# Wayne Fontana

Wayne Fontana is a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania Senate for district 42.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Pennsylvania Senate, district 42
- Serving since: 2005-06-14
- Current term: PA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b93e4f38-764f-4e95-bd51-4d40dba0aaa4

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b93e4f38-764f-4e95-bd51-4d40dba0aaa4 (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

The policy areas Fontana talks about and legislates on agree at 0.68 on a 0–1 scale, in the top tenth of State Senate Democrats.

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

350 classified statements: 350 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Fontana | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 248 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 2.0% | 10.3% | 253 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 59.1% | 42.9% | 74 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.9% | 3.4% | 150 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 24.0% | 16.1% | 76 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.3% | 0.8% | 110 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Housing and Community Development 15% (State Senate Democrats 6.7%); Government Operations and Politics 14% (State Senate Democrats 14%); Agriculture and Food 13% (State Senate Democrats 4.7%); Health 12% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Education 12% (State Senate Democrats 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.52 (standard error 0.02), from 133 donors and 928 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 71% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (PA 2025–26 session)

502 roll calls. Attendance 98.8% (Pennsylvania Senate 98.9%). Party unity 94.1% (93.4%). 7 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 22 bills: 22 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 663. 9.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Pennsylvania Senate 24.3%; rank 38 of 49).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1392: An Act amending Title 16 (Counties) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in hotel tax, further providing for hotel room rental tax in second class and… (in committee, 2026-06-26) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1392/
- SB 1391: An Act amending Title 16 (Counties) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in hotel tax, further providing for hotel room rental tax in second class and… (in committee, 2026-06-26) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1391/
- SR 346: A Resolution honoring the 10th anniversary of the Mid-Atlantic Mothers' Milk Bank located in Allegheny County. (in committee, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SR346/
- SB 1270: 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… (in committee, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1270/
- SR 230: A Resolution designating March 25, 2026, as "Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia Awareness Day" in Pennsylvania. (in committee, 2026-02-27) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SR230/
- SB 1143: An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in child protective services, further providing for employees having… (in committee, 2026-01-20) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1143/
- SB 1087: An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in liquid fuels and fuels tax, further providing for electric vehicle road user… (in committee, 2026-01-09) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1087/
- SB 1072: An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions relating to operation of vehicles, further providing for… (in committee, 2025-10-21) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1072/
- SB 567: An Act amending Titles 16 (Counties) and 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in fiscal affairs, further providing for… (in committee, 2025-07-31) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB567/
- SB 307: An Act amending the act of November 24, 2004 (P.L.1270, No.153), referred to as the Pennsylvania Amber Alert System Law, establishing the Pennsylvania Purple… (in committee, 2025-06-04) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB307/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $248.6K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 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.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/WayneDFontana VoteFontana/status/2114716169907196201
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/WayneDFontana VoteFontana/status/2114782730496196655
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/WayneDFontana VoteFontana/status/2113632332821438527
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/WayneDFontana VoteFontana/status/2112907598739689655
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/WayneDFontana VoteFontana/status/2112989496107286774
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/WayneDFontana VoteFontana/status/2112543663557652579
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/WayneDFontana VoteFontana/status/2112175705723449368
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/WayneDFontana VoteFontana/status/2112187715689300028
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/WayneDFontana VoteFontana/status/2111093571109707882
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/WayneDFontana VoteFontana/status/2110396032156926158

## Links

- Official site: https://www.senatorfontana.com/
- Campaign site: https://votefontana.com/
- X: https://x.com/WayneDFontana
- X: https://x.com/VoteFontana

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b93e4f38-764f-4e95-bd51-4d40dba0aaa4