# Jim Dunnigan

Jim Dunnigan is a Republican member of the Utah House for district 36.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Utah House, district 36
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: UT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/89b3cebe-884b-4798-b063-794d359ea891

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/89b3cebe-884b-4798-b063-794d359ea891 (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

Dunnigan voted against the majority of Utah House Republicans 64 times; party unity 64%, in the bottom 5% of the Utah House (average 89%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.06 (standard error 0.01), from 144 donors and 1,132 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 8.4% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (UT 2025–26 session)

832 roll calls. Attendance 98.4% (Utah House 90.7%). Party unity 64% (89%). 64 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 19 bills: 18 reached committee, 17 passed one chamber, 12 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 11. 89.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Utah House 70.5%; rank 10 of 67).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 560: Ambulance Amendments (introduced, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB560/
- HR 7: House Rules Modifications (passed one chamber, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HR7/
- HB 498: Utah App Store Accountability Act Amendments (became law, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB498/
- HB 457: County Governance Modifications (became law, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB457/
- HB 414: Dental Hygienist Amendments (became law, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB414/
- HB 280: Third Party Litigation Funding Amendments (became law, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB280/
- HJR 1: Joint Rules Resolution - Amendments to Joint Rules (passed both chambers, 2026-02-20) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HJR1/
- HR 1: House Rules Resolution - Amendments to House Rules (passed one chamber, 2026-01-30) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HR1/
- HB 58: Insurance Code Modifications (became law, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB58/
- HB 38: Local Government Amendments (became law, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB38/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $89.1K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 97% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://house.utleg.gov/rep/DUNNIJA/
- Campaign site: http://electdunnigan.com/
- X: https://x.com/repjimdunnigan?lang=en
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JimDunniganPage/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-dunnigan-a4309320/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/89b3cebe-884b-4798-b063-794d359ea891