# Craig Staats

Craig Staats is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House for district 145.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Pennsylvania House, district 145
- Serving since: 2015-01-06
- Current term: PA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/bb324f66-3a5c-4e90-9c75-d142cce81c92

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bb324f66-3a5c-4e90-9c75-d142cce81c92 (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

100% of Staats’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Pennsylvania, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.54 (standard error 0.02), from 40 donors and 1,190 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 79% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (PA 2025–26 session)

1,497 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Pennsylvania House 99.9%). Party unity 94.0% (95.1%). 64 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 7 bills: 7 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 244. 28.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Pennsylvania House 39.6%; rank 107 of 171).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 429: A Resolution recognizing the week of April 12 through 18, 2026, as "National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week" in Pennsylvania in honor of those whose… (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/HR429/
- HB 1369: An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in child protective services, further providing for disposition and… (in committee, 2025-05-01) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/HB1369/
- HB 1368: An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in child protective services, further providing for definitions. (in committee, 2025-05-01) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/HB1368/
- HB 1367: An Act providing for the implementation of the child welfare case management subsystem of the enterprise case management system of the Department of Human… (in committee, 2025-05-01) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/HB1367/
- HB 1329: An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in other offenses, further providing for the offense of invasion of… (in committee, 2025-04-30) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/HB1329/
- HR 141: A Resolution recognizing the week of April 13 through 19, 2025, as "National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week" in Pennsylvania in honor of those whose… (in committee, 2025-03-24) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/HR141/
- HB 427: An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, providing for burial… (in committee, 2025-02-04) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/HB427/
- HB 2230: An Act providing for records notification service. (in committee, 2024-04-24) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2023-2024/HB2230/
- HB 321: An Act providing for the implementation of the child welfare case management subsystem of the enterprise case management system of the Department of Human… (in committee, 2024-04-16) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2023-2024/HB321/
- HR 342: A Resolution recognizing the week of April 14 through 20, 2024, as "National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week" in Pennsylvania in honor of those whose… (in committee, 2024-03-18) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2023-2024/HR342/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $22.1K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.repstaats.com/
- Campaign site: https://www.staatsforstaterep.com/
- X: https://x.com/repstaats
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PA-State-Rep-Craig-Staats
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/RepStaats
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/craig-staats/47/21/b91

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bb324f66-3a5c-4e90-9c75-d142cce81c92