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Senator J. Stuart Adams
Utah legislator profile

Years served in the Utah legislature

First session in legislature: 2003
Most recent year of service for which data are available: 2024
Total sessions served in Utah House as of 2024: 4
Total sessions served in Utah Senate as of 2024: 15

How to read the statistical profile

I present a variety of statistics about Sen. J. Stuart Adams's service in the Utah legislature. I highlight differences from chamber averages using little green and red arrows. The number of arrows is statistically determined. More arrows indicate a larger difference compared to the chamber average, in relation to how much diversity there is among legislators on this metric. If all legislators introduce exactly 5 bills, then a legislator who introduces 10 is very different; if legislators vary wildly in how many bills they introduce (but the average is still 5), then a legislator who introduces 10 bills may be less different from average. The standard deviation measures this diversity.

Sen. Adams's statistical profile

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Service summary. Service prior to 2007 (if any) is not shown here. My database goes back only to 2007.
  Chamber SenateSenateSenateSenateSenateSenateSenateSenateSenateSenateSenateSenateSenateSenateSenate
  District S22S22S22S22S22S22S22S22S22S22S22S22S22S7S7
  Party RRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Leadership NoneNoneNoneWhipWhipWhipWhipWhipWhipSenPresSenPresSenPresSenPresSenPresSenPres
Years in chamber 123456789101112131415
Years comparison LowerLowerLowerLowerLower========HigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigher
 
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Bills sponsored (learn more) Bills written and promoted by the legislator in his/her own chamber.
Introduced by Adams 13191618131212116113022
Chamber average 8.9119.811111110119.6109.79.49.61110
Difference +4.1+8.4+6.2+7.2+2.4+0.6+1.9+0.4-3.6-9.2-8.7-6.4-9.6-9.1-8.3
Comparison HigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigher======LowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLower
 
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Bill passage rate (learn more). What percent of Sen. Adams's sponsored bills pass and are officially "enrolled"? (I ignore whether the governor signed or vetoted the bill.)
Bills introduced 13191618131212116113022
Bills passed 111614131111996113022
Passage rate 85%84%88%72%85%92%75%82%100%100%100%100%0.0%100%100%
Chamber average 69%70%72%65%70%68%68%74%83%78%70%71%71%72%72%
Difference +16+14+16+6.6+15+24+7.4+8.3+17+22+30+29-70.9+28+28
Comparison HigherHigherHigher==HigherHigherHigher====HigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherLowerLowerLowerHigherHigherHigherHigher
 
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Bills floor sponsored. A "floor sponsor" is like a secondary sponsor of a bill. After a bill passes the sponsor's chamber, its sponsor needs to find a "floor sponsor" in the other chamber to usher it through the other chamber.
Total floor sponsored 162617131718241714101020
Chamber average 111112111112131314141312131516
Difference +5.0+15+5.2+1.9+5.5+5.7+11+3.6-0.2-12.6-13.3-11.4-13.4-13.2-16.5
Comparison HigherHigherHigherHigher==HigherHigherHigherHigherHigher==LowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLower
 
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Missed votes (learn more). Usually missed votes occur because of competing obligations within the legislature, not because the legislator has left the capitol.
Missed votes 69160104180139334218100132205196150195270298
Total votes held 7869408909408409518609139269759109199311,0581,069
Absentee rate 8.8%17%12%19%17%35%25%11%14%21%22%16%21%26%28%
Chamber average 12%14%9.9%11%12%12%14%10%13%11%11%8.0%12%13%13%
Difference -3.1+2.6+2.1+7.9+5.5+23+11+0.6+0.9+9.8+11+8.0+8.8+13+15
Comparison Lower====HigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigher====HigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigher
 
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"Nay" votes (learn more). Most floor votes pass by overwhelming majorities, since unpopular bills get weeded out long before they reach the floor. As a result, "nay" votes are rare.
"Nay" votes 23817178101791078134812
Total votes held 7869408909408409518609139269759109199311,0581,069
"Nay" rate 2.9%0.9%1.9%1.8%1.0%1.1%2.0%1.0%1.1%0.7%0.9%1.4%0.4%0.8%1.1%
Chamber average 4.6%3.4%4.8%3.7%3.6%4.8%3.7%2.8%3.2%2.7%2.5%4.0%2.6%3.4%3.9%
Difference -1.7-2.5-2.9-1.9-2.6-3.7-1.7-1.8-2.1-2.0-1.6-2.6-2.2-2.6-2.8
Comparison LowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLower
 
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Winning side rate (learn more). What percentage of the time (excluding near-unanimous votes) is the legislator on the winning side of a floor vote?
Winning side rate 80%96%90%86%87%93%77%77%81%87%88%79%89%92%89%
Chamber average 70%72%70%69%67%68%67%68%68%70%71%70%71%74%74%
Difference +9.8+25+19+17+19+25+11+9.0+13+17+17+9.2+19+18+16
Comparison HigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigher
 
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Ideology score (NOMINATE method) (learn more). Using W-NOMINATE algorithm developed by Congressional scholars, I calculate each legislator's relative ideology after each General Session. I describe the method here. Scores have no intrinsic meaning. They are only relative: A legislator with a higher score is to the right ideologically of a legislator with a lower scale. Scores may be compared only within a single chamber and a single year. In most years, a conservative Republican will have a score above 0; a score close to 100 is extreme.
Contact me for scores. They get misinterpreted often enough that I now provide them only to political scientists.
 
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Party support score (overall) (learn more). How consistently does Sen. Adams support his/her party? That is, what percentage of the time does the legislator vote with the majority of the other members of his/her party? Scores are usually easily above 90%.
Score (overall) 98%100%98%99%99%99%98%99%99%99%99%99%100%99%99%
Chamber average 97%98%96%97%97%96%97%98%97%98%98%97%98%98%98%
Difference +0.8+1.8+1.7+1.7+2.4+3.3+1.2+1.0+1.8+1.0+1.1+1.5+1.9+0.8+1.3
Comparison HigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigher
 
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Party support score (party-line only) (learn more). This is the same as the "raw" party support score, but we look only at party-line votes when calculating this. A "party-line" vote occurs when the majority of Democrats votes against the majority of Republicans. Although party-line votes are rare, looking at the legislator's party support score in this setting can be revealing.
Score (party-line only) 93%97%97%94%95%92%94%91%95%94%97%92%100%98%100%
Chamber average 89%91%88%85%84%83%87%86%85%92%91%88%92%94%94%
Difference +4.0+5.7+8.7+8.6+11+9.7+6.5+4.3+9.8+2.3+6.1+3.8+8.2+3.1+6.1
Comparison HigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigher

Votes on Sen. Adams's bills

Many votes have been held on bills sponsored by Sen. Adams. In the interest of space, I display only the most and least divisive votes held on Sen. Adams's bills.

Sen. Adams's most divisive bills

Listed below are the 10 votes on bills sponsored by Sen. Adams that had the closest vote margin (as a percent of the total votes cast). When there are ties, I list the most recent bills first.

Year Sponsor Bill Ayes Nays Margin
(as % of total votes)
Type of vote
2013 Adams SB0271S03 38 36 2.7% House/ passed 3rd reading
2011 Adams SB0256S02 38 35 4.1% House/ passed 3rd reading
2014 Adams SB0237 39 35 5.4% House/ passed 3rd reading
2013 Adams SB0267 35 39 5.4% House/ failed
2013 Adams SB0078 38 34 5.6% House/ passed 3rd reading
2016 Adams SB0251S03 40 35 6.7% House/ floor amendment # 1
2013 Adams SB0267 15 13 7.1% Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
2016 Adams SB0115S04 33 40 9.6% House/ failed
2015 Adams SB0281S02 16 13 10% Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
2014 Adams SB0243 15 11 15% Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension

Sen. Adams's least divisive bills

Listed below are the 10 votes on bills sponsored by Sen. Adams that had the widest vote margin (as a percent of the total votes cast). When there are ties, I display the most recent bills first.

Year Sponsor Bill Ayes Nays Margin
(as % of total votes)
Type of vote
2024 Adams SJR001 72 0 100% House/ passed 3rd reading
2024 Adams SJR001 27 0 100% Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
2023 Adams SJR002 70 0 100% House/ passed 3rd reading
2023 Adams SJR002 26 0 100% Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
2023 Adams SB0240S01 29 0 100% Senate/ passed 2nd reading
2021 Adams SJR001 28 0 100% Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
2021 Adams SCR005 71 0 100% House/ passed 3rd reading
2021 Adams SCR005 28 0 100% Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
2021 Adams SB0185 71 0 100% House/ passed 3rd reading
2021 Adams SB0185 28 0 100% Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension