About Bryan

Serving his eighth term in Pennsylvania General Assembly, Bryan Cutler represents the 100th Legislative District in Lancaster County. In June 2020, he was elected by his colleagues to serve as the 139th Speaker of the House, having previously serving as the Majority Leader. He was re-elected Speaker on January 5, 2021. Rep. Cutler became Minority Leader for the 2023-24 session. For the 2025-26 session, he is serving as the Republican chairman of the House Education committee.

Bryan’s emergence as one of Pennsylvania’s key leaders reflects his approach to life: Give back to the community that helped you. A lifelong resident of the Peach Bottom area, Bryan faced adversity as a high school student when both his parents were diagnosed with ALS (which eventually took both their lives) and he took on the responsibility of caring for them and his younger sister. The community helped out and embraced Bryan and his family, helping meet their every need.

At a time when most young adults headed off to college, Bryan worked and put himself through a trade school to become an X-ray technologist. Soon after, he married his high school sweetheart, Jennifer, and graduated summa cum laude, from Lebanon Valley College with a health care management degree. Following several years of working at the local hospital overseeing the budgets and daily operations of several sections in the radiology department, he pursued a law degree, focused on health care law, from Widener Law School and become a member of the Lancaster Bar Association and began practicing law with the firm of Nikolaus & Hohenadel.

The desire to give back to the community – which did so much for him and his family – drove Bryan to run for public office. He was elected in 2006.

While in office, Bryan has worked on welfare reform efforts to reduce fraud and abuse, as well as issues relating to health care. He was the prime sponsor of legislation that led to Act 164 of 2012, which provided for fraud detection and prevention mechanisms for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). He also prime sponsored legislation that led to Act 60 of 2013, which eliminated redundancies in hospital accreditation procedures.

In 2019, Bryan’s bill funded new trauma centers in rural Pennsylvania, and he authored legislation to establish the state-based health insurance exchange and reinsurance program, which increased access and lowered insurance costs for all Pennsylvanians. His work also broke down barriers in medical records law, ensuring mental health care was treated with the same level of attention as physical health.

Bryan’s legislative achievements have all received strong bipartisan support and are a sign of his willingness to work together for the best interest of Pennsylvanians.

Bryan and his wife, Jennifer, have three children, Cheyanne, Caleb and Drew. The family lives on an 11-acre “hobby farm” in the same log cabin home where Bryan grew up. The Cutlers are active members of the Wrightsdale Baptist Church.