Samuelson was elected to the
Pennsylvania House district 135 in 1998, taking office at the opening of the next legislative session in 1999. During his 23 years in office he has sponsored 578 bills. Some of his more notable bills include House Bill 1260 which he co-authored that increased the income limits for the
PACENET program by $6,000 to increase access to prescription medicine for
senior citizens. It is estimated that due to this expansion 20,000 more Pennsylvanians have access to the PACENET program. Additionally he authored House Bill 2560 which utilized a portion of left over
COVID-19 relief money to increase rent rebate payments for an estimated 477,000 Pennsylvanians, mostly above the age of 65. Additionally Samuelson has been pivotal in securing funding for renovation projects in Bethlehem including a $500,000 grant to the
National Museum of Industrial History, $30,000,000 to renovate the ruins of the
Bethlehem Steel plant in the South Side, and $9,100,000 to renovate the Goodman Building. ==References==