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Welcome to PennsylvaniaVotes.org! This web site provides concise, non-partisan, plain-English descriptions of every bill and vote in the Pennsylvania House and Senate. You can search these by legislator, category, keyword and more. Citizens can also post comments about bills and discuss other state policy issues on the Forums.

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Forums		Last Post		Topics	Posts
	“Take It Outside” Discussions completely unrelated to public policy issues.		The YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas Youth and Government by Mary F. Spicer Wed, Apr 27 2011 2:54 AM	2	4
	Civil Law Torts, Family Law		Re: We need Divorce Reform NOW by aminnichjr Sun, May 23 2010 8:29 AM	2	5
	Criminal Law Law Enforcement, Crime & Punishment		Re: 2009 Senate Bill 853 (Determining citizenship of those arrested ) by mares Sat, Oct 3 2009 10:51 PM	5	9
	Economy Regulation, Labor, Professions, Energy, Communications, Business Subsidies		Re: 2009 House Bill 1654 (Mortgage license regulation) by shoen4u Tue, Nov 24 2009 1:35 PM	5	10
	Education School Finance and Employees, Curriculum, Special Ed, Higher Ed, School Choice		Automobile electronic products laudatory name by sliver25 Tue, Nov 16 2010 10:14 PM	2	2
	Environment and Property Rights Regulations, Land Use, Water Use, Natural Resources and Recreation			0	0
	General Government Government Employees, Election Law, Constitution, Transparency, Branches		Re: 2009 House Bill 179 (Pennsylvania flag redesign) by madisonPA Wed, Jul 6 2011 11:00 PM	15	30
	Health Care, Health Insurance, Health Regulations		Re: 2009 House Bill 1482 (Photo indentification tags for employees of care homes and hospitals) by StacyHenry Wed, Dec 21 2011 4:30 AM	5	10
	Local Government Issues		Re: 2009 House Bill 1828 (Resolving the Philadelphia pension crisis) by NathanBenefield Tue, Sep 8 2009 2:13 PM	1	2
	Miscellaneous bills Bills that don't fit other categories		2011 House Bill 11 (Liquor Code; Privatization) by admin Tue, Dec 20 2011 4:19 PM	19	118
	Political Discussions		Re: Judicial Elections by GrassrootsPA Fri, Jul 3 2009 10:21 AM	1	2
	Social and Civil Liberty Issues Abortion, Gambling, Race, Gender, Guns, Drugs, Religion, Other		Re: 2010 House Bill 2212 (Amend the Mobile Home Park Rights Act ) by AinPA2003 Thu, Apr 21 2011 1:17 PM	16	33
	Taxing & Spending		Vegas is also a extremely popular place by lilylily Thu, Oct 27 2011 2:52 AM	15	34
	Transportation and Driving		Re: 2009 House Bill 1322 (Limited work license for drunk driving and drug offenders) by vincedia Tue, Jul 27 2010 7:33 AM	2	3
	Welfare, Medicaid and Social Services			0	0

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