# Doug Owens

Doug Owens is a Democratic member of the Utah House for district 33.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Utah House, district 33
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: UT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b60609f0-e6df-42fc-bbca-9b67a2ed7254

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b60609f0-e6df-42fc-bbca-9b67a2ed7254 (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

38% of the 29 bills Owens sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom tenth of the Utah House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.82 (standard error 0.03), from 543 donors and 847 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 24% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (UT 2025–26 session)

832 roll calls. Attendance 93.9% (Utah House 90.7%). Party unity 96.7% (89%). 16 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 not voting · 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 nay · 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 not voting · House/ passed 3rd reading · SB 184 Justice System Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB184/
- 2026-03-07 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 29 bills: 21 reached committee, 11 passed one chamber, 9 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 2. 37.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Utah House 70.5%; rank 63 of 67).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 595: Public Trail Amendments (introduced, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB595/
- HB 483: Flower Sales Modifications (passed both chambers, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB483/
- HB 494: Transfer of Water Interests (passed both chambers, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB494/
- HB 154: Water Loss Study Amendments (passed both chambers, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB154/
- HB 155: Water Rates Amendments (introduced, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB155/
- HB 490: Water Optimization Reporting Amendments (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB490/
- HB 400: Landscaping Water Amendments (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB400/
- HB 285: Local Planning and Regulation Impacts on Wildlife Amendments (introduced, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB285/
- HB 603: Divorce Amendments (introduced, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB603/
- HB 594: State Trails Week Designation (introduced, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB594/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $66.5K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 97% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://house.utleg.gov/rep/OWENSDO/
- Campaign site: https://dougowensutah.com/
- X: https://x.com/dougowensutah
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dougowensutah/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dougowensutah/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dougowens4066
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dougowensutah/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b60609f0-e6df-42fc-bbca-9b67a2ed7254