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State Senator, 50th District
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Michele Brooks

Candidate for State Senator, 50th District

RepublicanIncumbent

Background

Occupation
State senator
Lives in
Jamestown, Mercer County
Campaign website
senatorbrooks.com

State senator for the 50th District since 2015, seeking a fourth term; chairs the Senate Health and Human Services Committee. Previously served eight years in the state House, as a Mercer County commissioner, and on Jamestown Borough Council.

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Documented positions

Taxes & budget

  • Sponsored SB 100 to exempt the first $100,000 of family inheritances from tax; seeks to end the inheritance tax.In office

    Brooks also backs SB 750 and SB 751, which would phase out the tax for direct descendants and siblings.

    Brooks' Bill to Cut Inheritance Tax Clears Key Senate Committee

    Public statement · Office of Sen. Michele Brooks · Mar 23, 2026 · senatorbrooks.com

    “Senate Bill 100 would exempt the first $100,000 of inherited assets from the inheritance tax for family members … I won’t stop until the death tax no longer exists”
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Public safety

  • Sponsored bills to ease volunteer firefighter certification and create a high school firefighter training pilot.In office

    SB 466 lets job training credits count toward Firefighter I certification; SB 470 would create the high school pilot program.

    Brooks' Bill to Support Firefighters and Restore Rescinded EMS Grants Almost Law

    Public statement · Office of Sen. Michele Brooks · Jun 26, 2025 · senatorbrooks.com

    “This bill creates a more realistic and accessible path to certification while still ensuring high standards,”
    Brooks Leads Effort to Strengthen Firefighter Support and Recruitment in Pennsylvania

    Public statement · Office of Sen. Michele Brooks · Mar 27, 2025 · senatorbrooks.com

    “If we want to ensure the future of our local fire departments, we need to start engaging the next generation now,”
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  • Sponsored SB 96 to make false emergency threats against schools a third-degree felony.In office

    Brooks' Bill to Protect Schools from Emergency Threat Hoaxes Passes Senate

    Public statement · Office of Sen. Michele Brooks · Apr 1, 2025 · senatorbrooks.com

    “making a false report of an emergency threat to a school would be classified as a third-degree felony … making false emergency threats is not a prank – it is a serious crime with real consequences”
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Education

  • Sponsored SB 463 to allow the sale of Pennsylvania-produced whole milk in Pennsylvania schools.In office

    Brooks Applauds Federal Action Supporting Whole Milk in Schools

    Public statement · Office of Sen. Michele Brooks · Jan 15, 2026 · senatorbrooks.com

    “which would authorize the sale of Pennsylvania-produced whole milk in Pennsylvania schools … For too long, federal regulations have limited access to nutritious, locally produced whole milk in our schools.”
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  • Supports SB 9, which would limit female school and college athletic teams to athletes born female.In office

    Brooks was among the senators backing the bill, which passed the Senate in May 2025 and went to the House.

    Brooks Applauds Final Passage of the Save Women's Sports Act

    Public statement · Office of Sen. Michele Brooks · May 6, 2025 · senatorbrooks.com

    “mandates that school athletic teams designated for females may not be open to biological males … Today is a victory for fairness and common sense,”
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Roads & infrastructure

Health & human services

  • Sponsored SB 866 to classify medetomidine, an emerging street-drug additive, as a Schedule III controlled substance.In office

    The bill exempts licensed veterinarians who use the drug as an animal sedative.

    Brooks Bill Targeting Dangerous Emerging Drug Passes Senate

    Public statement · Office of Sen. Michele Brooks · Jun 9, 2026 · senatorbrooks.com

    “Senate Bill 866 provides an opportunity to combat this emerging threat and ensure medetomidine is now treated with the same seriousness as xylazine.”
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  • Amended HB 2344 to require advance state notice of hospital mergers and acquisitions over $10 million.In office

    Brooks cited the effect of the Sharon Regional Hospital closure in her district.

    Brooks, Committee Advance Bill Addressing Oversight of Hospital Mergers and Acquisitions

    Public statement · Office of Sen. Michele Brooks · Oct 11, 2024 · senatorbrooks.com

    “I have seen firsthand in my district the need for additional oversight when hospitals are acquired or consolidated,”
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Government & transparency

Other issues in this race

Other candidates in this race addressed these topics. We found no documented position from Michele Brooks on them.

  • Economy & jobsNo documented position found.

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