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Keith Harris — Democratic State Representative for Pennsylvania District 195 (official headshot)

Keith Harris Voting Record & Scorecard | Christian Employers Alliance

PA Representative

District: 195 • Democrat

2024 Alignment:

21.43%

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Rep. Keith Harris (D-PA-195) earned a 21% Christian Employers Alliance score for 2024, showing minimal alignment with biblical business policy positions. Keith Harris voted on 8 of the 11 substantive bills scored by CEA in 2024. Highest category scores: Economic Freedom (25%), Operational Freedom (0%), and Healthcare Freedom (0%). Keith Harris represents the 195th District in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

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Lawmaker Position

HB 1379House 20241x

Worsening Pennsylvania's Unfunded Pension Liability Through Fiscally Irresponsible Cost-of-Living Adjust for Beneficiaries.

Against CEA
This bill provides cost-of-living adjustments for most Public School Employees' Retirement System (PSERS) and Pennsylvania State Employees' Retirement System (SERS) recipients who retired prior to July 2, 2001. These increases range between 15% and 24.5% of current annuities and, according to the bill's fiscal note, this is estimated to add $946.7 million in unfunded liabilities.
OPPOSE is the CEA Position, based on:
Luke 14:28-30 – "Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it?"
Leadership Insight
Vision must meet calculation. God honors leaders who count costs before claiming promises. Stewardship without foresight breeds collapse.
HB 1578House 20243x

Hiking Utility Costs by Imposing New Training and Bonding Mandates on Natural Gas and Energy Suppliers that Provide Person-to-Person Sales.

Against CEA
This bill establishes new bonding and training requirements for natural gas and energy generation suppliers who provide person-to-person sales to residential consumers. Under the bill, suppliers are required to maintain an additional bond or other security of $1 million. The bill also imposes training and education requirements on suppliers and allows the Public Utilities Commission to order refunds be provided to customers for violations of these requirements.
OPPOSE is the CEA Position, based on:
Leviticus 25:10 – "Consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you; each of you is to return to your family property and to your own clan."
Leadership Insight
The Year of Jubilee proclaimed economic liberty - restoration of property, cancellation of debts, and freedom from bondage. Economic freedom follows this biblical pattern: protecting property rights, enabling debt relief through bankruptcy rather than permanent servitude, and ensuring families can rebuild wealth across generations. Government policies that permanently trap families in poverty, extract generational wealth through death taxes, or prevent property ownership contradict Jubilee's vision of economic restoration.
HB 2412House 20243x

Growing Government Overreach by Expanding the Ability of the State to Investigate "Employee Misclassification".

Against CEA
This bill, the "Employee Misclassification Working Group Act," expands the ability of the state to investigate "employee misclassification" by allowing the Department of Revenue to provide tax information to offices within the Department of Labor and Industry. Under the bill, certain offices, such as the Bureau of Labor Law Compliance and the Office of Unemployment Benefits Policy, may request information for "assessing or investigating employee misclassification." The bill also establishes the Employee Misclassification Working Group "to coordinate enforcement strategies."
OPPOSE is the CEA Position, based on:
Proverbs 29:2 – "When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people groan."
Leadership Insight
Righteous economic leadership creates prosperity that lifts all people; wicked rulers impose taxation, regulation, and cronyism that make the people groan. Economic freedom flourishes under leaders who fear God and protect property rights. When government becomes extractive rather than protective, citizens suffer under the weight of policies designed to benefit the powerful rather than serve the productive.
HB 2481House 20243x

Promoting Innovation and Preventing Government Overreach by Protecting the Use of Digital Assets and Blockchain Protocols.

With CEA
This bill prohibits the state and local governments from banning or restricting individuals and businesses from accepting digital assets as a method of payment. The bill also ensures the ability to maintain custody of digital assets using a digital wallet, and prevents additional taxes or fees on a digital asset based solely on its use as a method of payment. Additionally, the bill clarifies that it is lawful to connect to a blockchain protocol and to transfer a digital asset on a blockchain protocol.
SUPPORT is the CEA Position, based on:
Leviticus 25:10 – "Consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you; each of you is to return to your family property and to your own clan."
Leadership Insight
The Year of Jubilee proclaimed economic liberty - restoration of property, cancellation of debts, and freedom from bondage. Economic freedom follows this biblical pattern: protecting property rights, enabling debt relief through bankruptcy rather than permanent servitude, and ensuring families can rebuild wealth across generations. Government policies that permanently trap families in poverty, extract generational wealth through death taxes, or prevent property ownership contradict Jubilee's vision of economic restoration.
HB 2557House 20241x

Growing Government Overreach Through New Mandates on Consumer Renewal Transaction Requirements.

Against CEA
This bill stipulates that transactions that require a consumer to opt-out of a service, rather than opt-in, are unfair or deceptive practices, unless certain criteria are met. Under the bill, a "negative option plan" or a service that the consumer must opt-out of, is only permissible if the consumer is informed of how to cancel a service, is provided the automatic renewal offer terms and information, is guaranteed that the seller will notify the consumer before the automatic renewal occurs, and more.
OPPOSE is the CEA Position, based on:
Isaiah 10:1-2 – "Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the fatherless."
Leadership Insight
God pronounces woe on lawmakers who craft economic policies that oppress the poor through excessive taxation, regulatory barriers to entry, and cronyism that favors the connected over the capable. Economic freedom is justice for the poor - when the working class keeps more of their earnings, when small businesses can compete without crushing compliance costs, and when families can build wealth without government extraction. Unjust economic laws always hit the poor hardest.
HB 2562House 20241x

Ensuring Government Control Over Healthcare by Codifying into Statute an Obamacare Ban on Annual and Lifetime Limits.

Against CEA
This bill codifies into state law the Obamacare provision that prohibits health insurers from setting annual or lifetime limits on the dollar value of any core benefit for an enrollee.
OPPOSE is the CEA Position, based on:
Romans 14:3-4 – "The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted them. Who are you to judge someone else's servant? To their own master, servants stand or fall."
Leadership Insight
Paul's protection of conscience applies directly to healthcare freedom. No government or employer has authority to mandate medical treatments, vaccines, or procedures that violate sincere religious or moral conviction. Healthcare freedom means patients and providers can follow conscience in medical decisions without coercion, contempt, or punishment. When healthcare mandates override conscience, they violate the biblical principle that each person is accountable to their own Master.
HB 2594House 20241x

Driving Up Consumer Costs by Requiring Food Processing Residual Haulers and Brokers to be Government-Certified.

Against CEA
This bill, the "Hauler or Broker of Food Processing Residuals Certification Act," requires the Department of Agriculture to establish a certification program for haulers and brokers of food processing residuals (FPRs). Under the bill, haulers and brokers are prohibited from transporting or applying FPRs in the state unless they have obtained a certification. To become certified, haulers are required to complete an approved training program, as well as complete 6 hours of continuing education every 3 years.
OPPOSE is the CEA Position, based on:
Proverbs 16:12 – "It is an abomination to kings to do evil, for the throne is established by righteousness."
Leadership Insight
Righteous governance sustains authority; evil erodes it. Leaders who embrace corruption forfeit moral legitimacy. God establishes thrones through justice, not power. Character determines whether influence endures or collapses.
SB 170House 20241x

Threatening Public Safety by Allowing Juvenile Criminal Records to be Expunged After Just 2 Years Instead of 5.

Against CEA
This bill reduces the waiting period for expungement of most juvenile misdemeanors, from 5 years to 2 years. Oppose is the ACI’s position based on the cornerstone of Community.
OPPOSE is the CEA Position, based on:
Deuteronomy 16:18-20 – "Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes in every town the Lord your God is giving you, and they shall judge the people fairly. Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the innocent. Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live and possess the land the Lord your God is giving you."
Leadership Insight
Moses commands impartial justice - judges who follow "justice alone" without showing partiality. First Freedom depends on courts that protect religious liberty impartially, without favoring secular ideology over sincere faith. When judges show partiality against religious conviction, accepting the cultural bribes of elite approval, they pervert the justice God demands. First Freedom requires judges who fear God more than cultural pressure.
HB 1201House 20241x

Expanding Government Overreach by Imposing Costly New Mandates Through the "Consumer Data Privacy Act".

Neutral
This bill, the "Consumer Data Privacy Act," provides consumers with various rights related to the access, accuracy, deletion, and security of their personal data by companies. To enforce these rights, companies are required to limit data collection, implement security measures, provide mechanisms for consumers to revoke consent and gain access to their data, display clear privacy notifications, and more.
OPPOSE is the CEA Position, based on:
Proverbs 29:2 – "When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people groan."
Leadership Insight
Righteous economic leadership creates prosperity that lifts all people; wicked rulers impose taxation, regulation, and cronyism that make the people groan. Economic freedom flourishes under leaders who fear God and protect property rights. When government becomes extractive rather than protective, citizens suffer under the weight of policies designed to benefit the powerful rather than serve the productive.
HB 1633House 20241x

Infringing Private Contracting Rights and Reducing Employment Opportunities in Healthcare by Banning Noncompetition Agreements.

Neutral
This bill, the "Fair Contracting for Health Care Practitioners Act," prohibits nearly all noncompetition agreements in the state entered into by health care practitioners and employers. However, the bill does allow noncompete agreements of up to 1 year if the employee was not dismissed.
OPPOSE is the CEA Position, based on:
Matthew 20:13-15 – "But he answered one of them, 'I am not being unfair to you, friend. Didn't you agree to work for a denarius? Take your pay and go. I want to give the one who was hired last the same as I gave you. Don't I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?'"
Leadership Insight
Jesus affirms the landowner's absolute right to manage his property without external interference. Economic freedom is rooted in the biblical principle that owners - not governments or envious neighbors - determine how resources are allocated. Leaders who defend property rights protect the foundation of free enterprise: voluntary agreements honored without coercion.
HB 2241House 20242x

Expanding Government Overreach and Hiking Consumer Costs by Requiring Battery Producers to Join a "Battery Stewardship Program".

Neutral
This bill requires producers of batteries or products containing batteries to participate in a "battery stewardship program" to ensure the "proper handling, recycling, and end-of life management of used batteries" and provide free collection of all covered batteries. Producers who do not participate in the program are prohibited from selling or distributing batteries or products in the state that are covered under the bill.
OPPOSE is the CEA Position, based on:
Proverbs 31:16 – "She considers a field and buys it; out of her earnings she plants a vineyard."
Leadership Insight
The Proverbs 31 woman models entrepreneurial excellence and economic freedom. God honors women who steward resources wisely and create wealth through diligence. Leadership values capability over cultural limitations - competence creates opportunity.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Rep. Keith Harris's voting record?

Rep. Keith Harris (D-PA-195) earned a 21% Christian Employers Alliance score for 2024, showing minimal alignment with biblical business policy positions. Keith Harris voted on 8 of the 11 substantive bills scored by CEA in 2024. Highest category scores: Economic Freedom (25%), Operational Freedom (0%), and Healthcare Freedom (0%). Keith Harris represents the 195th District in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

How aligned is Keith Harris with biblical business policy positions?

Keith Harris earned a 21% Christian Employers Alliance score in 2024, showing minimal alignment with biblical business policy positions.

What is Keith Harris's CEA score?

Keith Harris has a 21% CEA score for 2024.

Where does Keith Harris serve?

Rep. Keith Harris (D-PA-195) represents the 195th District in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Democrat.

What issue categories does Keith Harris score highest and lowest on?

Keith Harris's strongest categories on the Christian Employers Alliance scorecard are Economic Freedom (25%) and Operational Freedom (0%). The lowest-scoring categories are Healthcare Freedom (0%) and Operational Freedom (0%).

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