2026 Pennsylvania General Election 

Dan Frankel

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FRANKEL, Daniel B., a Representative from Allegheny County; born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., April 11, 1956; graduated, Pennington School, 1974; B.S., political science, Kenyon College, 1978; completed, Certification Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government, Harvard University Kennedy School, 2000; insurance broker; vice-president, Hilb, Rogal, and Hamilton; vice-president, Frankel Co.

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Dan Frankel earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Kenyon College and completed the Certification Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government at Harvard University Kennedy School.

completed, Certification Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government, Harvard University Kennedy School, 2000; insurance broker; vice-president, Hilb, Rogal, and Hamilton; vice-president, Frankel Co.

Dan Frankel worked as an insurance broker and served as vice president of Hilb, Rogal, and Hamilton and Frankel Co.

chair, Pennsylvania Jewish Coalition; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1998; reelected to the House for 136 more consecutive terms; appointed, board, Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) (2009-2010); appointed, Joint State Government Commission (2011-2018); elected, Minority Caucus Chair (2011-2018); appointed, board, State Employees Retirement System (2013-present); appointed, member, Pennsylvania Commission on LGBTQ Affairs (2018); elected, delegate, Democratic National Convention (2008, 2024).

Dan was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1998 and reelected to 13 additional consecutive terms.

As of October 16, 2026, Dan Frankel’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Economy

Healthcare

Our primary objective through this package was to ensure that Pennsylvania’s hate crime statute is comprehensive and fully inclusive, providing protections for all people in Pennsylvania who may be targeted based on their protected identity characteristics. Our legislative package does not make any amendments to the grading section of Pennsylvania’s ethnic intimidation statute

We also emphasized educational and data collection components in this legislation to focus on hate crime prevention, as well as more comprehensive law enforcement training, including with respect to enforcement-related bias.

Rep. Dan B. Frankel | Anti-Hate Crimes FAQ

Proposes education and data-collection measures to prevent hate crimes, along with law-enforcement training addressing bias in law enforcement.

- Proposes education and data-collection measures to prevent hate crimes, along with law-enforcement training addressing bias in law enforcement.

Education

Energy & the Environment

Plans to modernize hate-crime and ethnic-intimidation laws by expanding protected characteristics and civil remedies while retaining protections for constitutionally protected speech.

We can – and must – do better.

We cannot legislate what is in people’s hearts. But we can take steps to lead by example and ensure that mechanisms are in place to support targeted communities across Pennsylvania who are impacted hate-fueled criminal acts. And we can send a message to those who would target others simply because of their protected identities – that we, as a society, will not tolerate such acts and will stand with those impacted.

We propose enacting a robust update to Pennsylvania’s hate crimes laws by expanding the list of protected identity characteristics to include sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability, giving targets of hate crimes stronger civil remedies in the courtroom, increasing training for police and educators, encouraging the reporting of hate-based incidents in schools, and providing a mechanism by which those convicted of hate crimes can perform community service or attend classes related to the motivating factor in the crime.

No, your religious expression is also fully protected by the First Amendment.

To ensure that there could be absolutely no confusion about the impact of the legislation on these protections, the bills also include this provision:

Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit, limit or punish religiously motivated speech or conduct that is otherwise protected by the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of Pennsylvania or the Act of December 9, 2002 (P.L.1701, No.214), known as the Religious Freedom Protection Act.

Between 2020 and 2021 alone, the Pennsylvania State Police Uniform Crime Reporting System showed a 203.39 percent increase in hate crime incidents, with a total of 358 reported incidents affecting individuals of different races, ethnicities, religions, sexual orientations, disabilities, and genders. Our current statutes need to be made more comprehensive to address these acts, and to provide law enforcement with the tools needed to combat this conduct.

Soon, I plan to introduce a package of legislation intended to modernize our laws to address hate crimes and ethnic intimidation.

These bills would help bring Pennsylvania’s hate crimes statutes in line with federal data collection and with the 35 others states that have more protective law than ours, and it would do so while honoring First Amendment protections for bigoted speech, unpopular speech, and hate speech.

House Co-Sponsorship Memo 46328 Information; 2025-2026 Regular Session - PA House of Representatives

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