PA House District 131

Meriam Sabih vs. Milou Mackenzie

Data Centers

Meriam SabihMilou Mackenzie
Utility Bills & Clean Energy ✓ Makes data centers pay their own grid costs, instead of passing the bill to your family. ✗ Voted NO on HB 1834. It would guard power customers and set clean power rules for large data centers.
Statewide Data Center Standards ✓ Backs firm state rules for water, grid costs, roads, and a fair local review before building starts. ✗ Voted NO on HB 2650, the wider data center and grid bill, and NO on HB 2246, which requires data centers to report water use and withdrawals.
Local Planning & Public Review ✓ Backs local review and practical tools that help townships set clear rules before data centers are built. ✗ Voted NO on HB 2151, which directs the state to develop a model ordinance to help municipalities site and regulate data centers.
Narrower Data Center Measures ✓ Supports a local pause, clear public reports, and an end to blank-check tax breaks for big firms. ✓ Voted YES on three smaller bills. They cover a local pause (HB 2496), public reports (HB 2359), and tax breaks (HB 2198).

Affordability & Labor

Meriam SabihMilou Mackenzie
Property Taxes & Affordability ✓ Backs property tax relief, lower health costs, and useful help for small shops on Main Street. ✗ Voted against school funds that could ease the load on local property taxes.
Labor Unions ✓ Earned support from PA AFL-CIO, PASNAP, PSEA, and AFT Pennsylvania. ✗ Has no major labor endorsements.

Healthcare Access

Meriam SabihMilou Mackenzie
Abortion Rights ✓ Keeps legal health choices between patients and doctors, with Harrisburg politicians out of the exam room. ✗ Voted YES on SB 106, which put state abortion rights at risk.
Abortion Access ✓ Guards legal care for patients who must cross a state line to get the help they need. ✗ Voted YES on new rules after abortion care in HB 118. She voted NO on cross-state care rights in HB 1786.
Contraceptive Coverage ✓ Backs full birth control coverage, so high costs do not block the care patients need. ✓ Voted YES on birth control coverage in HB 1140.

Education

Meriam SabihMilou Mackenzie
Public School Funding ✓ Backs more than $1 billion in fair school funds. She will follow the plan ordered by the court. ✗ Voted NO on a budget with $1 billion in new K–12 funds. She also voted NO on the fair school plan in HB 2370.
School Vouchers ✓ Keeps public tax dollars in public schools, where most local children learn each day. ✗ Co-sponsored the school voucher plan in HB 1432.
Classroom Speech Restrictions ✓ Trusts teachers and parents to guide class lessons, not book bans pushed by Harrisburg politicians. ✗ Was the main sponsor of HB 2813, which would limit some class lessons in grades K–5.

Gun Safety

Meriam SabihMilou Mackenzie
Permitless Carry ✓ Opposes hidden guns with no permit, while respecting safe and lawful gun owners across Pennsylvania. ✗ Voted YES on SB 565, which would end the permit rule for a hidden gun.
Ghost Guns & Assault Weapons ✓ Backs bans on ghost guns and assault-style guns that can cause mass harm. ✗ Voted NO on a ghost gun ban in HB 777. She also voted NO on HB 770.
Gun Safety Rating ✓ Earned the support of Moms Demand Action for her gun safety plan. ✗ Got a 100% score and “A” grade from Gun Owners of America.

Environment

Meriam SabihMilou Mackenzie
State Parks & Drilling ✓ Keeps oil and gas drilling out of the public parks and forests our families share. ✗ Was the main sponsor of HB 55, a state park drilling bill.
Clean Energy & Environment ✓ Earned support from Conservation Voters of PA and Climate Cabinet for her plans. ✗ Voted against the carbon storage plan in SB 831. She also voted against battery waste rules in HB 2241.

Democracy

Meriam SabihMilou Mackenzie
Democracy & Voting Rights ✓ Will protect your right to vote and make sure each legal ballot is counted in every election. ✗ Joined a Pennsylvania legislators’ amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Texas’s challenge to Pennsylvania’s 2020 election procedures and grant the requested relief. The Court denied Texas’s motion for lack of standing. She later voted against HB 2044 Amendment A03095, which would have directed the Secretary of the Commonwealth to prevent the disenfranchisement of duly elected presidential electors.

Sources: Pennsylvania General Assembly bill and roll-call records, Choice Tracker, and Gun Owners of America. The Mackenzie votes listed here come from public records.

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