DemocratIn office since Nov 2018

Maria Collett

Pennsylvania State Senator, District 12 since 2018. Ran in 2 elections between 2018 and 2022, winning 2. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2030.

Pennsylvania State Senator, District 12Born 1974

Official website Wikipedia

In office: 7 yrs; Since 2018
Bills became law: 0; 31 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed: 0.6%; Chamber median 0.0%
With party: 95%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +32.5; Won 2026
Next election: 2030; Nov 5, 2030

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET

Committees

As of 2026-10.

Aging and Youth · democratic chair
Health and Human Services
Institutional Sustainability and Innovation
Judiciary
Rules and Executive Nominations
State Government Commission
State Government Commission

Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 31 sponsored · 0 became law

No bills in this list for the 2025–2026 session.

Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Collett sits in the Pennsylvania State Senate

Collett is closer to the center than 30% of the chamber's Democrats.

Closest: Art Haywood, Vincent Hughes, Sharif Street

Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 5:00 PM ET

With Collett’s party

Votes with the chamber's Democrats95%
Cosponsorships of the other party's bills19%

Black tick: the average of Democrats in the Pennsylvania State Senate.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Collett’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Democrats.

Date	Bill	Collett	Dem. majority	Rep. majority	Result
Oct 21, 2026	HB 2299: An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure)…	Yes	Yes	Yes	Passed 43–7
Oct 21, 2026	HB 2443: An Act providing for Child Victim Recovery Fee; establishing the Child Victim Recovery…	Yes	Yes	Yes	Passed 47–3
Oct 21, 2026	HB 558: An Act amending the act of April 6, 1951 (P.L.69, No.20), known as The Landlord and Tenant…	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 36–14
Oct 21, 2026	HB 369: An Act amending Title 68 (Real and Personal Property) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated…	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 35–15
Oct 19, 2026	HB 1935: An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes,…	Yes	Yes	Yes	Passed 45–5

Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls

Career

Offices held, and every time Collett was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

20182019202020212022202320242025202620272028Pennsylvania State Senate, District 12

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Elections

Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.

Year	Race	Result	Margin	Seat	+/−
2026	Pennsylvania State Senate, District 12	Won	D+32.5	D+16.1	+16.4
2022	Pennsylvania State Senate, District 12	Won	D+19.7	D+19.5	+0.2
2018	Pennsylvania State Senate, District 12	Won	D+5.4	—	—