# Steve Eliason

Steve Eliason is a Republican member of the Utah House for district 43.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Utah House, district 43
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: UT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/06d334f0-dd19-4a8e-b1c9-5f1ae1d90e26

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/06d334f0-dd19-4a8e-b1c9-5f1ae1d90e26 (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

Eliason voted against the majority of Utah House Republicans 36 times; party unity 76%, in the bottom tenth of the Utah House (average 89%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.11 (standard error 0.02), from 51 donors and 1,132 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 13% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (UT 2025–26 session)

832 roll calls. Attendance 96.0% (Utah House 90.7%). Party unity 76% (89%). 36 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 24 bills: 19 reached committee, 18 passed one chamber, 15 passed both, 12 became law. Cosponsored 32. 75.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Utah House 70.5%; rank 32 of 67).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 552: Behavioral Health Amendments (introduced, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB552/
- HB 421: Hit and Run Amendments (introduced, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB421/
- HB 70: Correctional Health Services Amendments (passed both chambers, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB70/
- HCR 5: House Concurrent Resolution on State Management of Federal Public Lands (passed both chambers, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HCR5/
- HB 587: Income Tax Amendments (introduced, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB587/
- HB 28: Health and Human Services Sunset Amendments (passed both chambers, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB28/
- HB 596: Homelessness Amendments (passed one chamber, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB596/
- HB 572: Behavioral Health, Mental Health, and Social Services Amendments (became law, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB572/
- HB 423: Hit and Run and DUI Offense Amendments (became law, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB423/
- HB 77: Tax Modifications (became law, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB77/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $47.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 81% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://house.utleg.gov/rep/ELIASS/
- Campaign site: https://steveutah.com/
- X: https://x.com/steveeliason?lang=en
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/votesteveeliason
- LinkedIn: https://twitter.com/steveeliason?lang=en

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/06d334f0-dd19-4a8e-b1c9-5f1ae1d90e26