Louis Schmitt

Representative, HD-079 District

Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Republican, Pennsylvania

Latest 50 votes · 50 records

Voted NO on “a Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania...” (HB 1957)Official title: A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, providing for personal reproductive liberty.Dec 17, 2025, 1 record
Voted NO on The “In restructuring of electric utility industry, further providing for energy efficiency and conservation...” (HB 505)Official title: In restructuring of electric utility industry, further providing for energy efficiency and conservation program.Dec 17, 2025, 1 record
Voted NO on The “In sentencing, repealing provisions relating to transfer of inmates in need of medical treatment...” (HB 150)Official title: In sentencing, repealing provisions relating to transfer of inmates in need of medical treatment and providing for modification of an imposed term of imprisonment for reasons of illness.Dec 17, 2025, 1 record
Voted NO on A measure “establishing the Statewide Children's Literacy Program and the Children's Literacy Program of Pennsylvania...” (HB 1663)Official title: Establishing the Statewide Children's Literacy Program and the Children's Literacy Program of Pennsylvania Restricted Account; and imposing duties on the Department of Education.Dec 17, 2025, 1 record
Voted YES on The “In compensation, further providing for qualifications required to secure compensation and for ineligibility...” (HB 274)Official title: In compensation, further providing for qualifications required to secure compensation and for ineligibility for compensation, providing for eligibility related to domestic violence and further providing for rate and amount of compensation.Dec 17, 2025, 1 record
Voted NO on A measure “establishing the Statewide Children's Literacy Program and the Children's Literacy Program of Pennsylvania...” (HB 1663)Official title: Establishing the Statewide Children's Literacy Program and the Children's Literacy Program of Pennsylvania Restricted Account; and imposing duties on the Department of Education.Dec 16, 2025, 1 record
Voted NO on “a Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania...” (HB 1957)Official title: A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, providing for personal reproductive liberty.Dec 16, 2025, 1 record
Voted NO on The “In post-trial matters, further providing for eligibility for relief, providing for postconviction review...” (HB 458)Official title: In post-trial matters, further providing for eligibility for relief, providing for postconviction review for veterans with service-connected mental health disability and further providing for jurisdiction and proceedings; and, in sentencing, further providing for sentencing procedure for murder of the first degree.Dec 16, 2025, 1 record
Voted YES on The “Further providing for definitions and for practice of physical therapy” (HB 1251)Official title: Further providing for definitions and for practice of physical therapy.Dec 16, 2025, 1 record
Voted NO on The “Further providing for pharmacy technician and pharmacy technician trainee registration, qualifications...” (HB 1881)Official title: Further providing for pharmacy technician and pharmacy technician trainee registration, qualifications and supervision; providing for administration of injectable medications, biologicals and immunizations, for clinical laboratory certificate and for report on pharmacy-administered vaccines; and making a repeal.Dec 16, 2025, 1 record
Voted NO on The “Further providing for powers and duties of the Commission; and providing for employer pol icies and procedures” (HB 1825)Official title: Further providing for powers and duties of the Commission; and providing for employer pol icies and procedures.Dec 16, 2025, 1 record
Voted NO on The “In cigarette sales and licensing, further providing for definitions and providing for presumed cost...” (HB 1425)Official title: In cigarette sales and licensing, further providing for definitions and providing for presumed cost of doing business by retailer; providing for tobacco products; and making repeals.Dec 16, 2025, 1 record
Voted YES on The “Further providing for powers and duties of the Commission; and providing for employer pol icies and procedures” (HB 1825)Official title: Further providing for powers and duties of the Commission; and providing for employer pol icies and procedures.Nov 19, 2025, 1 record
Voted YES on The “In Entertainment Economic Enhancement Program, further providing for definitions, for procedure...” (HB 1359)Official title: In Entertainment Economic Enhancement Program, further providing for definitions, for procedure and for limitations; providing for regulation of self-service storage facilities; and making a repeal.Nov 19, 2025, 1 record
Voted NO on A measure “providing for the installation of electrified security systems on commercial entities' property...” (HB 1871)Official title: Providing for the installation of electrified security systems on commercial entities' property and property in exclusive nonresidential use.Nov 18, 2025, 1 record
Voted NO on A measure “providing for portable battery stewardship and establishing requirements for Battery Stewardship Plans...” (HB 1233)Official title: Providing for portable battery stewardship and establishing requirements for Battery Stewardship Plans; imposing duties on the Department of Environmental Protection; and imposing penalties.Nov 18, 2025, 1 record
Voted YES on The “In property and buildings, further providing for price paid for acquisitions and improvements” (HB 1811)Official title: In property and buildings, further providing for price paid for acquisitions and improvements.Nov 18, 2025, 1 record
Voted NO on The “In compensation, further providing for rate and amount of compensation” (HB 1995)Official title: In compensation, further providing for rate and amount of compensation.Nov 17, 2025, 1 record
Voted NO on The “In administrative provisions, further providing for continuing medical education” (HB 1980)Official title: In administrative provisions, further providing for continuing medical education.Nov 17, 2025, 1 record
Voted NO on A measure “providing for funding for certain State-aided universities for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025...” (HB 1421)Official title: Providing for funding for certain State-aided universities for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026, for costs basis, for frequency of payments and for recordkeeping requirements; imposing a duty on the Auditor General; providing for financial statements, for the Agricultural College Land Scrip Fund and for restrictions; and making appropriations.Nov 12, 2025, 1 record
Voted YES on A bill “to provide appropriations from the General Fund for the expenses of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial...” (SB 160)Official title: To provide appropriations from the General Fund for the expenses of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments of the Commonwealth, the public debt and the public schools for the fiscal year July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025; to provide appropriations from special funds and accounts to the Executive and Judicial Departments for the fiscal year July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026, and for the payment of bills remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025; to provide for the appropriation of Federal funds to the Executive and Judicial Departments for the fiscal year July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026, and for the payment of bills remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025; and to provide for the additional appropriation of Federal and State funds to the Executive and Legislative Departments for the fiscal year July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024.Nov 12, 2025, 1 record
Voted YES on “an act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An act relating to the public school...” (SB 315)Official title: An act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An act relating to the public school system, including certain provisions applicable as well to private and parochial schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the laws relating thereto," in preliminary provisions, further providing for Special Education Funding Commission and for minimum number of days or hours; in duties and powers of boards of school directors, providing for admission fees for school-sponsored activities; in intermediate units, further providing for staff; in certification of teachers, further providing for certificates qualifying persons to teach and for instructional certificate grade spans and age levels and duties of department, providing for instructional certificate grade spans and age levels and for State certificate fee reduction, further providing for standard employment application, for career and technical instructional certificate, for program of continuing professional and paraprofessional education and for postbaccalaureate certification, providing for assessment of basic skills, further providing for professional educator discipline fee and providing for career and technical administrative director certification flexibility; in pupils and attendance, further providing for attendance policy at charter, regional charter and cyber charter schools, for procedure when child is truant, for procedure by school when child habitually truant, for procedure upon filing of citation, for penalties for violating compulsory school attendance requirements and for study of truancy procedure, providing for department supports to prevent truancy and further providing for reports to Superintendent of Public Instruction and for exceptional children and education and training; in student supports, further providing for definitions; in school safety and security, further providing for definitions, for School Safety and Security Committee, for school safety and security assessment providers, for School Safety and Security Grant Program, for school safety and security coordinator and for school safety and security training, providing for school safety and mental health grants for 2025-2026 school year and further providing for reporting and memorandum of understanding; in school security, further providing for training, for school resource officers, for school security guards and for duties of commission; in Safe2Say Program, further providing for intent, for definitions, for Safe2Say Program and for annual report; in threat assessment, further providing for definitions, for threat assessment teams and for threat assessment guidelines, training and information materials; in Drug and Alcohol Recovery High School Program, further providing for scope of program and selection of students and for enrollment of students; in evidence-based reading instruction, further providing for definitions and providing for school entity duties related to evidence-based reading instruction, for school entity duties related to reading screening, for reading deficiency identification and parental notification, for reading intervention plans, for grant program, for funding, for reporting, for accountability and for construction; in high schools, further providing for attendance in other districts and providing for Free Application for Federal Student Aid; in interscholastic athletics accountability, further providing for council recommendations and standards; in charter schools, further providing for funding for cyber charter schools, for enrollment and notification and for enrollee wellness checks; in career and technical education, further providing for capital reserve fund for approved purchases of equipment and facility maintenance, for career and technical education equipment grants, for Cosmetology Training through Career and Technical Center Pilot Program and for Barber Training through Career and Technical Center Pilot Program; providing for Nursing Shortage Assistance Program; in community colleges, further providing for financial program and reimbursement of payments; in the State System of Higher Education, further providing for definitions and for Grow Pennsylvania Merit Scholarship Program; in educational tax credits, further providing for limitations; in higher education accountability and transparency, further providing for exit counseling; in miscellaneous provisions relating to institutions of higher education, repealing provisions relating to State-related university performance-based funding model, further providing for prohibition on scholarship displacement at public institutions of higher education and providing for cooperation and for State scholarship renewals; in institutions of higher education, further providing for powers and duties of State Board of Higher Education, for definitions, for Performance-based Funding Council and for public institution of higher education reporting, providing for State-related University Performance Fund, for performance-based funding formula and for public accountability and further providing for agency duties, for grant priority and for report; in Ready-to-Succeed Scholarship, further providing for agency; in funding for public libraries, providing for State aid for fiscal year 2025-2026; in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for student-weighted basic education funding beginning with 2023-2024 school year, for extraordinary special education program expenses, for assistance to school districts declared to be in financial recovery status or identified for financial watch status and for Ready-to-Learn Block Grant; in construction and renovation of buildings by school entities, further providing for applicability; abrogating regulations; and making an editorial change.
Voted YES on The “In compensation, further providing for rate and amount of compensation” (HB 1995)Official title: In compensation, further providing for rate and amount of compensation.Oct 29, 2025, 1 record
Voted NO on A measure “providing for use of criminal records to screen tenants; imposing duties on the Pennsylvania Human...” (HB 1492)Official title: Providing for use of criminal records to screen tenants; imposing duties on the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission; and imposing penalties.Oct 29, 2025, 1 record
Voted NO on A measure “providing for immunization coverage; and imposing penalties” (HB 1828)Official title: Providing for immunization coverage; and imposing penalties.Oct 29, 2025, 1 record
Voted NO on The “In mortgage loan industry licensing and consumer protection, further providing for definitions...” (HB 1882)Official title: In mortgage loan industry licensing and consumer protection, further providing for definitions, for exceptions to license requirements and for general requirements.Oct 28, 2025, 1 record
Voted YES on A measure “providing for online access control measures” (HB 1063)Official title: Providing for online access control measures.Oct 28, 2025, 1 record
Voted NO on A measure “requiring manufacturers of digital electronic equipment to make available to owners and independent repair...” (HB 1512)Official title: Requiring manufacturers of digital electronic equipment to make available to owners and independent repair providers, on fair and reasonable terms, documentation, parts and tools used to diagnose, maintain and repair digital electronic equipment; and imposing a penalty.Oct 27, 2025, 1 record
Voted YES on The “In value capture approaches, further providing for creation of value capture area and providing...” (HB 1874)Official title: In value capture approaches, further providing for creation of value capture area and providing for redevelopment authority use of incremental tax revenue in value capture area.Oct 8, 2025, 1 record
Voted NO on A measure “providing for the installation of electrified security systems on commercial entities' property...” (HB 1871)Official title: Providing for the installation of electrified security systems on commercial entities' property and property in exclusive nonresidential use.Oct 8, 2025, 1 record
Voted YES on A bill “to provide appropriations from the General Fund for the expenses of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial...” (SB 160)Official title: To provide appropriations from the General Fund for the expenses of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments of the Commonwealth, the public debt and the public schools for the fiscal year July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025; to provide appropriations from special funds and accounts to the Executive and Judicial Departments for the fiscal year July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026, and for the payment of bills remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025; to provide for the appropriation of Federal funds to the Executive and Judicial Departments for the fiscal year July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026, and for the payment of bills remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025; and to provide for the additional appropriation of Federal and State funds to the Executive and Legislative Departments for the fiscal year July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024.Oct 8, 2025, 1 record
Voted NO on The “In juvenile matters, further providing for definitions and for release or delivery to court, providing...” (HB 1613)Official title: In juvenile matters, further providing for definitions and for release or delivery to court, providing for mandatory counsel, for child interrogation and for refusal to be recorded electronically and further providing for powers and duties of the Juvenile Court Judges' Commission.Oct 8, 2025, 1 record
Voted NO on The “In grounds and buildings, further providing for referendum or public hearing required prior to construction...” (HB 1701)Official title: In grounds and buildings, further providing for referendum or public hearing required prior to construction or lease; providing for school facilities; establishing the Public School Facility Advisory Committee; in construction and renovation of buildings by school entities, repealing provisions relating to building condition assessments; and imposing duties on the Department of Education.Oct 8, 2025, 1 record
Voted NO on The “In special provisions affecting local authorities, providing for Road Salt Management Best Practices Guide” (HB 664)Official title: In special provisions affecting local authorities, providing for Road Salt Management Best Practices Guide.Oct 8, 2025, 1 record
Voted NO on A bill “to provide appropriations from the General Fund for the expenses of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial...” (SB 160)Official title: To provide appropriations from the General Fund for the expenses of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments of the Commonwealth, the public debt and the public schools for the fiscal year July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025; to provide appropriations from special funds and accounts to the Executive and Judicial Departments for the fiscal year July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026, and for the payment of bills remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025; to provide for the appropriation of Federal funds to the Executive and Judicial Departments for the fiscal year July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026, and for the payment of bills remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025; and to provide for the additional appropriation of Federal and State funds to the Executive and Legislative Departments for the fiscal year July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024.Oct 8, 2025, 1 record
Voted NO on “an act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An act relating to the public school...” (SB 315)Official title: An act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An act relating to the public school system, including certain provisions applicable as well to private and parochial schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the laws relating thereto," in preliminary provisions, further providing for Special Education Funding Commission and for minimum number of days or hours; in duties and powers of boards of school directors, providing for admission fees for school-sponsored activities; in intermediate units, further providing for staff; in certification of teachers, further providing for certificates qualifying persons to teach and for instructional certificate grade spans and age levels and duties of department, providing for instructional certificate grade spans and age levels and for State certificate fee reduction, further providing for standard employment application, for career and technical instructional certificate, for program of continuing professional and paraprofessional education and for postbaccalaureate certification, providing for assessment of basic skills, further providing for professional educator discipline fee and providing for career and technical administrative director certification flexibility; in pupils and attendance, further providing for attendance policy at charter, regional charter and cyber charter schools, for procedure when child is truant, for procedure by school when child habitually truant, for procedure upon filing of citation, for penalties for violating compulsory school attendance requirements and for study of truancy procedure, providing for department supports to prevent truancy and further providing for reports to Superintendent of Public Instruction and for exceptional children and education and training; in student supports, further providing for definitions; in school safety and security, further providing for definitions, for School Safety and Security Committee, for school safety and security assessment providers, for School Safety and Security Grant Program, for school safety and security coordinator and for school safety and security training, providing for school safety and mental health grants for 2025-2026 school year and further providing for reporting and memorandum of understanding; in school security, further providing for training, for school resource officers, for school security guards and for duties of commission; in Safe2Say Program, further providing for intent, for definitions, for Safe2Say Program and for annual report; in threat assessment, further providing for definitions, for threat assessment teams and for threat assessment guidelines, training and information materials; in Drug and Alcohol Recovery High School Program, further providing for scope of program and selection of students and for enrollment of students; in evidence-based reading instruction, further providing for definitions and providing for school entity duties related to evidence-based reading instruction, for school entity duties related to reading screening, for reading deficiency identification and parental notification, for reading intervention plans, for grant program, for funding, for reporting, for accountability and for construction; in high schools, further providing for attendance in other districts and providing for Free Application for Federal Student Aid; in interscholastic athletics accountability, further providing for council recommendations and standards; in charter schools, further providing for funding for cyber charter schools, for enrollment and notification and for enrollee wellness checks; in career and technical education, further providing for capital reserve fund for approved purchases of equipment and facility maintenance, for career and technical education equipment grants, for Cosmetology Training through Career and Technical Center Pilot Program and for Barber Training through Career and Technical Center Pilot Program; providing for Nursing Shortage Assistance Program; in community colleges, further providing for financial program and reimbursement of payments; in the State System of Higher Education, further providing for definitions and for Grow Pennsylvania Merit Scholarship Program; in educational tax credits, further providing for limitations; in higher education accountability and transparency, further providing for exit counseling; in miscellaneous provisions relating to institutions of higher education, repealing provisions relating to State-related university performance-based funding model, further providing for prohibition on scholarship displacement at public institutions of higher education and providing for cooperation and for State scholarship renewals; in institutions of higher education, further providing for powers and duties of State Board of Higher Education, for definitions, for Performance-based Funding Council and for public institution of higher education reporting, providing for State-related University Performance Fund, for performance-based funding formula and for public accountability and further providing for agency duties, for grant priority and for report; in Ready-to-Succeed Scholarship, further providing for agency; in funding for public libraries, providing for State aid for fiscal year 2025-2026; in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for student-weighted basic education funding beginning with 2023-2024 school year, for extraordinary special education program expenses, for assistance to school districts declared to be in financial recovery status or identified for financial watch status and for Ready-to-Learn Block Grant; in construction and renovation of buildings by school entities, further providing for applicability; abrogating regulations; and making an editorial change.
Voted NO on The “In preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; and, in licenses and regulations, liquor...” (HB 1702)Official title: In preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; and, in licenses and regulations, liquor, alcohol and malt and brewed beverages, further providing for unlawful acts relative to liquor, alcohol and liquor licensees.Oct 8, 2025, 1 record
Voted NO on A measure “authorizing the release of Project 70 restrictions on certain lands owned by the Pennsylvania Turnpike...” (SB 467)Official title: Authorizing the release of Project 70 restrictions on certain lands owned by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, formerly owned by the Borough of West Mifflin Allegheny County, in exchange for the imposition of Project 70 restrictions on other land owned by the Borough of West Mifflin.Oct 7, 2025, 1 record
Voted YES on The “In grounds and buildings, further providing for referendum or public hearing required prior to construction...” (HB 1701)Official title: In grounds and buildings, further providing for referendum or public hearing required prior to construction or lease; providing for school facilities; establishing the Public School Facility Advisory Committee; in construction and renovation of buildings by school entities, repealing provisions relating to building condition assessments; and imposing duties on the Department of Education.Oct 7, 2025, 1 record
Voted NO on The “In grounds and buildings, further providing for referendum or public hearing required prior to construction...” (HB 1701)Official title: In grounds and buildings, further providing for referendum or public hearing required prior to construction or lease; providing for school facilities; establishing the Public School Facility Advisory Committee; in construction and renovation of buildings by school entities, repealing provisions relating to building condition assessments; and imposing duties on the Department of Education.Oct 7, 2025, 1 record
Voted NO on The “Further providing for legislative finding and declaration of policy and for definitions; and providing...” (HB 441)Official title: Further providing for legislative finding and declaration of policy and for definitions; and providing for wild native terrestrial invertebrate management.Oct 7, 2025, 1 record
Voted NO on The “In special provisions affecting local authorities, providing for Road Salt Management Best Practices Guide” (HB 664)Official title: In special provisions affecting local authorities, providing for Road Salt Management Best Practices Guide.Oct 7, 2025, 1 record
Voted NO on The “In compensation, further providing for ineligibility for compensation” (HB 145)Official title: In compensation, further providing for ineligibility for compensation.Oct 7, 2025, 1 record
Voted YES on A measure “authorizing the release of Project 70 restrictions on certain lands owned by the Pennsylvania Turnpike...” (SB 467)Official title: Authorizing the release of Project 70 restrictions on certain lands owned by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, formerly owned by the Borough of West Mifflin Allegheny County, in exchange for the imposition of Project 70 restrictions on other land owned by the Borough of West Mifflin.Oct 6, 2025, 1 record
Voted NO on The “In inchoate crimes, further providing for prohibited offensive weapons” (HB 1866)Official title: In inchoate crimes, further providing for prohibited offensive weapons.Oct 1, 2025, 1 record
Voted NO on The “Further providing for definitions, for notification of the breach of the security of the system...” (HB 997)Official title: Further providing for definitions, for notification of the breach of the security of the system, for exceptions and for notice exemption; repealing provisions relating to civil relief; providing for protection of personal information, for civil relief, for information security and for applicability; and repealing provisions relating to applicability.Oct 1, 2025, 1 record
Voted NO on A measure “providing for consumer data privacy, for duties of controllers and for duties of processors; and imposing...” (HB 78)Official title: Providing for consumer data privacy, for duties of controllers and for duties of processors; and imposing penalties.Oct 1, 2025, 1 record
Voted YES on The “In assault, further providing for the offense of harassment” (HB 102)Official title: In assault, further providing for the offense of harassment.Oct 1, 2025, 1 record
Voted NO on The “In rules of construction, further providing for definitions” (HB 722)Official title: In rules of construction, further providing for definitions.Oct 1, 2025, 1 record
Voted NO on The “Further providing for definitions, for notification of the breach of the security of the system...” (HB 997)Official title: Further providing for definitions, for notification of the breach of the security of the system, for exceptions and for notice exemption; repealing provisions relating to civil relief; providing for protection of personal information, for civil relief, for information security and for applicability; and repealing provisions relating to applicability.Sep 30, 2025, 1 record