# Dawn Keefer

Dawn Keefer is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania Senate for district 31.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Pennsylvania Senate, district 31
- Serving since: 2016-12-01
- Current term: PA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/2a13f9df-b7e6-4281-82e4-f7263b6fa12e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2a13f9df-b7e6-4281-82e4-f7263b6fa12e (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

Keefer sits at +0.98 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 99% of State Senate Republicans.

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

477 classified statements: 477 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 | Keefer | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 4.0% | 2.3% | 77 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 27.9% | 9.5% | 22 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 62.7% | 37.3% | 28 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.5% | 2.3% | 122 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 19.5% | 15.4% | 120 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 0.6% | 1.3% | 133 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 28% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Education 17% (State Senate Republicans 14%); Government Operations and Politics 16% (State Senate Republicans 17%); Health 15% (State Senate Republicans 9.1%); Taxation 12% (State Senate Republicans 7.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.98 (standard error 0.03), from 169 donors and 1,128 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 99% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (PA 2025–26 session)

502 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Pennsylvania Senate 98.9%). Party unity 96.1% (93.4%). 67 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 24 bills: 24 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 90. 25.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Pennsylvania Senate 24.3%; rank 23 of 49).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1387: An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in pupils and attendance, further providing for attendance… (in committee, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1387/
- SB 1371: An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, further providing for enrollment limitation. (in committee, 2026-06-05) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1371/
- SB 1236: An Act amending the act of June 22, 1937 (P.L.1987, No.394), known as The Clean Streams Law, in other pollutions and potential pollution, further providing… (passed one chamber, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1236/
- SB 1330: An Act amending the act of December 16, 1986 (P.L.1646, No.188), known as the Chiropractic Practice Act, in preliminary provisions, providing for findings… (in committee, 2026-05-20) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1330/
- SB 1325: An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in pupils and attendance, further providing for when… (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1325/
- SB 1287: An Act amending the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), known as the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, in subdivision and land development,… (became law, 2026-10-08) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1287/
- SB 1181: An Act amending the act of June 22, 1931 (P.L.594, No.203), referred to as the Township State Highway Law, adding a route in Dauphin County and in York County. (became law, 2026-07-20) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1181/
- SB 1289: An Act providing for patient access to clear health care information; and requiring plain-language summaries of coverage, prior authorization and appeal rights. (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1289/
- SR 243: A Resolution designating the week of April 20 through 24, 2026, as "Local Government Week" and April 22, 2026, as "Local Government Day" in Pennsylvania. (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SR243/
- SB 993: An Act amending Titles 8 (Boroughs and Incorporated Towns), 11 (Cities) and 16 (Counties) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in corporate power… (passed one chamber, 2026-06-17) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB993/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $47.8K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% 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.

- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/DawnRep dwkeefer/status/2108576091854238108
- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/DawnRep dwkeefer/status/2107999422261199071
- 2026-10-06 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/DawnRep dwkeefer/status/2107425547357663263
- 2026-10-06 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/DawnRep dwkeefer/status/2107524963338989681
- 2026-10-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/DawnRep dwkeefer/status/2107525136291451301
- 2026-10-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/DawnRep dwkeefer/status/2107532599316898216
- 2026-10-03 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/DawnRep dwkeefer/status/2106187485101658341
- 2026-10-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/DawnRep dwkeefer/status/2105462704391811505
- 2026-09-30 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/DawnRep dwkeefer/status/2105254218583912490
- 2026-09-30 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/DawnRep dwkeefer/status/2105100320699519379

## Links

- Official site: https://www.repkeefer.com/
- Campaign site: https://www.keeferforsenate.com/
- X: https://x.com/DawnRep
- X: https://x.com/dwkeefer
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/repkeefer
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repkeefer
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/keefer4senate/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkrpALaymXFYnAbSonAAbTQ
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dawn-keefer-4a739aa/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2a13f9df-b7e6-4281-82e4-f7263b6fa12e