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District: 90 • Republican

2024 Alignment:

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Rep. Paul Schemel (R-PA-90) earned a 96% Christian Employers Alliance score for 2024, ranking among lawmakers most aligned with biblical business policy positions. Paul Schemel voted on 30 of the 30 key bills CEA scored in 2024. Paul Schemel represents the 90th District in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Highest category scores: Workforce Freedom (100%), Healthcare Freedom (100%), and First Freedom (100%).

Title

Lawmaker Position

HB 1032House 20242x

Advancing a Politicized Environmental Agenda by Forcing Taxpayers to Subsidize Solar Energy Projects for Schools and Community Colleges.

With CEA
This bill establishes the Solar for Schools grant program to provide funds to eligible public school districts, intermediate units, career and technical schools, and community colleges to purchase and install a solar energy project. Under the bill, schools can receive funding to cover up to 50% of the total cost of a solar project, and all solar projects must meet prevailing wage requirements.
OPPOSE is the CEA Position, based on:
Isaiah 55:2 – "Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare."
Leadership Insight
God challenges wasteful spending and misdirected labor that produces no lasting value. Economic freedom means the liberty to invest resources in Kingdom purposes without government mandates dictating consumption. Leaders who reduce unnecessary taxation and regulation allow individuals to steward earnings toward what truly satisfies - family, faith, and generational wealth rather than bureaucratic waste.
HB 1064House 20242x

Increasing Government Dependency by Funding "Affordable Housing" and Rental Assistance Through Expanded Tax Increment Financing Districts.

With CEA
This bill amends the existing "Tax Increment Financing Act" by expanding the projects that can be funded through revenues collected by districts to include "anti-displacement activities," such as affordable housing, foreclosure and rental assistance, and workforce programs. Additionally, the bill extends the lifespan of TIP districts from 20 to 25 years.
OPPOSE is the CEA Position, based on:
1 Samuel 8:10-18 – "Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking him for a king. He said, 'This is what the king who will reign over you will claim as his rights: He will take your sons and make them serve with his chariots... He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his attendants. He will take a tenth of your grain and of your vintage and give it to his officials and attendants... and you yourselves will become his slaves'"
Leadership Insight
Centralized power always demands sacrifice from the people. God warned Israel that human kings would grow government at the expense of liberty. Limited government protects freedom; expansive government enslaves. Leaders must resist the temptation to control what they should serve.
HB 1201House 20241x

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

With CEA
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 1379House 20241x

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

With 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.

With 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 1633House 20241x

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

With CEA
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 1820House 20241x

Slightly Reducing the State's Overreaching Cosmetology Licensing Mandates and Expanding Competition by Exempting "Natural Hair Braiders" from Licensure.

With CEA
This bill exempts individuals providing "natural hair brading" from the state's cosmetology license requirements.
SUPPORT is the CEA Position, based on:
2 Thessalonians 3:10 – "The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat."
Leadership Insight
God honors productivity, not passivity. Work is not punishment - it’s purpose. A culture that rewards laziness erodes dignity and independence.
HB 1853House 20242x

Growing Government Interference in the Healthcare Industry by Mandating Unnecessary Bureaucratic Meetings for Nursing Facilities.

With CEA
This bill requires that Department of Health nursing care field officers conduct an annual meeting with long-term care nursing facilities. This meeting is designed to "promote cooperation and communication" between long-term care nursing facilities and the department.
OPPOSE is the CEA Position, based on:
Galatians 5:1 – "It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery."
Leadership Insight
Freedom is not the absence of restraint; it is the presence of divine purpose. Christ purchased liberty not for comfort but for courage. A free leader under God becomes unshakable, even when culture shifts.
HB 1993House 20241x

Growing Government Regulatory Power within the Pharmaceutical Industry by Imposing a Series of New Mandates on Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs).

With CEA
This bill imposes a series of new regulations on Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs). For example, PBMs are required to pass at least 95% of all manufacturer rebates through to the insurance plan, may not reimburse non PBM-affiliated retail pharmacies less than PBM-affiliated ones, and may not require the use of mail-order pharmacies. The nation witnessed first-hand the disastrous consequences and cost of growing government regulatory power in healthcare (i.e. Obamacare).
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 2064House 20241x

Imposing New Unfunded Mandates on Private Financial Institutions Concerning Financial Exploitation Assessment of Vulnerable Adults.

With CEA
This bill establishes new requirements on financial institutions to report to law enforcement, the area agency on agency, or the Department of Aging on cases of potential financial exploitation of the elderly. The bill creates a "designated representative of a financial institution" that must report the suspected exploitation and requires a financial institution to provide free access to relevant records to the public agencies or law enforcement.
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 2153House 20243x

Hiking Taxpayer Costs by Expanding Prevailing Wage Mandates on Public Works Projects.

With CEA
This bill expands the application of the state's prevailing wage mandate to include custom fabrication and HVAC duct cleaning. The bill also prohibits the practice of "split rates," in which workers are paid different rates on the same project. Prevailing wage mandates needlessly drive-up taxpayer costs by imposing significant additional costs onto government contractors.
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 2202House 20242x

Expanding Cronyism and Promoting Government-Approved Discrimination Through Taxpayer-Funded Loans to "Minority Businesses".

With CEA
This bill establishes the Minority Business Development Program to provide gap financing and soft loans to minority businesses. Under the bill, applicants can receive up to $5 million annually ($10 million for projects located in specified counties). Additionally, the bill removes the 50-year sunset provision of the Minority Business Development Authority.
OPPOSE is the CEA Position, based on:
Galatians 3:28 – "There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus."
Leadership Insight
Paul declares that social distinctions - including the slave/free distinction - do not determine value in Christ. Workforce freedom applies this truth: every worker deserves the right to negotiate freely, to keep their wages, and to be free from coercive systems that treat them as collective property rather than individual image-bearers. Forced union membership contradicts this gospel vision by treating workers as categories to be controlled rather than individuals to be respected.
HB 2241House 20242x

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

With CEA
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.
HB 2268House 20241x

Hiking Health Insurance Premiums by Mandating All Policies Cover Speech Therapy for Stuttering.

With CEA
This bill requires all health insurance policies in the state to offer coverage for habilitative speech therapy treatment and rehabilitative speech therapy treatment for childhood stuttering. Each and every health insurance mandate or price control on co-payments prevents an individual from selecting a plan with just basic or customized coverages to fit their specific needs. As a result, health insurers are forced to only offer costly plans loaded with coverages that most individuals do not need.
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 2310House 20241x

Further Expanding Cronyism and Avoiding Fiscal Responsibility Through Numerous Grant Programs and Frivolous Spending.

With CEA
This bill contains several budgetary provisions. Most notably, the bill establishes an "Affordability Assistance Program" to "incentivize enrollment in health insurance policies offered on the exchange." The bill also establishes an "Agricultural Innovation Grant Program" to provide grants for certain agricultural expenses, appropriates $10 million for grants for mixed-use projects, and authorizes the Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority to issue up to $500 million in bonds for loans and grants.
OPPOSE is the CEA Position, based on:
1 Samuel 8:10-18 – "Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking him for a king. He said, 'This is what the king who will reign over you will claim as his rights: He will take your sons and make them serve with his chariots... He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his attendants. He will take a tenth of your grain and of your vintage and give it to his officials and attendants... and you yourselves will become his slaves'"
Leadership Insight
Centralized power always demands sacrifice from the people. God warned Israel that human kings would grow government at the expense of liberty. Limited government protects freedom; expansive government enslaves. Leaders must resist the temptation to control what they should serve.
HB 2338House 20242x

Extending Authority for the Unnecessary Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority to Apply for Federal Funding.

With CEA
This bill expands powers of the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority (PEDA) by allowing the authority to apply for federal funding under the "Inflation Reduction Act." Under the bill, PEDA can apply for and receive federal grants and tax credits, own and operate projects, provide loans and credit enhancements, and more.
OPPOSE is the CEA Position, based on:
1 Samuel 8:10-18 – "Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking him for a king. He said, 'This is what the king who will reign over you will claim as his rights: He will take your sons and make them serve with his chariots... He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his attendants. He will take a tenth of your grain and of your vintage and give it to his officials and attendants... and you yourselves will become his slaves'"
Leadership Insight
Centralized power always demands sacrifice from the people. God warned Israel that human kings would grow government at the expense of liberty. Limited government protects freedom; expansive government enslaves. Leaders must resist the temptation to control what they should serve.
HB 2344House 20242x

Imposing Burdensome Regulatory Burdens and Restricting Competition by Making Hospital Mergers and Acquisitions Subject to State Approval.

With CEA
The bill requires health care facilities to notify the Attorney General of proposed mergers or acquisitions of $10 million or more (or an aggregate of $35 million or more in a year). The bill requires a 45-day waiting period, and the Attorney General may file to block the merger or acquisition if, after review, it is determined that the merger or acquisition is "against the public interest."
OPPOSE is the CEA Position, based on:
Exodus 1:17 – "The midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live."
Leadership Insight
The Hebrew midwives ran small businesses providing essential services - and Pharaoh demanded they weaponize their commerce against the innocent. Economic freedom includes the right to refuse government mandates that violate conscience or harm others. When the state commands businesses to participate in evil, faithful entrepreneurs must resist. Economic liberty is not unlimited - it is bounded by moral duty to God, not government.
HB 2412House 20243x

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

With 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.

With 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.

With 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.
HB 613House 20241x

Fueling Out-of-Control Spending by Providing 5 "State-Related" Universities with Over $642 Million in Taxpayer Funds.

With CEA
This bill appropriates over $642 million in taxpayer funds to five "state-related" universities: Pennsylvania State University, University of Pittsburgh, Temple University, Lincoln University, and the University of Pennsylvania. The funds are for various purposes, such as general support, "rural education outreach," and "veterinary activities."
OPPOSE is the CEA Position, based on:
Haggai 1:6 – "You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it."
Leadership Insight
When priorities drift from purpose, prosperity leaks away. God doesn’t bless motion - He blesses alignment. Economic freedom begins when stewardship follows divine order.
HB 777House 20241x

Weakening Second Amendment Rights by Banning Home-Crafted Firearms.

With CEA
This bill largely bans the ability of individuals to build their own firearms by criminalizing the purchase, sale, and production of firearms or firearm parts without serial numbers and creating a third-degree felony for violations. Additionally, the bill makes it a second-degree felony for individuals to build their own firearm without a federal firearms license.
OPPOSE is the CEA Position, based on:
Luke 22:36 – "He said to them, 'But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.'"
Leadership Insight
Jesus affirms the right to self-defense. Preparedness is not paranoia - it's stewardship of safety. Leaders who defend the Second Amendment defend the biblical principle that protection is both a right and a responsibility. Security begins with the citizen, not the state.
HB 98House 20243x

Exposing Employers to Frivolous Litigation by Expanding "Equal Pay Law" to Include Race and Ethnicity.

With CEA
This bill expands the existing "Equal Pay Law" by prohibiting employers from paying different wages to employees on the basis of race or ethnicity (previously only on the basis of sex). The bill increases fines for violations and extends the statute of limitations from two to three years. Additionally, employers are prohibiting from seeking the previous wage or salary history of a prospective employee during the hiring process and from limiting employee discussions about compensation and benefits.
OPPOSE is the CEA Position, based on:
Galatians 3:28 – "There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus."
Leadership Insight
Paul declares that social distinctions - including the slave/free distinction - do not determine value in Christ. Workforce freedom applies this truth: every worker deserves the right to negotiate freely, to keep their wages, and to be free from coercive systems that treat them as collective property rather than individual image-bearers. Forced union membership contradicts this gospel vision by treating workers as categories to be controlled rather than individuals to be respected.
SB 1001House 20243x

Fueling Out-of-Control Spending Through Increased Funding for Crony Economic Development Programs, Medicaid Expansion, and More.

With CEA
This bill appropriates funds for the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government during FY 2024-25. Most notably, the bill provides an over $1.1 billion increase for school districts, $15 million in additional funding for free pre-kindergarten, and over $3 billion for required contributions for public school employees' retirement (a 3.14% increase). The bill also appropriates $55 million for tourism marketing and $45 million for keystone communities' grants.
OPPOSE is the CEA Position, based on:
Luke 16:10-11 – "Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches?"
Leadership Insight
Jesus connects economic stewardship to spiritual trustworthiness. Economic freedom is built on this principle: individuals who manage small resources faithfully should be trusted with more - not have government confiscate their increase through taxation or redistribute their success. When government punishes productive stewardship through progressive taxation, it contradicts Christ's teaching that faithful management of "very little" qualifies you for "much." Economic freedom rewards faithful stewardship.
SB 1236House 20242x

Strengthening Property Rights by Clarifying that Squatters are Not "Tenants" and Not Entitled to Protections in the Legal Eviction Process.

With CEA
This bill strengthens property rights by making it easier for property owners to remove "squatters" from their property. The bill clarifies that "notice to quit" and other eviction requirements do not apply to landlords "repossessing real property from a person who is not, nor has ever been, a tenant of the real property.
SUPPORT is the CEA Position, based on:
Psalm 82:3-4 – "Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked."
Leadership Insight
God commands leaders to defend those who cannot defend themselves. Justice is not passive - it requires intervention. Leaders who ignore the vulnerable betray their calling. Advocacy for the powerless is not optional; it's obedience.
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.
SB 277House 20241x

Growing Government Central Planning by Establishing a Commission to Incentivize Moving to Rural Areas.

With CEA
This bill establishes the Rural Population Revitalization Commission to review and making recommendations for legislative and regulatory changes meant to incentivize residents in rural areas of the state. The recommendations also include areas such as education, healthcare, and affordable housing.
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.
SB 739House 20241x

Hiking Health Insurance Premiums by Mandating All Policies Provide Coverage for "Telemedicine" Services.

With CEA
This bill requires all health insurance policies offered in the state to provide coverage for medically necessary telemedicine services and to reimburse in-network providers for telemedicine services at the same rate as in-person services. Policies are also prohibited from excluding coverage for a health care service solely because the service is provided through telemedicine. Each and every health insurance mandate prevents an individual from selecting a plan with just basic or customized coverages to fit their specific needs. As a result, health insurers are forced to only offer costly plans loaded with coverages that most individuals do not need.
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.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Rep. Paul Schemel's voting record?

Rep. Paul Schemel (R-PA-90) earned a 96% Christian Employers Alliance score for 2024, ranking among lawmakers most aligned with biblical business policy positions. Paul Schemel voted on 30 of the 30 key bills CEA scored in 2024. Paul Schemel represents the 90th District in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Highest category scores: Workforce Freedom (100%), Healthcare Freedom (100%), and First Freedom (100%).

How aligned is Paul Schemel with biblical business policy positions?

Paul Schemel earned a 96% Christian Employers Alliance score in 2024, ranking among lawmakers most aligned with biblical business policy positions.

What is Paul Schemel's CEA score?

Paul Schemel has a 96% CEA score for 2024.

Where does Paul Schemel serve?

Rep. Paul Schemel (R-PA-90) represents the 90th District in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican.

What issue categories does Paul Schemel score highest on?

Paul Schemel's strongest categories on the Christian Employers Alliance scorecard are: Workforce Freedom (100%), Healthcare Freedom (100%), First Freedom (100%).

Where can I see Paul Schemel's full voting record?

View the full list of scored bills, category breakdown, and year-over-year voting record above. Christian Employers Alliance updates this scorecard as new key votes are scored.

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