# Joe Picozzi

Joe Picozzi is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania Senate for district 5.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Pennsylvania Senate, district 5
- Serving since: 2024-12-01
- Current term: PA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/00e98952-3983-44cd-aeca-09fb6cd84f3d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/00e98952-3983-44cd-aeca-09fb6cd84f3d (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

50% of the 20 bills Picozzi sponsored got out of committee, in the top tenth of the Pennsylvania Senate.

## What Picozzi says (PA 2025–26 session)

465 classified statements: 465 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Picozzi | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 272 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 1.7% | 9.5% | 268 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 41.7% | 37.3% | 157 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 6.2% | 2.3% | 30 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 20.0% | 15.4% | 113 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 26% (State Senate Republicans 14%); Crime and Law Enforcement 19% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Transportation and Public Works 15% (State Senate Republicans 6.0%); Housing and Community Development 13% (State Senate Republicans 3.1%); Health 11% (State Senate Republicans 9.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.14 (standard error 0.03), from 81 donors and 228 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 20% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (PA 2025–26 session)

502 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Pennsylvania Senate 98.9%). Party unity 92.3% (93.4%). 10 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-10-21 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE · HB 2187 An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, in administrative organization, further… · pass · https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/HB2187/
- 2026-10-21 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE · HB 558 An Act amending the act of April 6, 1951 (P.L.69, No.20), known as The Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951, in creation of leases, statute of frauds and… · pass · https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/HB558/
- 2026-10-21 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE · HB 1098 An Act amending the act of November 22, 1978 (P.L.1166, No.274), referred to as the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency Law, providing… · pass · https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/HB1098/
- 2026-10-21 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE · SB 807 An Act amending the act of November 6, 1987 (P.L.381, No.79), known as the Older Adults Protective Services Act, in preliminary provisions, further… · pass · https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB807/
- 2026-10-21 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE · HB 2437 An Act amending Title 58 (Oil and Gas) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in unconventional gas well fee, further providing for Statewide… · pass · https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/HB2437/
- 2026-10-21 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE · HB 1704 An Act amending Title 68 (Real and Personal Property) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions relating to residential real… · pass · https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/HB1704/
- 2026-10-21 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE · HB 2443 An Act providing for Child Victim Recovery Fee; establishing the Child Victim Recovery Fund; and imposing duties on the Pennsylvania Commission on… · pass · https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/HB2443/
- 2026-10-21 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE · HB 369 An Act amending Title 68 (Real and Personal Property) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in land banks, further providing for definitions. · pass · https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/HB369/
- 2026-10-21 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE · HB 1652 An Act amending the act of September 9, 1965 (P.L.497, No.251), known as the Newborn Child Testing Act, further providing for Newborn Child Screening… · pass · https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/HB1652/
- 2026-10-21 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE · HB 928 An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in epinephrine auto-injector entities, further providing for… · pass · https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/HB928/

## Legislation (PA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 20 bills: 20 reached committee, 7 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 211. 50.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Pennsylvania Senate 24.3%; rank 4 of 49).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1269: An Act providing for the installation of electrified security systems on commercial entities' property and property of exclusively nonresidential use. (became law, 2026-10-22) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1269/
- SB 1320: An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in personal income tax, further providing for definitions and… (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1320/
- SB 1319: An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in personal income tax, further providing for definitions and… (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1319/
- SB 1278: An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, establishing the Residential Economic Development District… (in committee, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1278/
- SB 1292: An Act amending the act of July 9, 1987 (P.L.220, No.39), known as the Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors Act,… (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1292/
- SB 1276: An Act amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, in dates of elections and primaries and special… (in committee, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1276/
- SB 1218: An Act amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, in licenses and regulations and liquor, alcohol and malt and brewed… (became law, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1218/
- SR 219: A Resolution honoring the heroes and remembering the victims of the Learjet 55 medevac airplane accident in Northeast Philadelphia on January 31, 2025. (in committee, 2026-01-30) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SR219/
- SB 1110: An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in registration of vehicles, providing for special plates for individuals with… (in committee, 2025-12-05) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1110/
- SB 911: An Act amending Title 44 (Law and Justice) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for miscellaneous provisions and for violent incident… (in committee, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB911/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $182.4K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 64% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenatorPicozzi, josephspicozzi/status/2114167896670634468
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenatorPicozzi, josephspicozzi/status/2113684500853272642
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenatorPicozzi, josephspicozzi/status/2113251580774330755
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenatorPicozzi, josephspicozzi/status/2113330115698463108
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenatorPicozzi, josephspicozzi/status/2112895403523776691
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenatorPicozzi, josephspicozzi/status/2112649856464334941
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenatorPicozzi, josephspicozzi/status/2112555606699835889
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenatorPicozzi, josephspicozzi/status/2112555724735996401
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenatorPicozzi, josephspicozzi/status/2112197623171973613
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenatorPicozzi, josephspicozzi/status/2112235995689353485

## Links

- Official site: https://senatorpicozzi.com/
- Campaign site: https://www.votepicozzi.com/
- X: https://x.com/SenatorPicozzi
- X: https://x.com/josephspicozzi
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenatorPicozzi
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/votepicozzi/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/josephpicozzi/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senatorpicozzi/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/josephpicozzi/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@VotePicozzi/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@joepicozzi
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/senatorpicozzi/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/00e98952-3983-44cd-aeca-09fb6cd84f3d