support · 1 oppose
Criminal Justice 31% / 69%
5 support · 11 oppose
Immigration 0% / 100%
0 support · 3 oppose
Last activity

Recent legislative activity

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Co-sponsor
SR 355A Resolution designating September 28, 2026, as "Green Star Veterans and Families Day" in Pennsylvania. in committee
4 weeks ago
SB 1431An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Game Commission, further providing for Game Commission officers and employees; and, in enforcement, further providing for powers and duties of enforcement officers. in committee
1 month ago
Co-sponsor
SB 1426An 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
Co-sponsor
SB 1429An Act amending Titles 25 (Elections) and 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in changes in records, further providing for death of registrant; in enforcement, providing for referral for prosecution; in provisions contingent on Federal law, further providing for removal of electors and providing for certification of list maintenance and for registration records; in licensing of drivers, further providing for notice of change of name or address; imposing duties on the Secretary of the Commonwealth to prepare a report; and imposing penalties. in committee
1 month ago
Co-sponsor
SB 779An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in trade and commerce, providing for the offense of unlawful towing and towing storage facility practices; and imposing penalties. signed
1 month ago
Co-sponsor
SB 992An Act amending the act of December 4, 1996 (P.L.911, No.147), known as the Telemarketer Registration Act, further providing for definitions, for registration requirement, for unlawful acts and penalties, for blocking of caller identification and other telemarketing screening products or services prohibited, for unwanted telephone solicitation calls prohibited, for violations and for investigation. signed
1 month ago
Voted Yea
SB 992An Act amending the act of December 4, 1996 (P.L.911, No.147), known as the Telemarketer Registration Act, further providing for definitions, for registration requirement, for unlawful acts and penalties, for blocking of caller identification and other telemarketing screening products or services prohibited, for unwanted telephone solicitation calls prohibited, for violations and for investigation.
2 months ago
Voted Yea
SB 779An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in trade and commerce, providing for the offense of unlawful towing and towing storage facility practices; and imposing penalties.
2 months ago
Voted Yea
SB 146An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, in emergency COVID-19 response, providing for extension of use of certain funds; in Child Care Staff Recruitment and Retention Program, further providing for Child Care Staff Recruitment and Retention Program; in cigarette sales and licensing, further providing for definitions and providing for allowable mode of operations for licensed cigarette stamping agents; in joint underwriting association, further providing for fund transfers; providing for food processing residuals; in financially distressed municipalities, further providing for financial recovery; in oil and gas wells, further providing for Oil and Gas Lease Fund and providing for deep wells and Utica Shale permits and for well plugging; providing for manufacturing and investment tax credit, for Innovate in PA 2.0 Tax Credit and for design build best value; in human services, further providing for medical assistance payments for institutional care, for resident care and related costs and for LIFE Program and providing for transition to chip-enabled access cards, for Medical Assistance Reentry Program, for Children's Trust Fund and for medical assistance pharmacy services; in additional keystone opportunity expansion zones, providing for additional zone for shipbuilding and for additional zones; providing for residential revitalization keystone opportunity zones and for violent incident clearance and technological investigative methods; in special funds, further providing for funding and for Pennsylvania Convention Center; in additional special funds and restricted accounts, providing for Veterans' Trust Fund Board and further providing for establishment of special fund and account, for use of fund and for distributions from Pennsylvania Race Horse Development Fund; in additional special funds and restricted accounts, further providing for deposits and providing for Professional Licensure Augmentation Account; in general budget implementation, further providing for Executive Offices, for Department of Agriculture, for Department of Corrections, for Department of Labor and Industry and for Department of Transportation, providing for Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and further providing for Commonwealth Financing Authority, for Federal and Commonwealth use of forest land, for Multimodal Transportation Fund, for School Safety and Security Fund, for State Gaming Fund, for State Employees' Retirement System Restricted Account and for Public School Employees' Retirement System Restricted Account; in retirement, providing for 2026 special ad hoc municipal police and firefighter postretirement adjustment, for supplemental annuities for public school employees commencing 2026, for supplemental annuities for State employees commencing 2026 and for payment of supplemental annuity and special ad hoc postretirement adjustment; in electricity load forecast accountability, providing for energy and water reporting and for advanced transmission technologies; in 2025-2026 budget implementation, further providing for Department of Agriculture, for Department of Human Services and for Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency; providing for 2026-2027 budget implementation and for 2026-2027 restrictions on appropriations for funds and accounts; in fiscal supplements to statutory programs, providing for amusement tax clarification, for situs for local sales tax for cities of the first class, for situs for local sales tax for counties of the second class, for net income and for housing; abrogating a regulation; making repeals; providing for suspension of pension actuarial notes; and making editorial changes.
2 months ago
Voted Yea
SR 216A Resolution directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct an audit of the medical assistance programs of the Commonwealth and provide a report to the General Assembly.
2 months ago