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Representative Michael E. Noel
Utah legislator profile

Years served in the Utah legislature

First session in legislature: 2003
Most recent year of service for which data are available: 2018
Total sessions served in Utah House as of 2018: 16
Total sessions served in Utah Senate as of 2018: 0

How to read the statistical profile

I present a variety of statistics about Rep. Michael E. Noel'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. Noel's statistical profile

200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018
Service summary. Service prior to 2007 (if any) is not shown here. My database goes back only to 2007.
  Chamber HouseHouseHouseHouseHouseHouseHouseHouseHouseHouseHouseHouse
  District H73H73H73H73H73H73H73H73H73H73H73H73
  Party RRRRRRRRRRRR
Leadership NoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone
Years in chamber 5678910111213141516
Years comparison ====HigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigher
 
200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018
Bills sponsored (learn more) Bills written and promoted by the legislator in his/her own chamber.
Introduced by Noel 97131110781110131411
Chamber average 6.16.15.96.16.36.45.86.46.77.06.77.1
Difference +2.9+0.9+7.1+4.9+3.7+0.6+2.2+4.6+3.3+6.0+7.3+3.9
Comparison Higher==HigherHigherHigherHigherHigher==HigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigher
 
200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018
Bill passage rate (learn more). What percent of Rep. Noel's sponsored bills pass and are officially "enrolled"? (I ignore whether the governor signed or vetoted the bill.)
Bills introduced 97131110781110131411
Bills passed 3410996797975
Passage rate 33%57%77%82%90%86%88%82%70%69%50%45%
Chamber average 51%53%60%61%55%54%66%52%63%54%61%53%
Difference -17.6+4.2+17+21+35+32+22+30+7.0+15-11.4-8.4
Comparison Lower==HigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigher==HigherLower==
 
200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018
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 859295575365
Chamber average 3.13.22.82.83.33.13.53.53.83.33.63.4
Difference +4.9+1.8+6.2-0.8+5.7+1.9+1.5+3.5+1.2-0.3+2.4+1.6
Comparison HigherHigherHigherHigherHigher==HigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigher====HigherHigher
 
200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018
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 50534759375034558374121119
Total votes held 602616600614651651658664699657727734
Absentee rate 8.3%8.6%7.8%9.6%5.7%7.7%5.2%8.3%12%11%17%16%
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%
Difference +0.0+0.3+1.8+2.8-1.4+2.0-0.7+2.1+5.7+4.6+12+8.0
Comparison ====HigherHigher==Higher==HigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigher
 
200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018
"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 232636363033362933322017
Total votes held 602616600614651651658664699657727734
"Nay" rate 3.8%4.2%6.0%5.9%4.6%5.1%5.5%4.4%4.7%4.9%2.8%2.3%
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%
Difference -3.4-1.8-2.1-1.5-3.8-2.7-1.8-3.1-3.9-2.4-4.3-4.2
Comparison LowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLower
 
200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018
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 83%80%71%72%82%76%84%76%73%74%82%77%
Chamber average 67%69%66%69%69%67%67%67%67%66%67%66%
Difference +16+11+4.0+3.0+12+8.5+17+8.6+5.7+7.4+15+10
Comparison HigherHigherHigherHigher==HigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigher
 
200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018
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.
 
200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018
Party support score (overall) (learn more). How consistently does Rep. Noel 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) 98%96%95%96%96%97%95%95%96%96%97%98%
Chamber average 95%95%94%95%94%94%95%94%94%95%95%94%
Difference +3.0+1.0+0.5+1.5+1.9+2.40.0+1.0+1.8+1.1+2.5+4.1
Comparison HigherHigherHigher==HigherHigherHigher==HigherHigherHigherHigherHigher
 
200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018
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) 93%96%89%95%94%93%84%80%91%95%99%97%
Chamber average 79%82%81%84%85%83%81%80%82%85%87%83%
Difference +13+15+7.2+11+8.7+11+2.6-0.4+8.7+9.8+12+14
Comparison HigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigher====HigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigher

Votes on Rep. Noel's bills

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

Rep. Noel's most divisive bills

Listed below are the 10 votes on bills sponsored by Rep. Noel 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
2017 Noel HB0408 38 36 2.7% House/ passed 3rd reading
2017 Noel HB0099S01 15 14 3.4% Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
2017 Noel HB0291S01 35 39 5.4% House/ floor amendment failed
2009 Noel HB0273S02 31 41 14% House/ failed
2018 Noel HB0135S03 42 26 24% House/ passed 3rd reading
2016 Noel HB0281 46 26 28% House/ floor amendment # 5
2017 Noel HB0291S01 48 27 28% House/ passed 3rd reading
2017 Noel HB0099S01 48 25 32% House/ passed 3rd reading
2012 Noel HB0074S01 15 7 36% Senate/ passed 2nd reading
2011 Noel HB0328 18 8 38% Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension

Rep. Noel's least divisive bills

Listed below are the 10 votes on bills sponsored by Rep. Noel 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
2018 Noel HB0458 23 0 100% Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
2018 Noel HB0458 68 0 100% House/ passed 3rd reading
2018 Noel HB0422S01 27 0 100% Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
2018 Noel HB0367S02 26 0 100% Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
2018 Noel HB0314S02 69 0 100% House/ passed 3rd reading
2018 Noel HB0143S02 71 0 100% House/ concurs with Senate amendment
2018 Noel HB0143S02 25 0 100% Senate/ passed 3rd reading
2018 Noel HB0143S02 70 0 100% House/ passed 3rd reading
2018 Noel HB0114 68 0 100% House/ passed 3rd reading
2017 Noel HB0461 28 0 100% Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension