Absenteeism in the Utah legislature, 2009

During each year's 45-day legislative session, legislators cast hundreds of floor votes. That means they have 100s of opportunities to miss votes. Toward the end of the session especially, votes are held so rapidly that even taking a short bathroom break can result in missed votes. Legislators who miss a day or two for illness or a family emergency will miss many votes. Those assigned to assemble the final budget will miss even more. Most legislators who miss large numbers of votes can rightly point to one of these reasons. You can find further commentary here:

• Are Utah's legislators skipping votes? (discussion of general trends)
• When do Utah's legislators skip votes? (which types of votes get skipped more)
• Which legislators miss the most votes? (discussiong of specific legislators)
• Why do legislators skip votes? (which types of legislators skip the most votes)

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Missed votes in 2009

Legislator	Party	Year	Chamber	# missed votes	# votes held	% missed votes
Aagard, Douglas C.	R	2009	House	16	600	2.7%
Allen, Sheryl L.	R	2009	House	39	600	6.5%
Barrus, Roger E.	R	2009	House	46	600	7.7%
Beck, Trisha S.	D	2009	House	3	600	0.5%
Bell, Gregory S.	R	2009	Senate	126	807	15.6%
Bigelow, Ron	R	2009	House	141	600	23.5%
Bird, Jim	R	2009	House	24	600	4.0%
Biskupski, Jackie	D	2009	House	37	600	6.2%
Black, Laura	D	2009	House	2	600	0.3%
Bramble, Curtis S.	R	2009	Senate	226	807	28.0%
Brown, Melvin R.	R	2009	House	41	600	6.8%
Buttars, D. Chris	R	2009	Senate	160	807	19.8%
Chavez-Houck, Rebecca	D	2009	House	8	600	1.3%
Christensen, Allen M.	R	2009	Senate	107	807	13.3%
Clark, David	R	2009	House	87	600	14.5%
Clark, Stephen D.	R	2009	House	28	600	4.7%
Cosgrove, Tim M.	D	2009	House	2	600	0.3%
Davis, Gene	D	2009	Senate	53	807	6.6%
Daw, Bradley M.	R	2009	House	23	600	3.8%
Dayton, Margaret	R	2009	Senate	31	807	3.8%
Dee, Brad L.	R	2009	House	35	600	5.8%
Dougall, John	R	2009	House	41	600	6.8%
Draxler, Jack R.	R	2009	House	20	600	3.3%
Duckworth, Susan	D	2009	House	31	600	5.2%
Dunnigan, James A.	R	2009	House	33	600	5.5%
Edwards, Rebecca P.	R	2009	House	3	600	0.5%
Escamilla, Luz Robles	D	2009	Senate	82	807	10.2%
Ferry, Ben C.	R	2009	House	44	600	7.3%
Fisher, Janice M.	D	2009	House	58	600	9.7%
Fisher, Julie	R	2009	House	18	600	3.0%
Fowlke, Lorie D.	R	2009	House	33	600	5.5%
Frank, Craig A.	R	2009	House	34	600	5.7%
Froerer, Gage	R	2009	House	16	600	2.7%
Garn, Kevin S.	R	2009	House	87	600	14.5%
Gibson, Francis D.	R	2009	House	20	600	3.3%
Gibson, Kerry W.	R	2009	House	88	600	14.7%
Goodfellow, Brent H.	D	2009	Senate	59	807	7.3%
Gowans, James R.	D	2009	House	61	600	10.2%
Greenwood, Richard A.	R	2009	House	11	600	1.8%
Greiner, Jon J.	R	2009	Senate	64	807	7.9%
Grover, Keith	R	2009	House	4	600	0.7%
Hansen, Neil A.	D	2009	House	43	600	7.2%
Harper, Wayne A.	R	2009	House	46	600	7.7%
Hemingway, Lynn N.	D	2009	House	20	600	3.3%
Hendrickson, Neal B.	D	2009	House	48	600	8.0%
Herrod, Christopher N.	R	2009	House	21	600	3.5%
Hillyard, Lyle W.	R	2009	Senate	227	807	28.1%
Hinkins, David P.	R	2009	Senate	13	807	1.6%
Holdaway, Kory M.	R	2009	House	54	600	9.0%
Hughes, Gregory H.	R	2009	House	90	600	15.0%
Hunsaker, Fred R	R	2009	House	20	600	3.3%
Hutchings, Eric K.	R	2009	House	49	600	8.2%
Ipson, Don L.	R	2009	House	27	600	4.5%
Jenkins, Scott K.	R	2009	Senate	57	807	7.1%
Johnson, Christine A.	D	2009	House	43	600	7.2%
Jones, Patricia W.	D	2009	Senate	48	807	5.9%
Killpack, Sheldon L.	R	2009	Senate	166	807	20.6%
King, Brian S.	D	2009	House	9	600	1.5%
Kiser, Todd E.	R	2009	House	36	600	6.0%
Knudson, Peter C.	R	2009	Senate	178	807	22.1%
Last, Bradley G.	R	2009	House	67	600	11.2%
Liljenquist, Daniel R.	R	2009	Senate	77	807	9.5%
Litvack, David	D	2009	House	52	600	8.7%
Lockhart, Rebecca D.	R	2009	House	26	600	4.3%
Madsen, Mark B.	R	2009	Senate	137	807	17.0%
Mascaro, Steven R.	R	2009	House	59	600	9.8%
Mathis, John G.	R	2009	House	28	600	4.7%
Mayne, Karen	D	2009	Senate	39	807	4.8%
McCoy, Scott D.	D	2009	Senate	67	807	8.3%
McIff, Kay L.	R	2009	House	45	600	7.5%
Menlove, Ronda Rudd	R	2009	House	15	600	2.5%
Morgan, Karen W.	D	2009	Senate	12	807	1.5%
Morley, Michael T.	R	2009	House	59	600	9.8%
Moss, Carol Spackman	D	2009	House	23	600	3.8%
Newbold, Merlynn T.	R	2009	House	32	600	5.3%
Niederhauser, Wayne L.	R	2009	Senate	123	807	15.2%
Noel, Michael E.	R	2009	House	47	600	7.8%
Oda, Curtis	R	2009	House	30	600	5.0%
Okerlund, Ralph	R	2009	Senate	7	807	0.9%
Painter, Patrick	R	2009	House	114	600	19.0%
Poulson, Marie H.	D	2009	House	4	600	0.7%
Powell, Kraig	R	2009	House	1	600	0.2%
Ray, Paul	R	2009	House	40	600	6.7%
Riesen, Phil	D	2009	House	9	600	1.5%
Romero, Ross I.	D	2009	Senate	3	807	0.4%
Sandstrom, Stephen E.	R	2009	House	49	600	8.2%
Seegmiller, F. Jay	D	2009	House	8	600	1.3%
Seelig, Jennifer M.	D	2009	House	54	600	9.0%
Stephenson, Howard A.	R	2009	Senate	130	807	16.1%
Stowell, Dennis E.	R	2009	Senate	27	807	3.3%
Sumsion, Kenneth W.	R	2009	House	29	600	4.8%
Urquhart, Stephen H.	R	2009	Senate	94	807	11.6%
Valentine, John L.	R	2009	Senate	137	807	17.0%
Van Tassell, Kevin T.	R	2009	Senate	101	807	12.5%
Vickers, Evan J.	R	2009	House	72	600	12.0%
Waddoups, Michael G.	R	2009	Senate	37	807	4.6%
Wallis, C. Brent	R	2009	House	12	600	2.0%
Watkins, Christine F.	D	2009	House	6	600	1.0%
Webb, R. Curt	R	2009	House	20	600	3.3%
Wheatley, Mark A.	D	2009	House	16	600	2.7%
Wilcox, Ryan D.	R	2009	House	25	600	4.2%
Wiley, Larry B.	D	2009	House	30	600	5.0%
Wimmer, Carl	R	2009	House	52	600	8.7%
Winn, Bradley A.	R	2009	House	39	600	6.5%