2026 Pennsylvania General Election 

Dallas Kephart

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Dallas Kephart is a multi generational Pennsylvanian and lifelong resident of Clearfield County, where his family has lived for more than 200 years. He grew up in Decatur Township and graduated from Philipsburg Osceola High School before continuing his education at Lock Haven University, where he graduated magna cum laude and from the honors program.

About Dallas Kephart

KEPHART, Dallas Paul, a Representative from Cambria and Clearfield Counties; born in Pennsylvania, circa 1996; graduated, Philipsburg-Osceola Area High School, 2014; B.A., magna cum laude, political science, Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania (now Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania), 2018; J.D., Penn State Dickinson Law, 2021; heavy equipment operator, coal processing plant; law clerk, Oversight Committee, United States Congress; law clerk, Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court; attorney; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 2023 and 2025 terms.

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Dallas Kephart is originally from Decatur Township and has lived in Clearfield County throughout his life. He earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Lock Haven University and a law degree from Penn State Dickinson Law.

Dallas Kephart has worked as an attorney, a law clerk for the Oversight Committee of the U.S. Congress and the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, and a heavy equipment operator at a coal processing plant.

Dallas was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 2023 and 2025 terms.

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

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One solution to this issue, which I am proposing in my legislation, is to address the scope of issues that can be raised in a permit appeal. Under my legislation, all interested parties will continue to be afforded the opportunity to comment on the permit application and the DEP will review these comments as part of its decision-making process. The DEP’s decision to issue or deny the permit will be based on the record developed.

House Co-Sponsorship Memo 48988 Information; 2025-2026 Regular Session - PA House of Representatives

The difference now reflected in the legislation is that the standard for review by the Environmental Hearing Board shall be exclusively limited to the record of decision raised during the permitting process. Presently, appeals from all DEP decisions, including permit decisions, are subject to “de novo” review by the Board.

Co-sponsored an energy package that would eliminate the gross receipts tax on electric utility service and limit ratepayer subsidies for other states' transmission costs.

The legislative package, sponsored by Reps. Mike Armanini, Eric Davanzo, Jonathan Fritz, Joshua D. Kail, Dallas Kephart, Roman Kozak, Thomas Kutz, Kristin Marcell, Eric Nelson, David H. Rowe and Andrea Verobish, reflects a collaborative effort to strengthen Pennsylvania's energy future. The bills are organized around three priorities: building more energy, lowering costs, and strengthening grid reliability.

House Republicans Unveil 11-Bill Energy Package to Keep the Lights On, Costs Down

Lowering Costs for Consumers
Recognizing that rising electricity prices are burdening Pennsylvania families and businesses, the package includes reforms to:

• Eliminate the Gross Receipts Tax on electric utility service.
• Protect Pennsylvania ratepayers from subsidizing electric transmission costs driven by other states through a Pennsylvania-first grid reliability approach.

Co-sponsored an energy package to replace alternative-energy standards with standards prioritizing dispatchable generation and prevent delays for permitted projects during appeals.

Strengthening Grid Reliability
To ensure Pennsylvania can meet growing electricity demand while maintaining affordable and dependable power, the package also:

• Replaces the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards with a Reliable Energy Portfolio Standard that prioritizes dependable, dispatchable generation.
• Protects consumer energy choice through a uniform statewide policy that preserves access to a variety of energy sources.
• Ensures projects with valid DEP permits are not unnecessarily stalled while permit appeals are pending.

Proposes limiting Environmental Hearing Board review of Department of Environmental Protection permit decisions to the permitting record.

- Proposes limiting Environmental Hearing Board review of Department of Environmental Protection permit decisions to the permitting record.

Energy & the Environment

“I intend to continue pressuring the DOC and the governor’s administration and advocating for Quehanna Boot Camp to remain open,” Kephart stated.

DOC Responds to Public Hearings and Policy Hearing Held by Reps. Kephart and Benninghoff

“House Bill 1042, which we supported in its original form as a way of building on Pennsylvania’s commitment to reducing recidivism, instead could prematurely open the prison cell doors for society’s worst offenders, which currently hold death row inmates and men like Jerry Sandusky.

“It would require victims’ families to relive the painful circumstances surrounding the loss of their loved one’s life and face the ongoing possibility that those who perpetrated these crimes could be back on the streets of their neighborhood rather than facing life behind bars.

Armanini, Kephart Oppose Democrats' 'Soft-on-Crime' Policies

Plans to continue advocating for Quehanna Boot Camp to remain open.

Opposes the amended House Bill 1042, saying it could prematurely release people convicted of serious offenses.

- Plans to continue advocating for Quehanna Boot Camp to remain open.
- Opposes the amended House Bill 1042, saying it could prematurely release people convicted of serious offenses.

Public Safety

Pledges to co-sponsor, vote for, and defend an Article V convention resolution limited to congressional term limits.

The U.S. Term Limits pledge is provided to candidates and members of state legislatures. It reads, “I pledge that, as a member of the state legislature, I will cosponsor, vote for, and defend the resolution applying for an Article V convention for the sole purpose of enacting term limits on Congress.”

Rep. Dallas Kephart Pledges to Support Congressional Term Limits

Voting & Elections

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