# Bridger Bolinder

Bridger Bolinder is a Republican member of the Utah House for district 29.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Utah House, district 29
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: UT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3e388e2d-1b4a-49dc-9aa5-38353166e08f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3e388e2d-1b4a-49dc-9aa5-38353166e08f (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

Bolinder missed 15% of 832 roll calls, attendance in the bottom quarter of the Utah House (average 90.7%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.35 (standard error 0.02), from 11 donors and 546 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 50% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (UT 2025–26 session)

832 roll calls. Attendance 85% (Utah House 90.7%). Party unity 96.5% (89%). 20 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-03-07 · voted not voting · 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 12 bills: 10 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 9. 83.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Utah House 70.5%; rank 20 of 67).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 501: Water Modifications (passed both chambers, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB501/
- HB 343: Nursing Care Facility Program Amendments (became law, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB343/
- HB 272: Tourism Taxes Amendments (became law, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB272/
- HB 111: Wildlife Amendments (became law, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB111/
- HB 97: Medical Waste Amendments (became law, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB97/
- HB 409: Medicaid Pharmacy Amendments (passed one chamber, 2025-03-08) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2025/HB409/
- HB 61: Tax Withholding Amendments (passed one chamber, 2025-03-08) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2025/HB61/
- HB 113: Certificate of Death Amendments (introduced, 2025-03-08) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2025/HB113/
- HB 555: Medical Waste Amendments (introduced, 2025-03-08) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2025/HB555/
- HB 478: Brine Mining Amendments (became law, 2025-03-24) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2025/HB478/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $29.6K (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/BOLINB/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BridgerForUtah/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bridger-bolinder-33307021a/?trk=public_profile_browsemap

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3e388e2d-1b4a-49dc-9aa5-38353166e08f