Pennsylvania House passes baby food testing and labelling bill 200–3; three Republicans vote against

The Pennsylvania House has passed a bill that would require baby food to be tested and labelled, and would set prohibited levels of toxic heavy metals in baby food. The measure, House Bill 507, also imposes duties on the Department of Agriculture.

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Final Passage

Passed 200–3

Yes · 200No · 3

Democratic

Yes103

No0

Republican

Yes97

No3

The 3 members who voted no

VOTED NO

VOTED NO

VOTED NO

Every member's vote (203)

Member	Party	District	Vote
Jeff Olsommer	Republican	District 139	Voted no
Scott Barger	Republican	District 80	Voted no
Tim Twardzik	Republican	District 123	Voted no
Aaron Bernstine	Republican	District 8	Voted yes
Abby Major	Republican	District 60	Voted yes
Abigail Salisbury	Democratic	District 34	Voted yes
Aerion Abney	Democratic	District 19	Voted yes
Alec Ryncavage	Republican	District 119	Voted yes
Amen Brown	Democratic	District 10	Voted yes
Ana Tiburcio	Democratic	District 22	Voted yes
Andre Carroll	Democratic	District 201	Voted yes
Andrea Verobish	Republican	District 79	Voted yes
Andrew Kuzma	Republican	District 39	Voted yes
Anita Kulik	Democratic	District 45	Voted yes
Ann Flood	Republican	District 138	Voted yes
Anthony Bellmon	Democratic	District 203	Voted yes
Arvind Venkat	Democratic	District 30	Voted yes
Barbara Gleim	Republican	District 199	Voted yes
Ben Waxman	Democratic	District 182	Voted yes
Benjamin Sanchez	Democratic	District 153	Voted yes
Brad Roae	Republican	District 6	Voted yes
Brandon Dukes	Democratic	District 12	Voted yes
Brandon Markosek	Democratic	District 25	Voted yes
Brenda Pugh	Republican	District 120	Voted yes
Brett Miller	Republican	District 41	Voted yes
Brian Munroe	Democratic	District 144	Voted yes
Brian Rasel	Republican	District 56	Voted yes
Brian Smith	Republican	District 66	Voted yes
Bridget Kosierowski	Democratic	District 114	Voted yes
Bryan Cutler	Republican	District 100	Voted yes
Bud Cook	Republican	District 50	Voted yes
Carl Metzgar	Republican	District 69	Voted yes
Carol Hill-Evans	Democratic	District 95	Voted yes
Carol Kazeem	Democratic	District 159	Voted yes
Catherine Wallen	Republican	District 193	Voted yes
Chad Reichard	Republican	District 90	Voted yes
Charity Krupa	Republican	District 51	Voted yes
Chris Pielli	Democratic	District 156	Voted yes
Christina Sappey	Democratic	District 158	Voted yes
Christopher Rabb	Democratic	District 200	Voted yes
Clint Owlett	Republican	District 68	Voted yes
Craig Staats	Republican	District 145	Voted yes
Craig Williams	Republican	District 160	Voted yes
Dallas Kephart	Republican	District 73	Voted yes
Dan Frankel	Democratic	District 23	Voted yes
Dan Goughnour	Democratic	District 35	Voted yes
Dan Moul	Republican	District 91	Voted yes
Dan Williams	Democratic	District 74	Voted yes
Dane Watro	Republican	District 116	Voted yes
Daniel Deasy	Democratic	District 27	Voted yes
Danielle Friel Otten	Democratic	District 155	Voted yes
Danilo Burgos	Democratic	District 197	Voted yes
Darisha K. Parker	Democratic	District 198	Voted yes
Dave Madsen	Democratic	District 104	Voted yes
David Delloso	Democratic	District 162	Voted yes
David Maloney	Republican	District 130	Voted yes
David Rowe	Republican	District 85	Voted yes
David Zimmerman	Republican	District 99	Voted yes
Donna Scheuren	Republican	District 147	Voted yes
Doyle Heffley	Republican	District 122	Voted yes
Ed Neilson	Democratic	District 174	Voted yes
Eddie Pashinski	Democratic	District 121	Voted yes
Elizabeth Fiedler	Democratic	District 184	Voted yes
Emily Kinkead	Democratic	District 20	Voted yes
Eric Davanzo	Republican	District 58	Voted yes
Eric Nelson	Republican	District 57	Voted yes
Eric Weaknecht	Republican	District 5	Voted yes
Frank Burns	Democratic	District 72	Voted yes
G. Roni Green	Democratic	District 190	Voted yes
Gary Day	Republican	District 187	Voted yes
George Margetas	Republican	District 196	Voted yes
Gina Curry	Democratic	District 164	Voted yes
Greg Scott	Democratic	District 54	Voted yes
Greg Vitali	Democratic	District 166	Voted yes
Heather Boyd	Democratic	District 163	Voted yes
Ismail Smith-Wade-El	Democratic	District 49	Voted yes
Jack Rader	Republican	District 176	Voted yes
Jacklyn Rusnock	Democratic	District 126	Voted yes
Jacob Banta	Republican	District 4	Voted yes
James Struzzi	Republican	District 62	Voted yes
Jamie Barton	Republican	District 124	Voted yes
Jamie Flick	Republican	District 83	Voted yes
Jamie Walsh	Republican	District 117	Voted yes
Jared Solomon	Democratic	District 202	Voted yes
Jason Dawkins	Democratic	District 179	Voted yes
Jason Ortitay	Republican	District 46	Voted yes
Jeanne McNeill	Democratic	District 133	Voted yes
Jen Mazzocco	Democratic	District 42	Voted yes
Jennifer O'Mara	Democratic	District 165	Voted yes
Jeremy Shaffer	Republican	District 28	Voted yes
Jesse Topper	Republican	District 78	Voted yes
Jessica Benham	Democratic	District 36	Voted yes
Jill Cooper	Republican	District 55	Voted yes
Jim Haddock	Democratic	District 118	Voted yes
Jim Prokopiak	Democratic	District 140	Voted yes
Jim Rigby	Republican	District 71	Voted yes
Joanna McClinton	Democratic	District 191	Voted yes
Joanne Stehr	Republican	District 107	Voted yes
Joe Ciresi	Democratic	District 146	Voted yes
Joe Emrick	Republican	District 137	Voted yes
Joe Hamm	Republican	District 84	Voted yes
Joe Hogan	Republican	District 142	Voted yes
Joe Kerwin	Republican	District 125	Voted yes
Joe McAndrew	Democratic	District 32	Voted yes
Joe Webster	Democratic	District 150	Voted yes
Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz	Democratic	District 129	Voted yes
John Inglis III	Democratic	District 38	Voted yes
John Lawrence	Republican	District 13	Voted yes
John Schlegel	Republican	District 101	Voted yes
Jonathan Fritz	Republican	District 111	Voted yes
Jordan Harris	Democratic	District 186	Voted yes
Jose Giral	Democratic	District 180	Voted yes
Joseph D'Orsie	Republican	District 47	Voted yes
Joseph Hohenstein	Democratic	District 177	Voted yes
Josh Bashline	Republican	District 63	Voted yes
Joshua Kail	Republican	District 15	Voted yes
Justin Fleming	Democratic	District 105	Voted yes
Kate Klunk	Republican	District 169	Voted yes
Kathleen Tomlinson	Republican	District 18	Voted yes
Kathy Rapp	Republican	District 65	Voted yes
Keith Greiner	Republican	District 43	Voted yes
Keith Harris	Democratic	District 195	Voted yes
Kerry Benninghoff	Republican	District 171	Voted yes
Kristin Marcell	Republican	District 178	Voted yes
Kristine Howard	Democratic	District 167	Voted yes
Kyle Donahue	Democratic	District 113	Voted yes
Kyle Mullins	Democratic	District 112	Voted yes
La'Tasha Mayes	Democratic	District 24	Voted yes
Leanne Krueger	Democratic	District 161	Voted yes
Leslie Rossi	Republican	District 59	Voted yes
Lindsay Powell	Democratic	District 21	Voted yes
Lisa Borowski	Democratic	District 168	Voted yes
Liz Hanbidge	Democratic	District 61	Voted yes
Malcolm Kenyatta	Democratic	District 181	Voted yes
Mandy Steele	Democratic	District 33	Voted yes
Manuel Guzman	Democratic	District 127	Voted yes
Marc Anderson	Republican	District 92	Voted yes
Marci Mustello	Republican	District 11	Voted yes
Mark Gillen	Republican	District 128	Voted yes
Marla Brown	Republican	District 9	Voted yes
Martin Causer	Republican	District 67	Voted yes
Martina White	Republican	District 170	Voted yes
Mary Jo Daley	Democratic	District 148	Voted yes
MaryLouise Isaacson	Democratic	District 175	Voted yes
Matthew Bradford	Democratic	District 70	Voted yes
Maureen Madden	Democratic	District 115	Voted yes
Melissa Cerrato	Democratic	District 151	Voted yes
Melissa Shusterman	Democratic	District 157	Voted yes
Michael Schlossberg	Democratic	District 132	Voted yes
Michael Stender	Republican	District 108	Voted yes
Mike Armanini	Republican	District 75	Voted yes
Mike Jones	Republican	District 93	Voted yes
Milou Mackenzie	Republican	District 131	Voted yes
Mindy Fee	Republican	District 37	Voted yes
Morgan Cephas	Democratic	District 192	Voted yes
Nancy Guenst	Democratic	District 152	Voted yes
Napoleon J. Nelson	Democratic	District 154	Voted yes
Natalie Mihalek	Republican	District 40	Voted yes
Nathan Davidson	Democratic	District 103	Voted yes
Nikki Rivera	Democratic	District 96	Voted yes
Parke Wentling	Republican	District 7	Voted yes
Pat Gallagher	Democratic	District 173	Voted yes
Patrick Harkins	Democratic	District 1	Voted yes
Paul Friel	Democratic	District 26	Voted yes
Paul Takac	Democratic	District 82	Voted yes
Perry A. Stambaugh	Republican	District 86	Voted yes
Perry Warren	Democratic	District 31	Voted yes
Peter Schweyer	Democratic	District 134	Voted yes
R. Lee James	Republican	District 64	Voted yes
Regina G. Young	Democratic	District 185	Voted yes
Rich Irvin	Republican	District 81	Voted yes
Rick Krajewski	Democratic	District 188	Voted yes
Rob Kauffman	Republican	District 89	Voted yes
Robert Freeman	Democratic	District 136	Voted yes
Robert Leadbeter	Republican	District 109	Voted yes
Robert Matzie	Democratic	District 16	Voted yes
Robert Merski	Democratic	District 2	Voted yes
Roman Kozak	Republican	District 14	Voted yes
Russ Diamond	Republican	District 102	Voted yes
Ryan Bizzarro	Democratic	District 3	Voted yes
Ryan Warner	Republican	District 52	Voted yes
Scott Conklin	Democratic	District 77	Voted yes
Sean Dougherty	Democratic	District 172	Voted yes
Shelby Labs	Republican	District 143	Voted yes
Sheryl Delozier	Republican	District 88	Voted yes
Stephanie Borowicz	Republican	District 76	Voted yes
Steve Samuelson	Democratic	District 135	Voted yes
Steven Malagari	Democratic	District 53	Voted yes
Steven Mentzer	Republican	District 97	Voted yes
Tarah Probst	Democratic	District 189	Voted yes
Tarik Khan	Democratic	District 194	Voted yes
Thomas Kutz	Republican	District 87	Voted yes
Thomas Mehaffie	Republican	District 106	Voted yes
Tim Brennan	Democratic	District 29	Voted yes
Tim Briggs	Democratic	District 149	Voted yes
Timothy Bonner	Republican	District 17	Voted yes
Timothy J. O'Neal	Republican	District 48	Voted yes
Tina Davis	Democratic	District 141	Voted yes
Tina Pickett	Republican	District 110	Voted yes
Tom Jones	Republican	District 98	Voted yes
Valerie Gaydos	Republican	District 44	Voted yes
Wendy Fink	Republican	District 94	Voted yes
Zachary Mako	Republican	District 183	Voted yes

Source: official record of the vote

The final passage vote was held on 7 October 2026. The bill passed by 200 votes to 3, with every member voting.

Democratic members voted 103 for and 0 against. Republican members voted 97 for and 3 against.

The three members who voted against the majority were Scott Barger (Republican, District 80), Jeff Olsommer (Republican, District 139) and Tim Twardzik (Republican, District 123).

Measured Take contacted the offices of Jeff Olsommer and Tim Twardzik for comment on 15 October 2026. We will update this story if they respond. We could not find a public email address for Scott Barger.