# Ariel Defay

Ariel Defay is a Republican member of the Utah House for district 15.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Utah House, district 15
- Serving since: 2023-11-15
- Current term: UT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/6d3d4043-1ec3-454c-a517-4036722c50ee

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6d3d4043-1ec3-454c-a517-4036722c50ee (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

39% of Defay’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Utah, in the bottom tenth of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.17 (standard error 0.02), from 5 donors and 412 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 22% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (UT 2025–26 session)

832 roll calls. Attendance 92.4% (Utah House 90.7%). Party unity 83% (89%). 21 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 17 bills: 17 reached committee, 15 passed one chamber, 14 passed both, 14 became law. Cosponsored 7. 88.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Utah House 70.5%; rank 13 of 67).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 393: Early Intervention for Dyslexia Amendments (became law, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB393/
- HB 329: State Employee Maternity and Leave Amendments (became law, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB329/
- HB 306: Reinvestment Fee Amendments (became law, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB306/
- HB 289: Child Sexual Abuse Material Amendments (became law, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB289/
- HB 273: Classroom Technology Amendments (became law, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB273/
- HB 276: Artificial Intelligence Modifications (became law, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB276/
- HB 128: Traffic Amendments (became law, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB128/
- HB 126: Micro-Education Entity Facility Amendments (became law, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB126/
- HB 137: Human Trafficking Expungement Amendments (in committee, 2025-03-08) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2025/HB137/
- HB 189: Public Education Course Grade Requirements (in committee, 2025-03-08) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2025/HB189/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $14.4K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 39% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://house.utleg.gov/rep/DEFAYA/
- Campaign site: https://www.arieldefay.com/
- X: https://x.com/ArielDefay
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ariel.defay
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arieldefay/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ariel-defay-635743189/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6d3d4043-1ec3-454c-a517-4036722c50ee