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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:
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Legislator | Party | Year | Chamber | # missed votes | # votes held | % missed votes |
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Abbott, Nelson T. | R | 2021 | House | 35 | 666 | 5.3% |
Acton, Cheryl K. | R | 2021 | House | 14 | 666 | 2.1% |
Adams, J. Stuart | R | 2021 | Senate | 150 | 919 | 16.3% |
Albrecht, Carl R. | R | 2021 | House | 11 | 666 | 1.7% |
Anderegg, Jacob L. | R | 2021 | Senate | 154 | 919 | 16.8% |
Ballard, Melissa G. | R | 2021 | House | 5 | 666 | 0.8% |
Barlow, Stewart | R | 2021 | House | 5 | 666 | 0.8% |
Bennion, Gay Lynn | D | 2021 | House | 1 | 666 | 0.2% |
Birkeland, Kera | R | 2021 | House | 46 | 666 | 6.9% |
Bramble, Curtis S. | R | 2021 | Senate | 154 | 919 | 16.8% |
Brammer, Brady | R | 2021 | House | 47 | 666 | 7.1% |
Briscoe, Joel K. | D | 2021 | House | 15 | 666 | 2.3% |
Brooks, Walt | R | 2021 | House | 42 | 666 | 6.3% |
Burton, Jefferson S. | R | 2021 | House | 17 | 666 | 2.6% |
Buxton, D. Gregg | R | 2021 | Senate | 19 | 919 | 2.1% |
Chew, Scott H. | R | 2021 | House | 21 | 666 | 3.2% |
Christiansen, Steve R. | R | 2021 | House | 37 | 666 | 5.6% |
Christofferson, Kay J. | R | 2021 | House | 131 | 666 | 19.7% |
Collard, Clare | D | 2021 | House | 4 | 666 | 0.6% |
Cullimore, Kirk A. | R | 2021 | Senate | 120 | 919 | 13.1% |
Dailey-Provost, Jennifer | D | 2021 | House | 19 | 666 | 2.9% |
Davis, Gene | D | 2021 | Senate | 41 | 919 | 4.5% |
Dunnigan, James A. | R | 2021 | House | 22 | 666 | 3.3% |
Eliason, Steve | R | 2021 | House | 15 | 666 | 2.3% |
Escamilla, Luz Robles | D | 2021 | Senate | 112 | 919 | 12.2% |
Ferry, Joel | R | 2021 | House | 46 | 666 | 6.9% |
Fillmore, Lincoln | R | 2021 | Senate | 90 | 919 | 9.8% |
Gibson, Francis D. | R | 2021 | House | 102 | 666 | 15.3% |
Grover, Keith | R | 2021 | Senate | 44 | 919 | 4.8% |
Gwynn, Matthew | R | 2021 | House | 16 | 666 | 2.4% |
Hall, Craig | R | 2021 | House | 10 | 666 | 1.5% |
Handy, Stephen G. | R | 2021 | House | 10 | 666 | 1.5% |
Harper, Wayne A. | R | 2021 | Senate | 34 | 919 | 3.7% |
Harrison, Suzanne | D | 2021 | House | 18 | 666 | 2.7% |
Hawkes, Timothy D. | R | 2021 | House | 63 | 666 | 9.5% |
Hawkins, Jon | R | 2021 | House | 663 | 666 | 99.5% |
Hinkins, David P. | R | 2021 | Senate | 31 | 919 | 3.4% |
Hollins, Sandra | D | 2021 | House | 15 | 666 | 2.3% |
Ipson, Don L. | R | 2021 | Senate | 167 | 919 | 18.2% |
Iwamoto, Jani | D | 2021 | Senate | 44 | 919 | 4.8% |
Johnson, Dan N. | R | 2021 | House | 19 | 666 | 2.9% |
Johnson, John D. | R | 2021 | Senate | 11 | 919 | 1.2% |
Judkins, Marsha | R | 2021 | House | 7 | 666 | 1.1% |
Kennedy, Michael S. | R | 2021 | Senate | 5 | 919 | 0.5% |
King, Brian S. | D | 2021 | House | 37 | 666 | 5.6% |
Kitchen, Derek L. | D | 2021 | Senate | 16 | 919 | 1.7% |
Kohler, Mike L. | R | 2021 | House | 39 | 666 | 5.9% |
Kwan, Karen | D | 2021 | House | 4 | 666 | 0.6% |
Last, Bradley G. | R | 2021 | House | 112 | 666 | 16.8% |
Lesser, Rosemary T. | D | 2021 | House | 12 | 666 | 1.8% |
Lisonbee, Karianne | R | 2021 | House | 29 | 666 | 4.4% |
Lund, Steven J. | R | 2021 | House | 60 | 666 | 9.0% |
Lyman, Phil | R | 2021 | House | 2 | 666 | 0.3% |
Maloy, A. Cory | R | 2021 | House | 20 | 666 | 3.0% |
Matthews, Ashlee | D | 2021 | House | 21 | 666 | 3.2% |
Mayne, Karen | D | 2021 | Senate | 45 | 919 | 4.9% |
McCay, Daniel | R | 2021 | Senate | 102 | 919 | 11.1% |
McKell, Mike K. | R | 2021 | Senate | 104 | 919 | 11.3% |
Miles, Kelly B. | R | 2021 | House | 25 | 666 | 3.8% |
Millner, Ann | R | 2021 | Senate | 101 | 919 | 11.0% |
Moss, Carol Spackman | D | 2021 | House | 12 | 666 | 1.8% |
Moss, Jefferson | R | 2021 | House | 91 | 666 | 13.7% |
Musselman, Calvin R. | R | 2021 | House | 8 | 666 | 1.2% |
Nelson, Merrill F. | R | 2021 | House | 14 | 666 | 2.1% |
Owens, Derrin | R | 2021 | Senate | 41 | 919 | 4.5% |
Owens, Doug | D | 2021 | House | 18 | 666 | 2.7% |
Petersen, Michael J. | R | 2021 | House | 5 | 666 | 0.8% |
Peterson, Val L. | R | 2021 | House | 0 | 666 | 0.0% |
Pierucci, Candice B. | R | 2021 | House | 32 | 666 | 4.8% |
Pitcher, Stephanie | D | 2021 | House | 125 | 666 | 18.8% |
Pulsipher, Susan | R | 2021 | House | 9 | 666 | 1.4% |
Ray, Paul | R | 2021 | House | 90 | 666 | 13.5% |
Riebe, Kathleen | D | 2021 | Senate | 35 | 919 | 3.8% |
Robertson, Adam | R | 2021 | House | 19 | 666 | 2.9% |
Romero, Angela | D | 2021 | House | 26 | 666 | 3.9% |
Sagers, Douglas | R | 2021 | House | 38 | 666 | 5.7% |
Sandall, Scott D. | R | 2021 | Senate | 52 | 919 | 5.7% |
Schultz, Mike | R | 2021 | House | 103 | 666 | 15.5% |
Seegmiller, Travis M. | R | 2021 | House | 58 | 666 | 8.7% |
Shipp, Rex P. | R | 2021 | House | 1 | 666 | 0.2% |
Snider, Casey | R | 2021 | House | 30 | 666 | 4.5% |
Snow, V. Lowry | R | 2021 | House | 26 | 666 | 3.9% |
Spendlove, Robert M. | R | 2021 | House | 39 | 666 | 5.9% |
Stenquist, Jeffrey D. | R | 2021 | House | 14 | 666 | 2.1% |
Stevenson, Jerry W. | R | 2021 | Senate | 208 | 919 | 22.6% |
Stoddard, Andrew | D | 2021 | House | 42 | 666 | 6.3% |
Stratton, Keven J. | R | 2021 | House | 38 | 666 | 5.7% |
Strong, Mark A. | R | 2021 | House | 20 | 666 | 3.0% |
Teuscher, Jordan D. | R | 2021 | House | 35 | 666 | 5.3% |
Thatcher, Daniel W. | R | 2021 | Senate | 131 | 919 | 14.3% |
Thurston, Norman K. | R | 2021 | House | 27 | 666 | 4.1% |
Vickers, Evan J. | R | 2021 | Senate | 68 | 919 | 7.4% |
Waldrip, Steve | R | 2021 | House | 25 | 666 | 3.8% |
Ward, Raymond P. | R | 2021 | House | 32 | 666 | 4.8% |
Watkins, Christine F. | R | 2021 | House | 60 | 666 | 9.0% |
Weight, Elizabeth | D | 2021 | House | 8 | 666 | 1.2% |
Weiler, Todd | R | 2021 | Senate | 37 | 919 | 4.0% |
Welton, Douglas R. | R | 2021 | House | 32 | 666 | 4.8% |
Wheatley, Mark A. | D | 2021 | House | 12 | 666 | 1.8% |
Wilcox, Ryan D. | R | 2021 | House | 36 | 666 | 5.4% |
Wilson, Brad R. | R | 2021 | House | 81 | 666 | 12.2% |
Wilson, Chris H. | R | 2021 | Senate | 1 | 919 | 0.1% |
Winder, Mike | R | 2021 | House | 1 | 666 | 0.2% |
Winterton, Ronald | R | 2021 | Senate | 22 | 919 | 2.4% |