# Chris Wilson

Chris Wilson is a Republican member of the Utah Senate for district 2.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Utah Senate, district 2
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: UT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3acc854e-2a4d-43ff-9cfb-63d527bb8186

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3acc854e-2a4d-43ff-9cfb-63d527bb8186 (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

100% of the 19 bills Wilson sponsored got out of committee, in the top 5% of the Utah Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.28 (standard error 0.02), from 58 donors and 882 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 37% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (UT 2025–26 session)

1,085 roll calls. Attendance 97.1% (Utah Senate 88%). Party unity 97.3% (91.6%). 10 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension · HB 354 Rescue Tracking Equipment Offense Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB354/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension · HB 527 Pharmacy Pricing Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB527/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · Senate/ concurs with House amendment · SB 193 State Legal Holiday Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB193/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension · HB 535 Disposition of Public Property Modifications · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB535/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · Senate/ concurs with House amendment · SB 197 Transportation Funding and Governance Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB197/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · Senate/ concurs with House amendment · SB 154 Protection and Advocacy Agency Reporting · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB154/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · Senate/ concurs with House amendment · SB 181 School Discipline Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB181/
- 2026-03-07 · voted not voting · Senate/ concurs with House amendment · SB 149 Licensing Modifications · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB149/
- 2026-03-07 · voted not voting · Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension · HB 513 Attorney General Funding Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB513/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension · HB 194 Utah State Board of Education Ethics Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB194/

## Legislation (UT 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 19 bills: 19 reached committee, 19 passed one chamber, 18 passed both, 15 became law. Cosponsored 19. 100.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Utah Senate 72.9%; rank 2 of 28).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 157: New Motorboat Distributor Act (passed both chambers, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB157/
- SB 240: Higher Education Institutional Governance (became law, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB240/
- SB 238: Property Tax Adjustments (became law, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB238/
- SB 222: Right to Try Amendments (became law, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB222/
- SCR 7: Concurrent Resolution on State Innovation for Transition from Government Benefits to Self-reliance (became law, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SCR7/
- SB 164: School Construction Amendments (became law, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB164/
- SB 162: Online Sales Tax Amendments (became law, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB162/
- SB 134: Court Amendments (became law, 2026-02-01) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB134/
- SB 86: Firearm Safe Harbor Amendments (became law, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB86/
- SB 91: Motor Vehicle Registration Services Amendments (became law, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB91/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $42.1K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 81% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://senate.utah.gov/sen/WILSOCH/
- Campaign site: https://t.co/h06Djf2HtW
- X: https://x.com/chriswilsonutah?lang=en
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chriswilsonutah/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswilsonutah/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3acc854e-2a4d-43ff-9cfb-63d527bb8186