# Ray Ward

Ray Ward is a Republican member of the Utah House for district 19.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Utah House, district 19
- Serving since: 2015-01-01
- Current term: UT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/dbd3789a-5040-4015-9474-ac27b4a32010

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/dbd3789a-5040-4015-9474-ac27b4a32010 (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

Ward voted against the majority of Utah House Republicans 41 times; party unity 73%, in the bottom tenth of the Utah House (average 89%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.05 (standard error 0.01), from 200 donors and 1,145 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 7.5% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (UT 2025–26 session)

832 roll calls. Attendance 93.1% (Utah House 90.7%). Party unity 73% (89%). 41 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 25 bills: 19 reached committee, 13 passed one chamber, 13 passed both, 13 became law. Cosponsored 6. 52.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Utah House 70.5%; rank 54 of 67).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 461: Tax Increment Financing Revisions (introduced, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB461/
- HB 184: Small Lots and Starter Homes Amendments (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB184/
- HB 570: New Home Impact Fee Amendments (introduced, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB570/
- HB 367: Solar Power Utility Amendments (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB367/
- HB 121: School Fee Amendments (introduced, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB121/
- HB 470: Building Inspection Amendments (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB470/
- HB 599: Social Services Funding Amendments (became law, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB599/
- HCR 14: Concurrent Resolution Supporting the Transfer of Federally Managed Lands (became law, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HCR14/
- HB 333: Adoption Records Access Amendments (became law, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB333/
- HB 7: Social Services Base Budget (became law, 2026-02-01) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB7/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $26.8K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 38% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://house.utleg.gov/rep/WARDR/
- Campaign site: https://www.raywardutah.com/
- X: https://x.com/raywardutah?lang=en
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/raywardutah/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/raymondward3/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/rayward1024/videos

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/dbd3789a-5040-4015-9474-ac27b4a32010