# Scott Sandall

Scott Sandall is a Republican member of the Utah Senate for district 1.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Utah Senate, district 1
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: UT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d1a1c031-9dce-4727-a298-ec92cb34fe40

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d1a1c031-9dce-4727-a298-ec92cb34fe40 (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

Sandall missed 29% of 1,085 roll calls, attendance in the bottom tenth of the Utah Senate (average 88%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.32 (standard error 0.02), from 32 donors and 1,071 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 44% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (UT 2025–26 session)

1,085 roll calls. Attendance 71% (Utah Senate 88%). Party unity 97.6% (91.6%). 19 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension · HB 354 Rescue Tracking Equipment Offense Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB354/
- 2026-03-07 · voted not voting · Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension · HB 527 Pharmacy Pricing Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB527/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · Senate/ concurs with House amendment · SB 193 State Legal Holiday Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB193/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension · HB 535 Disposition of Public Property Modifications · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB535/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · Senate/ concurs with House amendment · SB 197 Transportation Funding and Governance Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB197/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · Senate/ concurs with House amendment · SB 154 Protection and Advocacy Agency Reporting · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB154/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · Senate/ concurs with House amendment · SB 181 School Discipline Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB181/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · Senate/ concurs with House amendment · SB 149 Licensing Modifications · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB149/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension · HB 513 Attorney General Funding Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB513/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension · HB 194 Utah State Board of Education Ethics Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB194/

## Legislation (UT 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 24 bills: 24 reached committee, 21 passed one chamber, 19 passed both, 18 became law. Cosponsored 34. 87.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Utah Senate 72.9%; rank 9 of 28).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 198: Water Project Management Amendments (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB198/
- SB 231: Energy User Amendments (passed one chamber, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB231/
- SJR 9: Joint Resolution Expressing Friendship and Support for Taiwan (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SJR9/
- SR 4: Resolution Encouraging the Integration of Agriculture into Residential Development (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SR4/
- SB 251: Local Health Department and Department of Environmental Quality Coordination (became law, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB251/
- SB 8: State Agency and Higher Education Compensation Appropriations (became law, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB8/
- SJR 6: Joint Resolution Amending Court Rules (passed both chambers, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SJR6/
- SB 140: Election Adjustments (became law, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB140/
- SB 117: Occupational and Professional Licensing Amendments (became law, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB117/
- SB 2001: Election Amendments (became law, 2025-12-11) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2025S2/SB2001/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $123.6K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 92% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://senate.utah.gov/sen/SANDASD/
- Campaign site: https://www.votescottsandall.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/votescottsandalldistrict17/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d1a1c031-9dce-4727-a298-ec92cb34fe40