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Aerion Abney
(D) - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania House District 019
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Irvis Office Building
P.O. Box 202019
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2019
Phone: 717-783-3783

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730 James St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Phone: 412-471-7760
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Vote Record By Category
Category Vote Index Total Score
Criminal Justice 96
24
 
Due Process 100
8
 
Voting Rights 100
7
 
Open Government 100
6
 
Police Practices 100
4
 
Privacy & Surveillance 100
3
 
LGBQ&T Rights 100
2
 
Reproductive Freedom 100
1
 
Constitutional Amendment 100
1
 
Free Speech 100
1
 
All Bills 97
31
 
Rated Bill Votes
Bill Bill Name Motion Vote Date Rating Vote Comments
HB103 New felony offenses to expand special protections for police House Floor: HB 103 PN 3500, CONCURRENCE 10/26/2022 -1 Nay HB 103 would create two new felonies for offenses against police officers. Police already have special protections that punish people more severely when they’re assaulted, and prosecutors already have all the tools they need to charge offenses against police. Moreover, the communicable disease provision in HB 103 could be weaponized broadly against civilians, including those engaged in First Amendment protected speech, protest, or assembly.
HB140 Special prosecutor for Philadelphia public transit House Floor: HB 140 PN 3601, CONCURRENCE 11/15/2022 -1 Nay HB 140 was originally a benign bike lane bill until a Senate amendment added a provision that would allow a special prosecutor to be appointed in Philadelphia to investigate and initiate criminal proceedings for any violations occurring on SEPTA property (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority). This was one of many politically motivated bills seeking to interfere with the prosecutorial discretion of the twice-elected Philadelphia district attorney.
HB146 Mandatory parole postponement (Markie's Law) House Floor: HB 146 PN 3329, CONCUR 09/19/2022 -1 Nay HB 146, also known as "Markie's Law," would keep people needlessly incarcerated by delaying consideration of parole by adding a mandatory 12-24 months to a person's minimum date of release, depending on the offense.
HB146 Mandatory parole postponement (Markie's Law) House Floor: HB 146 PN 3329, OVERRIDE VETO 10/25/2022 -1 Nay HB 146, also known as "Markie's Law," would keep people needlessly incarcerated by delaying consideration of parole by adding a mandatory 12-24 months to a person's minimum date of release, depending on the offense.
HB711 Electronic filing of campaign finance reports House Floor: HB 711 PN 681, FP 06/28/2022 1 Yea HB 711 would require the PA Department of State to establish a campaign finance reporting system that allows candidates and political committees the option to file online. The bill would also create a standardized process for filing and contingency plans with clearly outlined rules for e-filing. This is a commonsense upgrade to PA's campaign finance filing and disclosure system, which would increase transparency while decreasing bureaucratic inefficiencies.
HB940 New offenses for injury to police animals (Titan's Law) House Floor: HB 940 PN 3285, CONCUR 07/07/2022 -1 Nay HB 940 removes the mens rea requirement necessary to convict a person of injuring or killing a police animal and then creates two new "unintentional" offenses: recklessly injuring or killing a police animal and holding someone criminally culpable when a police animal is injured or killed while the person is engaged in the commission of a felony. These are unnecessary, duplicative offenses and dangerously lower the threshold for criminal convictions.
HB975 Criminalizing consensual sex House Floor: HB 975 PN 3363, CONCUR 07/07/2022 -1 Nay HB 975 would add caretakers to the list of people who can be charged with institutional sexual assault, making it a third-degree felony for an employee to have any kind of sexual contact, including consensual sex, with a person who receives care, services, or treatment in or from a facility. This bill recklessly expands this offense and infantilizes the elderly and those with physical disabilities by assuming they are incapable of engaging in consensual sexual activity.
HB1093 Penalty enhancement for theft of container House Floor: HB 1093 PN 3450, FP 09/13/2022 -1 Nay HB 1093 would increase the penalty for removing any container from the premises of a retailer, delivery vehicle, or store from a summary offense—punishable by up to $300 in fines or 90 days imprisonment—to a misdemeanor of the third degree—punishable by up to 1 year in prison and a $2,500 fine. This would create a duplicative crime & would disproportionately affect people experiencing homelessness, including women fleeing domestic violence, people with mental health challenges & veterans.
HB1393 Legalizing fentanyl test strips House Floor: HB 1393 PN 3253, FP 06/20/2022 1 Yea HB 1393 would amend the Controlled Substance Act to explicitly exclude fentanyl test strips for personal use from the definition of drug paraphernalia. As fentanyl is increasingly being added to heroin to increase its potency—often without the knowledge of those who use it—overdose deaths continue to rise. By legalizing fentanyl test strips for personal use, HB 1393 would help those in the grip of addiction avoid a potentially deadly overdose without fear of facing criminal charges.
HB1546 Criminal penalties for sharing public officials' information House Floor: HB 1546 PN 3569, CONCURRENCE 11/15/2022 -1 Nay HB 1546 would create a new assault offense that prohibits the sharing of "restricted personal information" of 39 public officials. The bill poses an unnecessary, unjustifiable, and likely unconstitutional expansion of protections that would hold people criminally liable for perceived future harm committed by someone else.
HB1929 Eliminating automatic knives from offensive weapon definition House Floor: HB 1929 PN 2197, FP 04/26/2022 1 Yea HB 1929 would eliminate the antiquated criminalization of automatic knives in PA. § 908 currently prohibits individuals from repairing, selling, dealing, using or possessing an “offensive weapon.” This definition includes many dangerous weapons, but also includes knives used for recreational or work purposes. HB 1929 would remove automatic knives from this definition, thereby removing the opportunity for prosecutors to criminally charge people for merely using or possessing such a knife.
HB2032 Exemption for failure to report injuries resulting from sexual assault House Floor: HB 2032 PN 3148, FP 06/20/2022 1 Yea HB 2032 would resolve a conflict between current law and Sexual Assault Testing and Evidence Collection Act (Act 29 of 2019) by creating an exception for failure to report injuries in sexual assault cases where the victim wishes to remain anonymous. This is a reasonable and justifiable proposal to decriminalize failure to report injuries by victims whose privacy is already protected under Act 29.
HB2039 Notification and comment at bail hearings House Floor: HB 2039 PN 3323, CONCUR 07/01/2022 -1 Nay HB 2039 would amend the PA Crime Victims Act to require that alleged victims are notified of and have an opportunity to comment at bail hearings, allowing bail hearings to be treated more like criminal trials. As a result, HB 2039 would create delays in bail hearings, permit prejudicial information to unduly influence bail determinations, deprive defendants of their due process rights, and undermine the presumption that the defendant is innocent until proven guilty.
HB2125 Removing 'homosexuality' from the Crimes Code House Floor: HB 2125 PN 2476, FP 06/08/2022 1 Yea HB 2125 would remove references to the term “homosexuality” within definitions of prohibited sexual acts in the Crimes Code, which references homosexuality in outdated and offensive ways. This prejudicial language has no place in our laws, and removing those references will not expand or alter the offense definitions amended under HB 2125.
HB2157 Increased and mandatory penalties for fireworks violations House Floor: HB 2157 PN 3332, CONCUR 07/01/2022 -1 Yea HB 2157 would establish mandatory minimum fines for existing fireworks violations as well as four new suboffenses with enhanced grading and mandatory minimum fines for each type of violation, all under Title 3 (Agriculture) rather than under Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses). This kind of overly punitive response—for violating restrictions on the use or sale of fireworks, no less—undermines judicial discretion, widens Pennsylvania’s carceral net, and, at best, offers hollow promises of deterrence.
HB2174 Removing ARD as a basis for a founded child abuse report House Floor: HB 2174 PN 2544, FINAL PASSAGE 10/26/2022 1 Yea HB 2174 would update current law to reflect a recent PA Supreme Court ruling prohibiting acceptance into an accelerated rehabilitative disposition program (ARD) as a basis for designating a report of suspected child abuse as “founded.” Because ARD is not an adjudication nor an admission of guilt, the bill would instead designate such reports as “indicated" when they are substantiated based upon acceptance into ARD.
HB2238 Term limits for Philadelphia district attorney House Floor: HB 2238 PN 2590, FP 04/26/2022 -1 Nay HB 2238 would impose term limits on one DA among the 67 in the commonwealth, which is arbitrary and further complicates PA's already fragmented system of local government. Additionally, the ACLU opposes limitations on the number of terms an elected official may serve. Such limitations infringe on the right of candidates to a place on the ballot and on the right of citizens to vote for persons of their choice. This applies to all branches of government at all levels.
HB2271 Sentencing enhancements for sexual extortion (Lindsey's Law) House Floor: HB 2271 PN 2634, FP 04/26/2022 -1 Nay HB 2271, also known as Lindsey's Law, would require the Sentencing Commission to create an additional enhancement for people convicted of sexual extortion if the complainant attempts or dies by suicide within 90 days of the extortion. This bill creates a duplicative penalty, already covered by a law just enacted in 2021. Prosecutors have all the tools they need in our Crimes Code to punish people many times over without creating more duplicative and unnecessary offenses.
HB2449 Public posting of legislative expense reports House Floor: HB 2449 PN 3047, FP 04/27/2022 1 Yea HB 2449 would require legislative expenses to be publicly posted online on a quarterly basis. Making these expenses publicly accessible would provide increased transparency and greater accountability for how elected officials and other legislative entities spend public funds.
HB2484 Requiring financial disclosure for write-in candidates House Floor: HB 2484 PN 2932, FINAL PASSAGE 09/20/2022 1 Yea Currently, only candidates who file nominating petitions are subject to removal from the ballot for failure to file financial disclosure documents—candidates placed on the ballot due to a write-in campaign are not. HB 2484 would extend the requirement for filing a statement of financial interests to all candidates who appear on the ballot in a General Election, thereby providing voters increased transparency about candidates running for public office.
HB2524 Limiting Right to Know requests from repeat requesters and incarcerated people House Floor: HB 2524 PN 3235, FP 06/14/2022 -1 Nay HB 2524 would amend Pennsylvania’s Right to Know Law (RTKL) to make several updates to the law. Unfortunately, two provisions in particular—designating “vexatious requesters” and limiting requests from incarcerated people—establish dangerous and potentially unconstitutional precedents for allowing the state to pick and choose to whom it responds.
HB2527 Expansion of Good Samaritan immunity House Floor: HB 2527 PN 3150, FP 06/20/2022 1 Yea HB 2527 would expand the scope of Good Samaritan immunity provided under Act 139 of 2014 from the use of naloxone only (an opioid overdose reversal drug) to all opioid reversal medicines approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration so that any new life-saving drug can be accessed without penalty just as naloxone is today.
HR240 Resolution to impeach Philadelphia district attorney Larry Krasner House Floor: HR 240 PN 3634 11/16/2022 -1 Nay HR 240 proposes six articles of impeachment against Philadelphia district attorney Larry Krasner. None of the articles allege behavior serious enough to justify the removal of an elected public official.
SB106 Constitutional amendments to deny abortion rights, change voting and election procedures, and limit executive authority [constitutional amendment] House Floor: SB 106 PN 1857, CONCUR 07/08/2022 -1 Nay SB 106 proposes five separate amendments to the Pennsylvania Constitution that would: deny the right to abortion in PA without exception; permit the legislature to reject any executive branch regulation; require voter ID; shift election audit authority from counties to the Auditor General; and allow nominees for governor to select the lieutenant governor as their running mate.
SB118 Expanding Megan's Law registry House Floor: SB 118 PN 89, FINAL PASSAGE 10/24/2022 -1 Nay SB 118 would add three trafficking offenses to the Megan's Law registry, including non-sexual offenses. The registry is uniquely invasive and comes with dire and enduring collateral consequences — severe punishment imposed after serving a sentence. It is also ineffective punishment, as Megan’s Law has showed no demonstrable effect in reducing sexual re-offenses and no effect on reducing the number of victims involved in sexual offenses.
SB573 Out-of-county poll watchers House Floor: SB 573 PN 1712, FP 06/28/2022 -1 Nay SB 573 would permit any registered voter in Pennsylvania to be appointed as a poll watcher in any precinct in the commonwealth. Permitting Pennsylvania electors to serve as watchers in any precinct in the commonwealth invites people from outside county communities inside local polling locations. This change needlessly invites opportunities for confrontation, unfounded challenges to voters’ eligibility by out-of-county watchers, and, in some cases, an increased risk of voter intimidation.
SB588 Eroding double jeopardy protections House Floor: SB 588 PN 648, FP 07/06/2022 -1 Nay SB 588 would create an exception to PA’s compulsory joinder rule (Rule 110) that would allow prosecutors to try summary offenses separately from misdemeanor or felony offenses that arise from the same criminal episode. Rule 110 requires a prosecutor to bring in a single proceeding, all known charges against a defendant. SB 588 would create an arbitrary exception to that rule for summary offenses, thereby eroding constitutional protections against double jeopardy.
SB814 Evading arrest or detention on foot (Wilding's Law) House Floor: SB 814 PN 1822, FP 06/30/2022 -1 Nay SB 814 would create two new duplicative and unnecessary felony offenses: (1) prohibiting evading police arrest or detention on foot; and (2) harming a police animal while evading arrest or detention; resisting arrest; or disarming a law enforcement officer. SB 814 would criminalize the legal and constitutional right to run from law enforcement—an open invitation to charge young Black men and other people of color, who may be legally running from the police, with a felony offense.
SB904 Permitting remote probation supervision meetings House Floor: SB 904 PN 1140, FP 06/30/2022 1 Yea SB 904 would permit probation officers to hold remote supervision meetings when appropriate. Probation officers would still be free to insist on in-person meetings, to hold unannounced meetings, or to schedule meetings at times that the probation officer deems necessary.
SB905 Scheduling considerations for probation supervision House Floor: SB 905 PN 1141, FP 06/30/2022 1 Yea SB 905 would ensure that when probation officers set a supervision schedule for their clients, that they consider their client's work schedule and any scheduled essential medical care, when making those scheduling decisions.
SB982 Prohibiting and criminalizing third-party election funding House Floor: SB 982 PN 1856, CONCUR 07/08/2022 -1 Nay SB 982 would prohibit state and local governments from soliciting, applying for, entering into contract with or receiving gifts, donations, grants or funding from a non-gov't entity for election expenses. Violations would be criminalized as second-degree misdemeanors. SB 982 is an overreaction to county election offices that received nonprofit funds in 2020 to assist with COVID--related prep for the general election—funding the legislature failed to provide.
SB1179 Victim Address Confidentiality Act update House Floor: SB 1179 PN 1580, FP 06/30/2022 1 Yea The Domestic and Sexual Violence Victim Address Confidentiality Act provides address confidentiality to those leaving an abusive relationship by providing a legal, substitute mailing address to use whenever a residential, work, or school address is required. Currently, the program requires that all requests be made in writing. SB 1179 would allow applications and supporting documents to be filed electronically.
SB1208 Collecting unpaid court debt House Floor: SB 1208 PN 2006, FINAL PASSAGE 10/26/2022 1 Yea SB 1208 would allow counties and courts to collect outstanding court debt through private debt collectors without sacrificing the due process rights of indigent defendants. And by offering enhanced provisions to give judges and defendants greater flexibility and more options, SB 1208 would help counties focus on collectible debt while making it easier for some defendants to pay off their debt.
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