# Dave Zimmerman

Dave Zimmerman is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House for district 99.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Pennsylvania House, district 99
- Serving since: 2015-01-06
- Current term: PA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/2fbada46-9c48-4be5-a49f-e1ca0af132ed

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2fbada46-9c48-4be5-a49f-e1ca0af132ed (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

Zimmerman sits at +0.79 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 96% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.79 (standard error 0.02), from 155 donors and 1,188 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 96% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (PA 2025–26 session)

1,497 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Pennsylvania House 99.9%). Party unity 98.4% (95.1%). 117 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-10-21 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE · SB 1431 An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Game Commission, further providing for Game Commission… · pass · https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1431/
- 2026-10-21 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE · SB 922 An Act amending the act of January 28, 1988 (P.L.24, No.11), known as the Private Academic Schools Act, further providing for application for license,… · pass · https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB922/
- 2026-10-21 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE · SB 1328 An Act requiring automated external defibrillators at utility or electrical worksites; imposing duties on the Department of Labor and Industry; and… · pass · https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1328/
- 2026-10-21 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE · SB 764 An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in alteration of territory or corporate entity and… · pass · https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB764/
- 2026-10-21 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE · HB 2593 An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, in general provisions relating to powers and… · pass · https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/HB2593/
- 2026-10-21 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE · SB 1372 An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in general powers and duties of the Department of Human… · pass · https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1372/
- 2026-10-21 · voted nay · FINAL PASSAGE · SB 829 An Act designating the Hynerpeton bassetti, a stem tetrapod, as the official State fossil of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; designating the eastern… · pass · https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB829/
- 2026-10-21 · voted nay · FINAL PASSAGE · HB 2048 An Act establishing the Pennsylvania Civic Information Consortium; providing for administrative, fiscal or logistical services and governance and… · pass · https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/HB2048/
- 2026-10-21 · voted nay · FINAL PASSAGE · HB 1827 An Act providing for medical assistance coverage and insurance coverage of screening, prevention and treatment measures for osteoporosis as a result… · pass · https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/HB1827/
- 2026-10-21 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE · SB 116 An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in terms and courses of study, providing for credit… · pass · https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB116/

## Legislation (PA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 32 bills: 32 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 477. 12.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Pennsylvania House 39.6%; rank 145 of 171).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1202: An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, establishing and providing for duties of the Infectious Disease… (in committee, 2025-12-17) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/HB1202/
- HB 706: An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for… (in committee, 2025-09-29) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/HB706/
- HB 1205: An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions relating to vehicles, further providing for definitions;… (in committee, 2025-04-15) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/HB1205/
- HB 1196: An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in municipal authorities, further providing for method of… (in committee, 2025-04-15) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/HB1196/
- HB 1207: An Act amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, in the Secretary of the Commonwealth, further providing… (in committee, 2025-04-15) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/HB1207/
- HB 1204: An Act amending the act of June 1, 1945 (P.L.1242, No.428), known as the State Highway Law, in rural State highway system and State highways in cities,… (in committee, 2025-04-15) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/HB1204/
- HB 1199: An Act amending Title 1 (General Provisions) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for legislative procedure. (in committee, 2025-04-15) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/HB1199/
- HB 1208: 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… (in committee, 2025-04-15) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/HB1208/
- HB 1201: An Act amending the act of July 2, 1935 (P.L.589, No.210), referred to as the Milk Sanitation Law, further providing for raw milk and handling; and abrogating… (in committee, 2025-04-15) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/HB1201/
- HB 1193: A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, further providing for qualifications of electors. (in committee, 2025-04-15) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/HB1193/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $54.2K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://repzimmerman.com/
- Campaign site: https://davezimmerman.us/
- X: https://x.com/repzimmermanPA
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PA-State-Rep-Dave-Zimmerman
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/RepZimmerman
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davezimmerman1/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2fbada46-9c48-4be5-a49f-e1ca0af132ed