# Christine Watkins

Christine Watkins is a Republican member of the Utah House for district 67.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Utah House, district 67
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: UT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/052622aa-50ab-47c7-84b8-175d144a9d59

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/052622aa-50ab-47c7-84b8-175d144a9d59 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Watkins reported $3,625 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.18 (standard error 0.02), from 20 donors and 1,104 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 23% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (UT 2025–26 session)

832 roll calls. Attendance 94.1% (Utah House 90.7%). Party unity 80% (89%). 37 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · House/ concurs with Senate amendment · HB 306 Reinvestment Fee Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB306/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · House/ concurs with Senate amendment · HCR 2 Concurrent Resolution Authorizing Adult Sentencing and Supervision Length Guidelines and Juvenile Disposition Guidelines · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HCR2/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · House/ concurs with Senate amendment · HB 377 Real Estate Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB377/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · House/ concurs with Senate amendment · HB 260 Unauthorized Practice of Law Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB260/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · House/ passed 3rd reading · SB 184 Justice System Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB184/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · House/ concurs with Senate amendment · HB 242 Initiative and Referendum Signature Gathering and Removal Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB242/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · House/ passed 3rd reading · SB 210 Nicotine Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB210/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · House/ passed 3rd reading · SB 251 Local Health Department and Department of Environmental Quality Coordination · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB251/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · House/ concurs with Senate amendment · HB 416 First Responder Health Modifications · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB416/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · House/ concurs with Senate amendment · HB 385 Specialized Product Sales Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB385/

## Legislation (UT 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 20 bills: 17 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 10 passed both, 10 became law. Cosponsored 9. 50.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Utah House 70.5%; rank 58 of 67).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 208: Parentage Amendments (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB208/
- HB 162: Local Sales Tax Modifications (introduced, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB162/
- HB 189: Technical Colleges Funding Amendments (introduced, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB189/
- HB 413: Surplus Interconnection Service Amendments (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB413/
- HB 522: Parentage and Child Support Amendments (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB522/
- HB 468: Mobile Mammography Amendments (became law, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB468/
- HB 401: Geothermal Study Amendments (became law, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB401/
- HB 105: Child Welfare Revisions (became law, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB105/
- HB 75: American Indian and Alaska Native Education Amendments (became law, 2026-02-27) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB75/
- HB 61: Navajo Trust Fund Amendments (became law, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB61/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $3,625 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://house.utleg.gov/rep/WATKICF/
- Campaign site: https://watkinsforruralutah.com/
- X: https://x.com/RepWatkins
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WatkinsDistrict67/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cwatkins_69/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-watkins-45698aa/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/052622aa-50ab-47c7-84b8-175d144a9d59