Dan Deasy
State representative · Westwood, Pittsburgh
The gist
- Sponsors a cost-of-living adjustment for retired school and state employees.In office
- Proposes barring counties and towns from seizing and selling seniors' homes over delinquent property taxes.In office
- Proposes barring landlords from requiring tenants to hand over part of their state rent rebate.In office
- Proposes treating exploitation by someone holding power of attorney as elder abuse that aging agencies can investigate.In office
- Sponsors a bill creating a state task force on preventing drink spiking, followed by required training for bar managers.In office
- Proposes letting ticket buyers freely resell or transfer event tickets, limiting venue restrictions.In office
- Proposes a cheaper, limited liquor license for neighborhood restaurants in towns that opt in.In office
- Sponsors a bill restoring Pittsburgh's local ban on rodeo practices, which the state preempted in 2024.In office
In office = from the candidate's own official statements or legislation as an officeholder, not their campaign.
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Sponsors a cost-of-living adjustment for retired school and state employees.
Co-Sponsorship Memo: Cost-of-Living Adjustment for Retired Public-School Employees (HB 408)Government record · Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Jan 22, 2025 · palegis.us
“providing a COLA to Public School Employees' Retirement System (PSERS) and State Employees' Retirement System (SERS) retirees”
Proposes barring counties and towns from seizing and selling seniors' homes over delinquent property taxes.
Co-Sponsorship Memo: Real Estate Tax Deferral for Elderly HomeownersGovernment record · Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Jan 29, 2025 · palegis.us
“prevent counties and municipalities from claiming and selling properties with delinquent real estate taxes that belong to senior citizens”
Proposes barring landlords from requiring tenants to hand over part of their state rent rebate.
Co-Sponsorship Memo: Amending the Taxpayer Relief Act relating to the Property Tax/Rent Rebate ProgramGovernment record · Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Jan 28, 2025 · palegis.us
“prohibit a landlord and a tenant from entering into an agreement ... to pay any portion of his or her rent rebate”
Proposes treating exploitation by someone holding power of attorney as elder abuse that aging agencies can investigate.
Co-Sponsorship Memo: Power of Attorney Exploitation Protection for SeniorsGovernment record · Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Jan 29, 2025 · palegis.us
“my bill broadens the definition of "exploitation" under the Older Adults Protective Services Act to include an individual acting under a power of attorney.”
Sponsors a bill creating a state task force on preventing drink spiking, followed by required training for bar managers.
Co-Sponsorship Memo: Drink Spiking Prevention Task Force (HB 2756)Government record · Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Oct 28, 2025 · palegis.us
“Soon I plan to introduce legislation to establish The Task Force on Drink Spiking Response and Intervention.”
Proposes letting ticket buyers freely resell or transfer event tickets, limiting venue restrictions.
Co-Sponsorship Memo: Updating Ticket Resale LawsGovernment record · Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Apr 15, 2026 · palegis.us
“ensure that consumers can freely transfer, resell, or use tickets they purchase, while maintaining existing protections against fraud and price gouging.”
Proposes a cheaper, limited liquor license for neighborhood restaurants in towns that opt in.
Co-Sponsorship Memo: Neighborhood On Premise LicenseGovernment record · Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Feb 28, 2025 · palegis.us
“This legislation would create a limited liquor license that restaurants could afford, without diminishing the value of existing restaurant licenses.”
Sponsors a bill restoring Pittsburgh's local ban on rodeo practices, which the state preempted in 2024.
Co-Sponsorship Memo: Reinstating Pittsburgh's Rodeo Ban (HB 492)Government record · Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Jan 17, 2025 · palegis.us
“I intend to introduce legislation to repeal the preemption of Pittsburgh's rodeo ban, reinstating in full the local law”