Welcome to the Pennsylvania Policy Database Project's Analysis Tool
The analysis tool provides access to more than 150,000 state and news media records and enables users to trace and analyze with a few mouse clicks the history of public policy in the Commonwealth since 1979. Designed for easy use by educators, students, researchers, policy makers, news reporters, and the general public, it is the first comprehensive state policy database of its kind.
The website and the data are currently in the process of being tested, so we welcome your comments on the site and any issues you may have when using the data. Please send all comments or concerns to papolicy@temple.edu
Due to a lack of accessibility, the House and Senate Hearing are incomplete at this time.
Here you can:
Access the database through the data analysis tool
*New* How to download our datasets
Learn how to use the analysis tool
See an example of how to use the analysis tool
Find information about the Pennsylvania Policy Database Project
View our policy topic area codebook, our project manual, our dataset descriptions, or our field descriptions for the downloadable data.