# Dan Dockstader

Dan Dockstader is a Republican member of the Wyoming Senate for district 16.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Wyoming Senate, district 16
- Serving since: 2009-01-05
- Current term: WY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/5395223c-9b56-410d-b18f-978d9e2a07a9

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5395223c-9b56-410d-b18f-978d9e2a07a9 (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

Dockstader sits at +0.02 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 91% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.02 (standard error 0.01), from 1 donors and 1,178 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 9.4% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WY 2025–26 session)

817 roll calls. Attendance 96.8% (Wyoming Senate 98.0%). Party unity 82% (77%). 73 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WY 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 10 bills: 10 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 51. 60.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wyoming Senate 75.7%; rank 18 of 24).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SF 120: K-12 school facilities major maintenance. (in committee, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2026/SF120/
- SF 121: Wyoming Pharmacy Act amendments. (became law, 2026-03-08) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2026/SF121/
- SF 122: Medical necessity standard-timeline amendments. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2026/SF122/
- SF 182: Property tax valuation-fair market value. (in committee, 2025-03-03) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SF182/
- SF 167: Board of chiropractic examiners-criminal history records. (became law, 2025-03-19) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SF167/
- SF 138: Energy impact on Wyoming economy-study. (became law, 2025-02-28) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SF138/
- SF 136: Homeowner tax exemption. (in committee, 2025-03-03) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SF136/
- SF 137: School finance-cash reserves. (became law, 2025-02-28) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SF137/
- SF 139: Trapping requirements-licenses, seasons and setbacks. (passed one chamber, 2025-02-28) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SF139/
- SF 140: Trapping education requirements. (in committee, 2025-03-03) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SF140/

## Campaign money (2020 cycle)

Itemized receipts $300 (State Senate Republicans median $13.9K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://wyoleg.gov/Legislators/2024/S/1048
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/danforwyoming/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5395223c-9b56-410d-b18f-978d9e2a07a9