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Chris Pielli
State Representative, District 156, State House
Running in 2026: State House District 156 (May 19) “won the primary” · State House District 156 (November 3)
In the General Assembly
House District 156 D · 1,509 floor votes this session, 0% not voting
Bills and resolutions they introduced (prime sponsor): 32 (4 became law) — HB 1102, HB 355, HB 491, HB 96, HB 1192, HB 1236, HB 1237, HB 1858, HB 1968, HB 1971, HB 2129, HB 2181 …
Their home
$500,000 – $750,000estimated market value, Chester County
An estimate of the market value of the home at the address Chris Pielli filed on their latest Statement of Financial Interests: Chester County's assessment times the county's Common Level Ratio factor, shown as a range. The address isn't published here. Assessments trail the market and can be appealed, so treat it as a rough figure. How this works.
Statements of Financial Interests
| Statement | Filed | What it lists |
|---|
2025 statement
State Representative, Pennsylvania House of Representatives | 2026-03-02 | 1 creditors, 2 income sources, 1 travel, lodging & hospitality |
2024 statement
State Representative, Pennsylvania House of Representatives | 2025-04-08 | 2 creditors, 2 income sources |
2023 statement (amendment)
State Representative, Pennsylvania House of Representatives | 2024-02-12 | Nothing listed |
2023 statement (amendment)
State Representative, Pennsylvania House of Representatives | 2024-02-02 | 2 income sources |
2023 statement
State Representative, Pennsylvania House of Representatives | 2024-02-01 | 2 creditors, 1 income sources |
Findings
Context Gifts · the statement
Lists 1 source of transportation, lodging or hospitality, worth $1,809
Block 12 lists transportation, lodging or hospitality received in 2025: Arnold Ventures LLC ($1,809). Pennsylvania has no gift limit; the Ethics Act requires listing them (65 Pa.C.S. § 1105(b)(6)–(7)).
What to check- Whether any giver is a registered lobbyist or lobbying principal
- Whether the same giver appears in other years
Travel, lodging & hospitality: Arnold Ventures LLC $1,809
Rule: Gifts, travel and hospitality listed
“The name and address of the source and the amount of any gift or gifts valued in the aggregate at $250 or more and the circumstances of each gift.”65 Pa.C.S. § 1105(b)(6) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works
Context Amendments · the statement
An amended statement for 2023
The filer marked this statement as an amendment (income). Amendments correct or add to a statement already filed.
What to check- What changed from the original statement
Rule: An amended statement
How this rule works
Context Amendments · the statement
An amended statement for 2023
The filer marked this statement as an amendment (blocks not named). Amendments correct or add to a statement already filed.
What to check- What changed from the original statement
Rule: An amended statement
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Reported by lobbying interests
What principals told the Department of State they gave Chris Pielli: $2,387 in 4 items from 1 principal (1 of them transportation, lodging or hospitality). A report names an official once a principal's gifts to them reach $250 in a year, or its hospitality passes $650 (65 Pa.C.S. § 13A05). Matched by name and office.
| Principal | What, when | Value |
|---|
Action Now Initiative, LLC
$2,387 in all | hospitality · transportation, lodging or hospitality · 2025-10-17 | $578 |
| Food and lodging at Public Safety Boot Camp in New Orleans, LA · gift · 2025-09-13 | $778 |
| Food and lodging at Public Safety Boot Camp in New Orleans, LA · gift · 2025-09-12 | $594 |
| Food and lodging at Public Safety Boot Camp in New Orleans, LA · gift · 2025-09-11 | $437 |
From principals' quarterly expense reports (palobbyingservices.pa.gov), searchable there by principal and quarter.
Campaign money: State House District 156
$65,955raised, 164 itemized contributions
$75,150from the candidate (incl. loans)
Where their outside money comes from
23%42%33%
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders
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How it was spent: $26,917
Largest payees: PA HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE $7,500 Other (described) · PA HOUSE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE CAMPAIGN $2,500 Other (described) · PA HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN COMM $2,500 Other (described) · OLIVE TREE CAFE WEST CHESTER ALDO'S $1,498 Other (described) · MCCLAFFERTY PRINTING CO $885 Other (described) · WEST GOSHEN DEMOCRATS $870 Other (described) · WIX.COM LTD $721 Other (described) · COLONIAL VILLAGE MEAT MARKET $689 Other (described)
Expenditures on their reports filed in 2025–2026; a consultant's payments to others (ads, mail) show under the consultant.
| Top contributors | Type | Total |
|---|
GREATER PA CARPENTERS PEC
Philadelphia | Political committee | $8,000 |
PSCOA PAC
Harrisburg | Political committee | $3,000 |
LAW PAC
Harrisburg | Political committee | $3,000 |
IUPAT DC 21
Philadelphia | Political committee | $2,500 |
PLUMBERS UNION LOCAL 690
Philadelphia | Political committee | $2,500 |
STEAMFITTERS LOCAL UNION 420
Philadelphia | Political committee | $2,000 |
PECO PAC
Philadelphia | Political committee | $1,500 |
IBEW LOCAL 654 PAC
Boothwyn | Political committee | $1,500 |
AFSCME COUNCIL 13
Harrisburg | Political committee | $1,500 |
DEVIN MARLIN
West Chester | Person or other | $1,200 |
FRIENDS OF SEAN KILKENNY
Jenkintown | Political committee | $1,000 |
OPERATORS FOR SKILL PAC
Harrisburg | Political committee | $1,000 |
IUPAT DC 21 PAC
Philadelphia | Political committee | $1,000 |
IGS VENTURES COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVT.
Dublin | Political committee | $1,000 |
LOCAL UNION #98 I.B.F.W.
Philadelphia | Political committee | $1,000 |
Filers: FRIENDS OF CHRIS PIELLI (20200206), PIELLI, CHRISTOPHER (2024C0308), CHRISTOPHER PIELLI (2026C0638). From the Department of State's campaign finance export; reports filed in 2025–2026.
Their donors also gave to
Their largest donors who also funded other 2026 state candidates.
| Donor | To them | Candidates funded | By party |
|---|
GREATER PA CARPENTERS PEC
Labor union · Philadelphia | $8,000 | 59 | |
PSCOA PAC
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $3,000 | 67 | |
LAW PAC
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $3,000 | 29 | |
IUPAT DC 21
Group or PAC · Philadelphia | $2,500 | 4 | |
PLUMBERS UNION LOCAL 690
Labor union · Philadelphia | $2,500 | 13 | |
STEAMFITTERS LOCAL UNION 420
Labor union · Philadelphia | $2,000 | 5 | |
PECO PAC
Group or PAC · Philadelphia | $1,500 | 66 | |
IBEW LOCAL 654 PAC
Labor union · Boothwyn | $1,500 | 3 | |
AFSCME COUNCIL 13
Labor union · Harrisburg · registered lobbyist employer | $1,500 | 43 | |
FRIENDS OF SEAN KILKENNY
Candidate or officeholder committee · Jenkintown | $1,000 | 17 | |
OPERATORS FOR SKILL PAC
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $1,000 | 157 | |
IUPAT DC 21 PAC
Group or PAC · Philadelphia | $1,000 | 2 | |
IGS Ventures Committee for Responsible Govt.
Group or PAC · Dublin | $1,000 | 3 | |
Constellation Energy Corporation (CEPAC)
Group or PAC · Washington | $1,000 | 5 | |
PA BAR PAC
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $1,000 | 25 | |