Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania: bills from both sides, with enacted laws, hearings, court cases and the legislators who sponsor the bills.

Bills

106 bills: 38 Anti-LGBTQ+, 68 Pro-LGBTQ+. 3 are enacted (0 Anti-LGBTQ+, 3 Pro-LGBTQ+). “Enacted” is the status this tracker records for the bill.

Bills by status
StatusBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Failed712150
Pending311615
Enacted303
Vetoed110

Most recent bills

All 106 bills

Titles, summaries and tags are on each bill's page. The Bills list shows them for the bills of Pennsylvania: all, Anti-LGBTQ+ or Pro-LGBTQ+.

Bills by year

Introduced each year

Bills introduced each year in Pennsylvania, by sideColumns for each year from 2010 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.05101520252010: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+2011: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+, 5 Pro-LGBTQ+2013: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+, 5 Pro-LGBTQ+2014: 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2015: 2 Anti-LGBTQ+, 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2016: 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2017: 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2018: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+, 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2019: 4 Pro-LGBTQ+2020: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+, 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2021: 4 Pro-LGBTQ+2022: 4 Anti-LGBTQ+, 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2023: 4 Anti-LGBTQ+, 12 Pro-LGBTQ+2024: 7 Anti-LGBTQ+, 10 Pro-LGBTQ+2025: 11 Anti-LGBTQ+, 11 Pro-LGBTQ+2026: 5 Anti-LGBTQ+, 6 Pro-LGBTQ+201020122014201620182020202220242026Bills introduced each year in Pennsylvania, by sideColumns for each year from 2010 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.0510152025201120142017202020232026

Enacted, by the year introduced

Enacted bills in Pennsylvania by the year they were introduced, by sideColumns for each year from 2010 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.0122023: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2025: 2 Pro-LGBTQ+201020122014201620182020202220242026Enacted bills in Pennsylvania by the year they were introduced, by sideColumns for each year from 2010 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.012201120142017202020232026
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A bill is counted in the year of its session, and an enacted bill in the year it was introduced. A year with no bill in the data has no column.

Show the numbers
Bills introduced and enacted each year
YearIntroducedIntroduced, Anti-LGBTQ+Introduced, Pro-LGBTQ+EnactedEnacted, Anti-LGBTQ+Enacted, Pro-LGBTQ+
20261156000
2025221111202
202417710000
202316412101
2022541000
2021404000
2020211000
2019404000
2018211000
2017202000
2016202000
2015422000
2014202000
2013615000
2011615000
2010110000

Topics and tags

A bill can have more than one topic or tag, so the rows add up to more than the number of bills.

Topics

Bills by topic
TopicBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Identity documents835
Bathrooms & facilities211
Sports participation770
Youth gender-affirming care871
Medicaid & public funding for care220
Insurance coverage321
Prisons, jails & detention321
Schools & curriculum16511
DEI & bias training633
Book bans & censorship743
Marriage, family & custody16412
Nondiscrimination protections25124
Hate crimes202
Repealing or reversing LGBTQ-related law505
Symbolic resolutions & recognition19514

Tags

The most-used tags
TagBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Employment Nondiscrimination16016
Housing Nondiscrimination16016
Public Accommodations Nondiscrimination16016
Holiday/Recognition12012
Marriage Equality10010
Sports Ban: Colleges770
Sports Ban: K12770
Sports Ban: SWSA770
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Minors660
Education Nondiscrimination505
Birth Certificate Or Identification404
Don't Say Gay: Elementary440
Show the other 54 tags
The other tags
TagBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Don't Say Trans: Elementary440
Easy Name And Gender Changes404
Forced Outing: Schools440
Anti-Bullying303
Anti-Censorship: Book Ban Ban303
End Legal Recognition330
Implicit Bias Training303
Repeal Anti-LGBTQ Laws303
Same-Sex Marriage Ban: Constitutional Amendment330
Anti-Censorship: Library Protection202
Anti-LGBTQ Resolution: Marriage220
Broad Nondiscrimination202
Censorship: Online Obscenity220
Child Custody Bill220
DEI Ban: Colleges220
End Trans Panic Defense202
Forced Outing: Mental Emotional Well-Being220
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Insurance Prohibition220
LGBTQ+ Education202
LGBTQ+ Inclusive Curriculum202
LGBTQ+ Inclusive Menstrual Rights202
Misgendering: Permitted220
Repeal Anti-LGBTQ Laws: Marriage Ban202
Supportive Resolution202
Birth Certificate or Identification Change Ban110
Censorship: Age Verification110
Censorship: Book Ban110
Censorship: Book Ban: K12110
Child Custody Protections101
Civil Unions101
Credit Nondiscrimination101
Discrimination in Education110
Discrimination in Judicial System110
Don't Say Systemic Biases: Colleges110
Don't Say Systemic Biases: K12110
Foster Children Protections101
Gender Affirming Care101
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Detrans Coverage110
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Liability Law110
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Medicaid110
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Prisoners110
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Public Funds110
Gender Affirming Care Ban: SAFE Act110
Gender Marker Change Ban110
HIV and STI Care101
Healthcare Nondiscrimination101
Inclusive Bathrooms101
Insurance Nondiscrimination101
LGBTQ+ Inclusive Rights in Schools101
Pathologization110
Prison Placement Ban110
Prisoner Nondiscrimination101
Trans Bathroom Ban: K12110
Trans Bathroom Ban: Public Facilities110

Hearings

No hearings are listed for this jurisdiction.

Legislators

The sponsors of the bills listed here, with the number of those bills each one sponsors.

Legislators, by the number of the listed bills they sponsor
NamePartyRoleDistrictBills sponsored
Ben SanchezDRepresentativeHD-15328
Carol Hill-EvansDRepresentativeHD-09527
Michael SchlossbergDRepresentativeHD-13227
Robert KauffmanRRepresentativeHD-08925
Joseph HohensteinDRepresentativeHD-17724
Maureen MaddenDRepresentativeHD-11524
Dan FrankelDRepresentativeHD-02323
Mark GillenRRepresentativeHD-12821
Tina DavisDRepresentativeHD-14121
David ZimmermanRRepresentativeHD-09920

All 451 legislators

Party as recorded: D Democratic, R Republican, I Independent; other codes are shown as recorded.

Court cases

Cases placed in this jurisdiction by where the court sits, newest first. Each case links to its own page, which has the caption.

Court cases, newest first
CaseCourtLevelYear
Case 5:26-cv-07493E.D. Pa.District2026
Case 2:26-cv-08114E.D. Pa.District2026
Case 1:26-cv-01684M.D. Pa.District2026
Case 3:26-cv-01142W.D. Pa.District2026
Case 2:25-cv-04702E.D. Pa.District2025
Case 2:25-mc-01069W.D. Pa.District2025
Case 1:24-cv-00566M.D. Pa.District2024
Case c6266738M.D. Pa.District2020
Case c4619123W.D. Pa.District2017
Case c4374262W.D. Pa.District2015

All 14 court cases

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Bill data comes from LegiScan, licensed CC BY 4.0 and used here in modified form. Outcome coding, category tags and the summaries are the Trans Data Initiative team's, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0 with credit.