Guide to the Utah Legislature -- Adam Brown, BYU Political Science

Guide to the Utah Legislature

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You might also be interested in my Guide to the Utah Constitution.

Statistics on individual representatives and senators

Detailed legislator profiles: Comprehensive statistical profile of individual legislators.

Statistics on general legislative trends

Legislator flashcards: Learn each legislator's name, face, and leadership positions.
Bill workload statistics: How many bills get introduced, voted on, and passed in each legislative session?
Closest floor votes: Which bills provoke the closest votes?
Floor debates: How much time does each chamber spend considering bills on the floor?
Floor voting patterns: Frequency of party-line votes, average size of voting majority, etc.
Legal impact: How much law gets changed per bill. Comparisons by sponsor party, sex, chamber, etc.
Legislative experience: How much lawmaking experience does the typical legislator have? Who has served the longest?
Party batting averages: How successful is each party at passing its bills?
Senate second reading calendar: Does it matter that Senate rules require voting twice on everything?

Tools for generating custom reports about selected bills or legislators

Generate custom scorecards: Provide a list of bills to score legislators' voting records.
Missed vote reports: List every vote a legislator missed.
Nay reports: List every time a legislator voted "nay."
Who votes together? List a legislator's allies and opponents.
See also the rankings, below.

Legislator rankings based on their voting records

Absenteeism: Which legislators miss the most votes?
Bill sponsorship: Which legislators sponsor the most bills?
Floor power ratings: Which legislators vote with the winning side most often?
Nay votes: Which legislators vote "nay" most often?
Party support scores: Which legislators vote most reliably with their co-partisans?