# Paul Cutler Paul Cutler is a Republican member of the Utah House for district 18. - Party: Republican - Seat: Utah House, district 18 - Serving since: 2023-01-01 - Current term: UT 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/d8c2c3ff-83a7-45f7-88bb-fb01b8cd624e Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d8c2c3ff-83a7-45f7-88bb-fb01b8cd624e (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 52% of Cutler’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Utah, in the bottom tenth of State House Republicans. ## What Cutler says (UT 2025–26 session) 177 classified statements: 177 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Cutler | State House Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 | | Policy criticism | 9.6% | 9.3% | 286 of 791 | | Policy discussion | 53.1% | 31.9% | 93 of 791 | | Bipartisanship | 5.7% | 1.8% | 55 of 791 | | Credit claiming | 9.0% | 12.7% | 417 of 791 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 | Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 29% (State House Republicans 18%); Science, Technology, Communications 23% (State House Republicans 2.4%); Water Resources Development 11% (State House Republicans 1.4%); Economics and Public Finance 9.6% (State House Republicans 12%); Families 9.6% (State House Republicans 3.6%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.11 (standard error 0.02), from 41 donors and 573 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 14% of State House Republicans score lower. ## Votes (UT 2025–26 session) 832 roll calls. Attendance 95.5% (Utah House 90.7%). Party unity 78% (89%). 37 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 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 not voting · 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 16 bills: 14 reached committee, 13 passed one chamber, 12 passed both, 11 became law. Cosponsored 8. 81.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Utah House 70.5%; rank 24 of 67). Recent sponsored bills: - HB 346: Sexual Abuse of a Child Amendments (passed both chambers, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB346/ - HB 403: Transportation Corrections (introduced, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB403/ - HB 13: Municipal Services Fees and Political Subdivision Lien Amendments (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB13/ - HB 381: Electric Mobility Device Amendments (became law, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB381/ - HB 320: Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy Amendments (became law, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB320/ - HB 319: Electronic Records Amendments (became law, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB319/ - HB 303: Family Court Amendments (became law, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB303/ - HB 26: Voting Equipment Amendments (became law, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB26/ - HB 32: Signature Gathering and Verification Amendments (became law, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB32/ - HB 525: Clean Truck Amendments (introduced, 2025-03-08) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2025/HB525/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $11.3K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 52% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Recent statements Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only. - 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/parttimepolpaul?lang=en/status/2110391156802801937 - 2026-09-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/parttimepolpaul?lang=en/status/2103184504622059838 - 2026-09-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/parttimepolpaul?lang=en/status/2102219391396143395 - 2026-09-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/parttimepolpaul?lang=en/status/2100742697925673438 - 2026-09-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/parttimepolpaul?lang=en/status/2100425478943465562 - 2026-09-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/parttimepolpaul?lang=en/status/2100614869884289380 - 2026-09-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/parttimepolpaul?lang=en/status/2100323901431754933 - 2026-09-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/parttimepolpaul?lang=en/status/2100329656281190808 - 2026-09-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/parttimepolpaul?lang=en/status/2099494117168586888 - 2026-09-04 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/parttimepolpaul?lang=en/status/2095890813679243669 ## Links - Official site: https://house.utleg.gov/rep/CUTLEP/ - Campaign site: https://votepaulcutler.com/ - X: https://x.com/parttimepolpaul?lang=en - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CutlerLegislature/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-cutler-364182/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d8c2c3ff-83a7-45f7-88bb-fb01b8cd624e