About Josh

A lifelong resident of Western Pennsylvania, Joshua D. Kail is a legislator who will work to restore law and order, protect taxpayers, defend life and the Second Amendment, reform Harrisburg and bring family-sustaining jobs to the 15th Legislative District.

As a fierce law and order advocate, Josh serves as Republican chairman of the House Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Criminal Justice. He is also the House Republican appointee to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency.

On top of his work in the House Appropriations Committee, Josh is also a sitting member on the House Consumer Protection, Technology and Utilities Committee; Energy and Judiciary committees for the 2025-26 legislative session.

He has long understood the importance of controlling taxes while modernizing education, as well as the need to put an end to job-killing overregulation and to apply conservative solutions to our state’s challenges.

Prior to running for office, Josh worked as an attorney representing small and mid-sized businesses and worked as a solicitor for various local governments. He also did work for Beaver County’s Children and Youth Services.

Josh is a graduate of Geneva College and Regent University School of Law. He and his wife, Abby, and their eight children live in Beaver, Pennsylvania.