# Walt Brooks

Walt Brooks is a Republican member of the Utah House for district 75.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Utah House, district 75
- Serving since: 2016-09-21
- Current term: UT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/5cef5a01-f3ea-4c28-aa39-036449806388

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5cef5a01-f3ea-4c28-aa39-036449806388 (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

Brooks missed 28% of 832 roll calls, attendance in the bottom 5% of the Utah House (average 90.7%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.39 (standard error 0.02), from 15 donors and 1,092 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 56% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (UT 2025–26 session)

832 roll calls. Attendance 72% (Utah House 90.7%). Party unity 94.5% (89%). 17 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 18 bills: 16 reached committee, 15 passed one chamber, 13 passed both, 12 became law. Cosponsored 7. 83.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Utah House 70.5%; rank 20 of 67).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 281: Workers' Compensation Cannabis Amendments (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB281/
- HJR 13: Proposal to Amend Utah Constitution - Judicial Retention (introduced, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HJR13/
- HB 349: Statewide Water Storage (passed both chambers, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB349/
- HB 508: State Facilities Modifications (became law, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB508/
- HB 8: State Agency Fees and Internal Service Fund Authorization and Appropriations (became law, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB8/
- HB 182: Genetic Information Amendments (became law, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB182/
- HB 165: Critical Infrastructure Amendments (became law, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB165/
- HB 84: Dangerous Weapon Amendments (became law, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB84/
- HB 130: Social Security Tax Amendments (introduced, 2025-03-08) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2025/HB130/
- HB 548: Genetic Information Amendments (passed one chamber, 2025-03-08) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2025/HB548/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $23.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 77% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://house.utleg.gov/rep/BROOKW/
- Campaign site: https://www.waltbrooks.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WaltBrooksStateRep/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/walt-brooks-643b6719/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5cef5a01-f3ea-4c28-aa39-036449806388