Jacob Daniel Banta
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Complete Vote History
LGBTQ+ Pride Month House
HR231 LGBTQ+ Pride Month (Passed 120 to 83 on 6/11/2025). Recognizes the month of June 2025 as "LGBTQ+ Pride Month" in Pennsylvania.
Food Bucks Program House
HB1096 Food Bucks Program (Passed 164 to 39 on 6/3/2025). Creates a program giving SNAP recipients $0.40 in bonus “Food Bucks” per $1 spent on fruits and vegetables, administered by a nonprofit with most funds directed to incentives.
HB1140 Contraceptive Access for All Act (Passed 116 to 87 on 6/3/2025). Mandates that all Pennsylvania health-insurance plans cover every FDA-approved contraceptive at no cost, with state oversight, limited exemptions, and penalties for noncompliance.
HB1140 Contraceptive Access for All Act (Passed 116 to 87 on 6/3/2025). Mandates that all Pennsylvania health-insurance plans cover every FDA-approved contraceptive at no cost, with state oversight, limited exemptions, and penalties for noncompliance.
Equal Pay House
HB630 Equal Pay (Passed 102 to 101 on 5/5/2025). Broadens pay-equity rules by adding race and ethnicity, banning pay secrecy and salary-history use, requiring pay-range disclosure, and imposing stricter enforcement.
HB273 Blighted Areas and Property Rights (Passed 110 to 93 on 4/23/2025). Allows counties to combat blight by adopting standardized property codes, and creates grant and mitigation funds to support local revitalization.
HB324 Noncitizens in Agriculture and Licensure (Passed 161 to 41 on 2/3/2025). Updates poultry technician licensing by expanding eligibility to all legal U.S. residents, raising fees, granting the state agriculture secretary broader power, and strengthening enforcement.
HB324 Noncitizens in Agriculture and Licensure (Passed 161 to 41 on 2/3/2025). Updates poultry technician licensing by expanding eligibility to all legal U.S. residents, raising fees, granting the state agriculture secretary broader power, and strengthening enforcement.
"Open Primary" Elections House
HB976 "Open Primary" Elections (passed 111 to 91 on 7/11/2024). Would let registered voters with no political party affiliation vote in primary elections.
HB613 Funding State-Aided Universities (passed 145 to 57 on 7/11/2024). Provides funding for several state-related universities (Penn State, Pitt, Temple, and Lincoln) and a private Ivy League university (Penn).
SB831 Carbon Capture and Sequestration Act (passed 127 to 75 on 7/11/2024). Authorizes carbon sequestration projects to reduce “greenhouse gas emissions” and empowers the state Department of Environmental Protection to designate “environmental justice” areas based on “demographic, economic, health and environmental data."
SB831 Carbon Capture and Sequestration Act (passed 127 to 75 on 7/11/2024). Authorizes carbon sequestration projects to reduce “greenhouse gas emissions” and empowers the state Department of Environmental Protection to designate “environmental justice” areas based on “demographic, economic, health and environmental data."
HB127 Driver's Licenses for Illegal Aliens (passed 122 to 79 on 7/2/2024). Would allow a person who is 16 or 17 years of age and meets the definition of “homeless children and youths” under federal law to use a temporary address, along with the signature of a “teacher,” “social worker,” or “caseworker,” when applying for a driver’s license or identification card.
HB127 Driver's Licenses for Illegal Aliens (passed 122 to 79 on 7/2/2024). Would allow a person who is 16 or 17 years of age and meets the definition of “homeless children and youths” under federal law to use a temporary address, along with the signature of a “teacher,” “social worker,” or “caseworker,” when applying for a driver’s license or identification card.
HB1140 "Morning-After" Pill Mandate (passed 133 to 69 on 6/25/2024). Would require health benefit plans to cover all FDA-approved contraceptive drugs and adult male or adult female sterilization surgery.
Ban on "Ghost Guns" House
HB777 Ban on "Ghost Guns" (passed 104 to 97 on 3/27/2024). Would amend the Uniform Firearms Act to prohibit the purchase, sale, and production of firearm or firearm parts without serial numbers.
Solar for Schools Grant House
HB1032 Solar for School Grant (Passed 134 to 69 on 6/29/23). Establishes the Solar for Schools Grant Program within the Department of Community and Economic Development.
Minimum Wage House
HB1500 Minimum Wage (Passed 103 to 100 on 6/20/23). Proposes a new minimum wage schedule.
WIC Advisory Board House
HB664 WIC Advisory Board (Passed 155 to 48 on 6/12/23). Establishes a Women, Infants, and Children State Advisory Board to advise the Department of Health on the Pennsylvania Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.
Government Grants House
HB450 Government Grants (Passed 166 to 37 on 6/6/23). Aims to aid municipalities in revitalizing downtown commercial areas by supporting eligible applicants.
Gun Background Checks House
HB714 Gun Background Checks (Passed 109 to 92 on 5/22/23). Removes the exemption for certain private gun sales from background check requirements.
Workers' Rights House
HB950 Workers' Rights (Passed 102 to 99 on 5/3/2023). Amends the Pennsylvania Constitution to protect the right to organize and collectively bargain for wages, hours, working conditions, economic welfare and safety at work.
