Conservation Voters of PA along with our partners at Sierra Club of PA, Clean Air Action, and Clean Water Action amassed the voting data for key environmental bills passed by the Pennsylvania House and Senate for the last two years.
When Pennsylvanians raised their voices, the State House listened. Of the 16 State House votes we scored, 15 of these bills would have lowered electric bills, regulated AI data centers, protected drinking water, expanded clean energy, strengthened voting rights, and given communities a greater voice over development. The State Senate blocked all but one of these bills. Now it’s time to see who stood with us—and who stood in the way.
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Every bill our coalition scored this session. A leaf marks the bills we asked legislators to pass; a cross marks the ones we asked them to stop. Bill numbers open the full description and the roll call.
Every district is shaded by its member’s score. Open the House or the Senate map to find yours, read the votes behind the color, or switch to a sortable list of all the members.
The Pennsylvania Environmental Scorecard is a joint project of Conservation Voters of PA, Clean Water Action, Sierra Club Pennsylvania Chapter, and Clean Air Action.
The 2025–2026 Environmental Scorecard tracks key votes taken by the General Assembly during the past session and provides a lifetime score for each legislator dating back to the 2007–2008 session, offering a clear picture of long-term priorities and performance.
Prior to each vote, our organizations work together to make sure that legislators understand the environmental impacts of the legislation in question and know how to best cast their votes for the environment. This includes direct conversations with legislators and their staff, calls and emails from the members of our organizations and the general public, position papers explaining the legislation in question, and other modes of communication.
This scorecard is designed to bring transparency to these decisions and ensure Pennsylvanians can see where their legislators stand. An informed public is essential to protecting both our environment and our democracy, and to building a healthier, more affordable future for all. We hope this scorecard will be another tool in the ongoing fight to chart a better path for Pennsylvania’s environmental future.
Pennsylvania is one of the only states with a constitutional right to clean air, pure water, and the preservation of the natural environment. Yet decisions made every day in Harrisburg can either uphold these rights or undermine them.
Too often, the public never sees how lawmakers vote on the policies that impact our air, water, health, and energy costs. This scorecard exists to change that. Democracy works best when voters have clear, accessible information and can hold their elected officials accountable.
The 2025–2026 session took place under divided government, with Democrats holding a narrow one seat House majority and Republicans controlling the Senate. These divisions meant that, with the exception of the state budget, none of the legislation passed by either chamber advanced to the Governor’s desk to become law.
The House advanced a record number of pro-environment measures, including limits on data centers, a clean manufacturing tax credit, and a ban on PFAS-laden firefighting foam that passed unanimously. At the same time, important proposals to expand clean energy standards, strengthen protections for environmental justice community protections, and modernize Pennsylvania’s energy mix failed to reach final passage in the House, despite significant support. Pennsylvania still generates only about 4% of its energy from renewable sources, leaving consumers exposed to rising costs and pollution risks.
The Senate primarily advanced legislation that would weaken environmental oversight, hamstring clean energy policy, and add unnecessary regulatory burdens. These bills raise concerns about transparency, accountability, and long-term impacts to our state agencies, environment and communities. Meanwhile, numerous environmental and democracy bills that passed by the House with significant bipartisan support were not taken up in the Senate.
Most notably though, both chambers voted to block Pennsylvania from joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) through the state budget. This forfeited billions in potential clean energy investment, significant emissions reductions, and desperately needed public health benefits.
