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| First session in legislature: | 2008 |
| Most recent year of service for which data are available: | 2018 |
| Total sessions served in Utah House as of 2018: | 11 |
| Total sessions served in Utah Senate as of 2018: | 0 |
I present a variety of statistics about Rep. Rebecca Chavez-Houck'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.
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Three arrows mean that the legislator is significantly different from average (i.e. at least two standard deviations from the mean, placing the legislator in the top/bottom 2% or so)./ Two arrows mean that the legislator is somewhat different from average (i.e. at least one standard deviation from the mean, placing the legislator in the top/bottom 16% or so)./ One arrow indicates that the legislator is only slightly different from average (i.e. one-third standard deviation from the mean). A single arrow indicates a very small difference; don't make too much of it.| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | ||
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| Service summary. Service prior to 2007 (if any) is not shown here. My database goes back only to 2007. | ||||||||||||
| Chamber | House | House | House | House | House | House | House | House | House | House | House | |
| District | H24 | H24 | H24 | H24 | H24 | H24 | H24 | H24 | H24 | H24 | H24 | |
| Party | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | |
| Leadership | None | None | None | None | None | AsstWhip | AsstWhip | Whip | Whip | None | None | |
| Years in chamber | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
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| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | ||
| Bills sponsored (learn more) Bills written and promoted by the legislator in his/her own chamber. | ||||||||||||
| Introduced by Chavez-Houck | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 4 | |
| Chamber average | 6.1 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 7.1 | |
| Difference | -2.1 | -1.9 | +1.9 | -0.3 | -1.4 | +0.2 | -0.4 | +0.3 | -1.0 | +2.3 | -3.1 | |
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| Bill passage rate (learn more). What percent of Rep. Chavez-Houck's sponsored bills pass and are officially "enrolled"? (I ignore whether the governor signed or vetoted the bill.) | ||||||||||||
| Bills introduced | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 4 | |
| Bills passed | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Passage rate | 0.0% | 25% | 38% | 17% | 80% | 33% | 67% | 71% | 50% | 11% | 50% | |
| Chamber average | 53% | 60% | 61% | 55% | 54% | 66% | 52% | 63% | 54% | 61% | 53% | |
| Difference | -52.8 | -34.9 | -22.9 | -38.0 | +26 | -32.8 | +15 | +8.0 | -3.5 | -50.4 | -3.4 | |
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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 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Chamber average | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.4 | |
| Difference | -2.2 | -0.8 | -1.8 | -3.3 | -3.1 | -3.5 | -3.5 | -1.8 | -1.3 | -2.6 | -2.4 | |
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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 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 33 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 19 | |
| Total votes held | 616 | 600 | 614 | 651 | 651 | 658 | 664 | 699 | 657 | 727 | 734 | |
| Absentee rate | 1.1% | 1.3% | 0.3% | 1.2% | 0.5% | 5.0% | 2.7% | 2.7% | 1.8% | 1.5% | 2.6% | |
| Chamber average | 8.3% | 6.0% | 6.8% | 7.1% | 5.7% | 5.9% | 6.2% | 6.3% | 6.4% | 5.2% | 8.0% | |
| Difference | -7.2 | -4.7 | -6.5 | -5.9 | -5.2 | -0.9 | -3.5 | -3.6 | -4.6 | -3.7 | -5.4 | |
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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 | 68 | 91 | 68 | 123 | 86 | 54 | 65 | 99 | 95 | 110 | 74 | |
| Total votes held | 616 | 600 | 614 | 651 | 651 | 658 | 664 | 699 | 657 | 727 | 734 | |
| "Nay" rate | 11% | 15% | 11% | 19% | 13% | 8.2% | 9.8% | 14% | 14% | 15% | 10% | |
| Chamber average | 6.0% | 8.1% | 7.4% | 8.4% | 7.8% | 7.3% | 7.5% | 8.6% | 7.3% | 7.1% | 6.5% | |
| Difference | +5.0 | +6.9 | +3.6 | +11 | +5.2 | +0.9 | +2.3 | +5.4 | +6.7 | +7.9 | +3.5 | |
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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 | 49% | 46% | 54% | 39% | 54% | 61% | 62% | 59% | 56% | 50% | 58% | |
| Chamber average | 69% | 66% | 69% | 69% | 67% | 67% | 67% | 67% | 66% | 67% | 66% | |
| Difference | -19.7 | -20.9 | -15.0 | -29.8 | -14.0 | -5.5 | -4.8 | -8.0 | -10.1 | -17.3 | -8.6 | |
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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 Rep. Chavez-Houck 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) | 97% | 94% | 97% | 94% | 96% | 97% | 98% | 98% | 98% | 97% | 98% | |
| Chamber average | 95% | 94% | 95% | 94% | 94% | 95% | 94% | 94% | 95% | 95% | 94% | |
| Difference | +1.1 | -0.3 | +2.0 | +0.7 | +1.2 | +2.1 | +4.0 | +3.7 | +3.4 | +2.4 | +4.4 | |
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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) | 97% | 95% | 96% | 97% | 88% | 88% | 94% | 93% | 96% | 99% | 96% | |
| Chamber average | 82% | 81% | 84% | 85% | 83% | 81% | 80% | 82% | 85% | 87% | 83% | |
| Difference | +15 | +13 | +12 | +12 | +5.5 | +6.5 | +14 | +11 | +10 | +12 | +13 | |
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Many votes have been held on bills sponsored by Rep. Chavez-Houck. In the interest of space, I display only the most and least divisive votes held on Rep. Chavez-Houck's bills.
Listed below are the 10 votes on bills sponsored by Rep. Chavez-Houck 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 |
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| 2018 | Chavez-Houck | HB0319 | 38 | 32 | 8.6% | House/ passed 3rd reading |
| 2012 | Chavez-Houck | HB0119 | 32 | 38 | 8.6% | House/ failed |
| 2012 | Chavez-Houck | HB0119 | 44 | 30 | 19% | House/ passed 3rd reading |
| 2014 | Chavez-Houck | HB0156S01 | 42 | 26 | 24% | House/ passed 3rd reading |
| 2013 | Chavez-Houck | HB0091S02 | 10 | 18 | 29% | Senate/ failed |
| 2013 | Chavez-Houck | HB0091S02 | 18 | 10 | 29% | Senate/ passed 2nd reading |
| 2014 | Chavez-Houck | HB0156S01 | 47 | 21 | 38% | House/ concurs with Senate amendment |
| 2012 | Chavez-Houck | HB0180 | 18 | 8 | 38% | Senate/ passed 3rd reading |
| 2010 | Chavez-Houck | HJR030S01 | 19 | 6 | 52% | Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension |
| 2012 | Chavez-Houck | HB0119 | 21 | 6 | 56% | Senate/ passed 3rd reading |
Listed below are the 10 votes on bills sponsored by Rep. Chavez-Houck 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 |
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| 2018 | Chavez-Houck | HCR012S01 | 25 | 0 | 100% | Senate/ passed 3rd reading |
| 2018 | Chavez-Houck | HCR012S01 | 24 | 0 | 100% | Senate/ passed 2nd reading |
| 2018 | Chavez-Houck | HB0218S06 | 70 | 0 | 100% | House/ concurs with Senate amendment |
| 2018 | Chavez-Houck | HB0218S06 | 24 | 0 | 100% | Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension |
| 2018 | Chavez-Houck | HB0218S06 | 70 | 0 | 100% | House/ passed 3rd reading |
| 2017 | Chavez-Houck | HJR016 | 65 | 0 | 100% | House/ passed 3rd reading |
| 2017 | Chavez-Houck | HB0278S01 | 23 | 0 | 100% | Senate/ passed 3rd reading |
| 2017 | Chavez-Houck | HB0278S01 | 73 | 0 | 100% | House/ passed 3rd reading |
| 2016 | Chavez-Houck | HB0328 | 25 | 0 | 100% | Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension |
| 2016 | Chavez-Houck | HB0285 | 23 | 0 | 100% | Senate/ passed 3rd reading |
