# Michele Brooks

Michele Brooks is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania Senate for district 50.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Pennsylvania Senate, district 50
- Serving since: 2015-01-06
- Current term: PA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/406baa79-8352-4fa4-a1fa-70cc55e34406

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/406baa79-8352-4fa4-a1fa-70cc55e34406 (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

Brooks sits at +0.66 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 88% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.66 (standard error 0.03), from 180 donors and 916 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 88% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (PA 2025–26 session)

502 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Pennsylvania Senate 98.9%). Party unity 100% (93.4%). 25 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 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 82 bills: 82 reached committee, 12 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 197. 26.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Pennsylvania Senate 24.3%; rank 22 of 49).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1504: An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for dispute resolution; and making a repeal. (in committee, 2026-10-20) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1504/
- SR 397: A Resolution directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a study examining the financial impact of outdated hospital regulations on… (passed one chamber, 2026-10-20) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SR397/
- SB 1486: An Act providing for prohibitions on discriminatory actions by manufacturers or distributors of certain drugs and for reimbursement claims methodology;… (in committee, 2026-10-13) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1486/
- SB 1145: An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, establishing the Compliance Review and Reporting Program; imposing… (in committee, 2026-10-06) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1145/
- SB 865: An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in miscellaneous provisions, further providing for urine drug… (in committee, 2026-10-07) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB865/
- SB 330: An Act amending the act of July 2, 2019 (P.L.366, No.56), known as the Sports Raffle Charities Act, further providing for athletic event drawing. (in committee, 2026-10-05) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB330/
- SB 1481: An Act providing for reimbursement claims methodology and for safety net reimbursement protection; providing for safety net prescription drug distribution and… (in committee, 2026-09-25) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1481/
- SB 1429: An Act amending Titles 25 (Elections) and 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in changes in records, further providing for death of… (in committee, 2026-08-10) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1429/
- SB 1414: An Act amending the act of February 9, 1999 (P.L.1, No.1), known as the Capital Facilities Debt Enabling Act, in capital facilities, further providing for… (in committee, 2026-07-08) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1414/
- SB 1407: An Act amending the act of February 9, 1999 (P.L.1, No.1), known as the Capital Facilities Debt Enabling Act, in capital facilities, further providing for… (in committee, 2026-06-26) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1407/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $54.9K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 99% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.senatorbrooks.com/
- Campaign site: http://www.senatorbrooks.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senatormichelebrooks

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/406baa79-8352-4fa4-a1fa-70cc55e34406