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Representative Jackie Biskupski
Utah legislator profile

Years served in the Utah legislature

First session in legislature: 1999
Most recent year of service for which data are available: 2011
Total sessions served in Utah House as of 2011: 13
Total sessions served in Utah Senate as of 2011: 0

How to read the statistical profile

I present a variety of statistics about Rep. Jackie Biskupski'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.

Rep. Biskupski's statistical profile

20072008200920102011
Service summary. Service prior to 2007 (if any) is not shown here. My database goes back only to 2007.
  Chamber HouseHouseHouseHouseHouse
  District H30H30H30H30H30
  Party DDDDD
Leadership NoneNoneNoneNoneNone
Years in chamber 910111213
Years comparison HigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigher
 
20072008200920102011
Bills sponsored (learn more) Bills written and promoted by the legislator in his/her own chamber.
Introduced by Biskupski 32344
Chamber average 6.16.15.96.16.3
Difference -3.1-4.1-2.9-2.1-2.3
Comparison LowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLower
 
20072008200920102011
Bill passage rate (learn more). What percent of Rep. Biskupski's sponsored bills pass and are officially "enrolled"? (I ignore whether the governor signed or vetoted the bill.)
Bills introduced 32344
Bills passed 21120
Passage rate 67%50%33%50%0.0%
Chamber average 51%53%60%61%55%
Difference +16-2.8-26.9-10.9-55.0
Comparison Higher==LowerLowerLowerLower
 
20072008200920102011
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 00001
Chamber average 3.13.22.82.83.3
Difference -3.1-3.2-2.8-2.8-2.3
Comparison LowerLowerLowerLowerLower
 
20072008200920102011
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 3933373433
Total votes held 602616600614651
Absentee rate 6.5%5.4%6.2%5.5%5.1%
Chamber average 8.3%8.3%6.0%6.8%7.1%
Difference -1.8-2.9+0.2-1.3-2.0
Comparison ==Lower======
 
20072008200920102011
"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 79587665111
Total votes held 602616600614651
"Nay" rate 13%9.4%13%11%17%
Chamber average 7.2%6.0%8.1%7.4%8.4%
Difference +5.8+3.4+4.9+3.6+8.6
Comparison HigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigher
 
20072008200920102011
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 41%47%48%51%37%
Chamber average 67%69%66%69%69%
Difference -26.0-22.3-18.5-17.8-31.8
Comparison LowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLower
 
20072008200920102011
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.
 
20072008200920102011
Party support score (overall) (learn more). How consistently does Rep. Biskupski 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) 96%97%96%98%94%
Chamber average 95%95%94%95%94%
Difference +1.6+1.5+1.4+2.9+0.6
Comparison HigherHigherHigherHigherHigher==
 
20072008200920102011
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) 95%91%92%99%93%
Chamber average 79%82%81%84%85%
Difference +15+9.4+11+14+7.6
Comparison HigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigher

Votes on Rep. Biskupski's bills

Only 8 bills sponsored by Rep. Biskupski have come to a vote. Listed below are all votes held on bills that Rep. Biskupski sponsored. The votes are sorted by vote margin, with the most divisive votes listed first.

Year Sponsor Bill Ayes Nays Margin
(as % of total votes)
Type of vote
2008 Biskupski HB0150 63 10 73% House/ passed 3rd reading
2007 Biskupski HB0114S01 70 1 97% House/ passed 3rd reading
2010 Biskupski HB0340 25 0 100% Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
2010 Biskupski HB0340 72 0 100% House/ passed 3rd reading
2010 Biskupski HB0109 25 0 100% Senate/ passed 3rd reading
2010 Biskupski HB0109 70 0 100% House/ passed 3rd reading
2009 Biskupski HB0132S01 25 0 100% Senate/ pass 3rd
2009 Biskupski HB0132S01 27 0 100% Senate/ pass 2nd
2009 Biskupski HB0132S01 71 0 100% House/ passed 3rd reading
2008 Biskupski HB0078 27 0 100% Senate/ pass 2nd & 3rd