# Art Haywood

Art Haywood is a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania Senate for district 4.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Pennsylvania Senate, district 4
- Serving since: 2015-01-06
- Current term: PA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ea712eba-1da5-45e2-8d9f-022e8307a614

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ea712eba-1da5-45e2-8d9f-022e8307a614 (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

Haywood missed 8.2% of 502 roll calls, attendance in the bottom 5% of the Pennsylvania Senate (average 98.9%).

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

4 classified statements: 4 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 | Haywood | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 249 of 330 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.3% | 304 of 330 |
| Policy discussion | 75.0% | 42.9% | 11 of 330 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 3.4% | 294 of 330 |
| Credit claiming | 25.0% | 16.1% | 70 of 330 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 330 |

Most discussed policy areas: Emergency Management 100% (State Senate Democrats 3.7%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State Senate Democrats 4.7%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State Senate Democrats 3.5%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Commerce 0% (State Senate Democrats 3.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.71 (standard error 0.02), from 400 donors and 887 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 40% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (PA 2025–26 session)

502 roll calls. Attendance 91.8% (Pennsylvania Senate 98.9%). Party unity 95.7% (93.4%). 12 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 26 bills: 26 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 641. 3.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Pennsylvania Senate 24.3%; rank 47 of 49).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 395: A Resolution recognizing October 21, 2026, as "Global Dignity Day" in Pennsylvania. (in committee, 2026-10-13) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SR395/
- SR 388: A Resolution honoring Fannie Lou Hamer on the 109th anniversary of her birth in recognition of her vast and valiant efforts to ensure the civil rights of… (in committee, 2026-10-08) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SR388/
- SB 1456: An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in child protective services, further providing for exclusions from… (in committee, 2026-10-07) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1456/
- SB 1267: An Act amending the act of October 27, 1955 (P.L.744, No.222), known as the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, further providing for procedure. (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1267/
- SB 1257: An Act providing for small necessities leave for eligible employees relating to children and elderly relatives of an eligible employee; and imposing duties on… (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1257/
- SB 1189: An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in abuse of office, providing for indiscriminate arrest. (in committee, 2026-02-27) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1189/
- SB 1117: An Act prohibiting the commandeering of the assets, personnel or operations of law enforcement agencies in this Commonwealth. (in committee, 2025-12-29) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1117/
- SR 204: A Resolution urging all agencies of the Commonwealth to have the ability to use diacritical marks on names on all Commonwealth-issued documents by July 1, 2027. (in committee, 2025-12-22) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SR204/
- SB 1075: An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 23 (Domestic Relations) and 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other… (in committee, 2025-10-24) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1075/
- SB 669: An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 23 (Domestic Relations) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes,… (in committee, 2025-10-24) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB669/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $191.9K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 97% 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.

- 2025-02-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenatorHaywood arthaywood/status/1891942426849231132
- 2025-02-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenatorHaywood arthaywood/status/1891942430204707085
- 2025-02-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenatorHaywood arthaywood/status/1891942432582844845
- 2025-01-07 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/SenatorHaywood arthaywood/status/1876669129035284808

## Links

- Official site: https://www.senatorhaywood.com/
- Campaign site: https://www.haywoodstatesenate.com/
- X: https://x.com/SenatorHaywood
- X: https://x.com/arthaywood
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenatorArtHaywood
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senatorarthaywood/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arthaywoodforall/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxkrWrTQ-xrm8YsZOGXLbVQ
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/art-haywood-b458b9a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ea712eba-1da5-45e2-8d9f-022e8307a614