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Representative Bradley G. Last
Utah legislator profile

Years served in the Utah legislature

First session in legislature: 2003
Most recent year of service for which data are available: 2022
Total sessions served in Utah House as of 2022: 20
Total sessions served in Utah Senate as of 2022: 0

How to read the statistical profile

I present a variety of statistics about Rep. Bradley G. Last'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. Last's statistical profile

2007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Service summary. Service prior to 2007 (if any) is not shown here. My database goes back only to 2007.
  Chamber HouseHouseHouseHouseHouseHouseHouseHouseHouseHouseHouseHouseHouseHouseHouseHouse
  District H71H71H71H71H71H71H71H71H71H71H71H71H71H71H71H71
  Party RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Leadership NoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone
Years in chamber 567891011121314151617181920
Years comparison ====HigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigher
 
2007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Bills sponsored (learn more) Bills written and promoted by the legislator in his/her own chamber.
Introduced by Last 101356665553595785
Chamber average 6.16.15.96.16.36.45.86.46.77.06.77.17.37.36.67.1
Difference +3.9+6.9-0.9-0.1-0.3-0.4-0.8-1.4-1.7-4.0-1.7+1.9-2.3-0.3+1.4-2.1
Comparison HigherHigherHigher==========LowerLowerLowerLowerHigherLower==HigherLower
 
2007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Bill passage rate (learn more). What percent of Rep. Last's sponsored bills pass and are officially "enrolled"? (I ignore whether the governor signed or vetoted the bill.)
Bills introduced 101356665553595785
Bills passed 6545635531295564
Passage rate 60%38%80%83%100%50%100%100%60%33%40%100%100%71%75%80%
Chamber average 51%53%60%61%55%54%66%52%63%54%61%53%63%58%60%58%
Difference +9.4-14.8+20+22+45-4.3+34+48-3.0-20.5-21.4+47+37+13+15+22
Comparison ==LowerHigherHigherHigherHigher==HigherHigherHigherHigher==LowerLowerHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigher
 
2007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022
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 483431971061075535
Chamber average 3.13.22.82.83.33.13.53.53.83.33.63.43.43.13.13.0
Difference +0.9+4.8+0.2+1.2-0.3-2.1+5.5+3.5+6.2+2.7+6.4+3.6+1.6+1.9-0.1+2.0
Comparison ==HigherHigher==Higher==LowerHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigher==Higher
 
2007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022
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 2635673958286359345065166118177112215
Total votes held 602616600614651651658664699657727734752698666711
Absentee rate 4.3%5.7%11%6.4%8.9%4.3%9.6%8.9%4.9%7.6%8.9%23%16%25%17%30%
Chamber average 8.3%8.3%6.0%6.8%7.1%5.7%5.9%6.2%6.3%6.4%5.2%8.0%6.4%7.1%6.1%5.7%
Difference -4.0-2.6+5.0-0.4+1.8-1.4+3.7+2.7-1.4+1.2+3.7+15+9.6+18+11+24
Comparison LowerLowerHigherHigher======HigherHigher====HigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigher
 
2007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022
"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 35262634333128413028271527252125
Total votes held 602616600614651651658664699657727734752698666711
"Nay" rate 5.8%4.2%4.3%5.5%5.1%4.8%4.3%6.2%4.3%4.3%3.7%2.0%3.6%3.6%3.2%3.5%
Chamber average 7.2%6.0%8.1%7.4%8.4%7.8%7.3%7.5%8.6%7.3%7.1%6.5%6.5%7.0%7.7%6.5%
Difference -1.4-1.8-3.8-1.9-3.3-3.0-3.0-1.3-4.3-3.0-3.4-4.5-2.9-3.4-4.5-3.0
Comparison LowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLower
 
2007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022
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 73%79%76%78%82%80%80%67%81%86%82%76%82%81%82%86%
Chamber average 67%69%66%69%69%67%67%67%67%66%67%66%68%67%66%67%
Difference +6.5+9.7+9.3+8.5+13+13+140.0+14+20+15+9.8+14+14+16+19
Comparison HigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigher==HigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigher
 
2007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022
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.
 
2007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Party support score (overall) (learn more). How consistently does Rep. Last 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%95%97%95%96%96%95%97%97%97%97%97%97%98%97%
Chamber average 95%95%94%95%94%94%95%94%94%95%95%94%95%95%94%95%
Difference +1.0+2.0+1.0+2.7+1.4+1.2+1.4+1.1+3.0+2.3+2.4+3.4+1.3+2.3+4.5+1.5
Comparison HigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigher==HigherHigherHigherHigherHigher
 
2007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022
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) 80%91%85%94%91%77%81%78%87%94%94%89%80%84%92%84%
Chamber average 79%82%81%84%85%83%81%80%82%85%87%83%85%83%85%84%
Difference +0.4+9.2+3.7+9.7+5.4-5.4-0.3-2.1+5.2+8.9+7.0+5.9-4.9+0.2+7.0-0.1
Comparison ==HigherHigherHigherHigherLower====HigherHigherHigherHigherHigherLower==Higher==

Votes on Rep. Last's bills

Many votes have been held on bills sponsored by Rep. Last. In the interest of space, I display only the most and least divisive votes held on Rep. Last's bills.

Rep. Last's most divisive bills

Listed below are the 10 votes on bills sponsored by Rep. Last 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
2009 Last HB0450 38 36 2.7% House/ passed 3rd reading
2008 Last HB0200S01 31 37 8.8% House/ failed
2012 Last HB0245S03 42 31 15% House/ passed 3rd reading
2018 Last HB0324S01 15 10 20% Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
2015 Last HB0119 45 27 25% House/ passed 3rd reading
2018 Last HB0293S05 45 26 27% House/ concurs with Senate amendment
2007 Last HB0338 47 27 27% House/ passed 3rd reading
2017 Last HB0418 24 50 35% House/ failed
2020 Last HB0252S01 21 44 35% House/ failed
2018 Last HB0293S05 50 23 37% House/ passed 3rd reading

Rep. Last's least divisive bills

Listed below are the 10 votes on bills sponsored by Rep. Last 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
2022 Last HB0475S01 27 0 100% Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
2022 Last HB0475S01 70 0 100% House/ passed 3rd reading
2022 Last HB0323 26 0 100% Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
2022 Last HB0323 74 0 100% House/ passed 3rd reading
2022 Last HB0003 29 0 100% Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
2022 Last HB0003 75 0 100% House/ passed 3rd reading
2022 Last HB0002 67 0 100% House/ concurs with Senate amendment
2022 Last HB0002 25 0 100% Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
2022 Last HB0002 73 0 100% House/ passed 3rd reading
2021 Last HJR012 29 0 100% Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension