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State Representative, 201st District

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Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A state representative votes on Pennsylvania laws and the state budget in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

Philadelphia only, in Northwest Philadelphia (including Germantown, Logan and West Oak Lane): all of Wards 17 and 59 and parts of Wards 10 and 12. Uncontested: no Republican candidate is on the ballot.

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Andre D CarrollOfficial portrait — PA House Democratic Caucus

Andre D Carroll

DemocraticIncumbent

State representative

The gist

  • Sponsored a House-passed bill banning ride-hailing prices based on riders' personal data.In office
  • Supports legalizing adult-use cannabis and clearing past cannabis criminal records.In office
  • Co-sponsored a House-passed bill counting all time youths spend in secure detention toward their sentences.In office
  • Sponsored a bill lowering the age for expungement eligibility from 70 to 65.In office
  • Proposes earned compliance credits and early termination for low-risk people on parole.In office
  • Proposes independent investigations whenever police use of deadly force results in a death.In office
  • Proposes requiring projects of 30+ units to reserve 25% for low- and middle-income housing.In office
  • Wrote a law letting the state barber board reach a quorum with a majority of members.In office

In office = from the candidate's own official statements or legislation as an officeholder, not their campaign.

More about Andre
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  1. Sponsored a House-passed bill banning ride-hailing prices based on riders' personal data.

    Legislation to ban surveillance prices by ride-hailing companies passes House

    Public statement · Office of Rep. Andre D. Carroll · Jun 29, 2026 · pahouse.com

    “rideshare companies will not be allowed to take advantage of people based on their personal habits outside of the app”
  2. Supports legalizing adult-use cannabis and clearing past cannabis criminal records.

    Cannabis clean slate would provide transformative legislation

    Public statement · Office of Rep. Andre D. Carroll · Apr 20, 2026 · pahouse.com

    “legalizes adult-use cannabis. When that day comes, clearing outdated cannabis criminal records must be part of the equation”
  3. Co-sponsored a House-passed bill counting all time youths spend in secure detention toward their sentences.

    Bellmon, Carroll bill to provide fair sentences for juvenile youth passes PA House

    Public statement · Office of Rep. Andre D. Carroll · Feb 4, 2026 · pahouse.com

    “Our juvenile justice system should prioritize rehabilitation, not prolonged confinement that can cause further harm”
  4. Sponsored a bill lowering the age for expungement eligibility from 70 to 65.

    Briggs announces package of reform bills approved by House Judiciary Committee

    Public statement · Office of Rep. Andre D. Carroll · Apr 9, 2026 · pahouse.com

    “By lowering the expungement age from 70 to 65, we are recognizing that accountability should not mean a lifetime of punishment.”
  5. Proposes earned compliance credits and early termination for low-risk people on parole.

    Co-Sponsorship Memo: Sunset Parole and Earned Compliance Credits

    Government record · Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Oct 28, 2025 · palegis.us

    “creating earned compliance credits, which would reduce their time under parole supervision by 15 days for each month they are in compliance”
  6. Proposes independent investigations whenever police use of deadly force results in a death.

    Co-Sponsorship Memo: Independent Investigations of Deadly Force

    Government record · Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Jun 30, 2026 · palegis.us

    “require an independent investigation whenever a police officer uses deadly force resulting in death”
  7. Proposes requiring projects of 30+ units to reserve 25% for low- and middle-income housing.

    Co-Sponsorship Memo: Affordable Housing for Working Families

    Government record · Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Jan 14, 2025 · palegis.us

    “requiring a developer of a project with 30 or more residential units to reserve 25% of those units for very low-, low-, and middle-income housing”
  8. Wrote a law letting the state barber board reach a quorum with a majority of members.

    Carroll bill updating barber board quorum requirements signed into law

    Public statement · Office of Rep. Andre D. Carroll · Jul 21, 2026 · pahouse.com

    “When the board cannot reach a quorum, it cannot do the work Pennsylvanians rely on it to do”

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