# Jake Sawyer

Jake Sawyer is a Republican member of the Utah House for district 9.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Utah House, district 9
- Serving since: 2025-01-01
- Current term: UT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/dd923550-9fd3-4476-9a43-219a199c8057

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/dd923550-9fd3-4476-9a43-219a199c8057 (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

62% of Sawyer’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Utah, in the bottom tenth of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.52 (standard error 0.03), from 7 donors and 278 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 76% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (UT 2025–26 session)

832 roll calls. Attendance 92.1% (Utah House 90.7%). Party unity 91.0% (89%). 51 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 not voting · 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 5 bills: 4 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 3. 40.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Utah House 70.5%; rank 62 of 67).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 100: Electroconvulsive Therapy Prohibition Amendments (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB100/
- HB 395: Real Estate Transaction Amendments (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB395/
- HB 267: Public Employee Compensation Amendments (introduced, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB267/
- HB 493: Consumer Products Amendments (became law, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB493/
- HB 345: State Park Road Amendments (became law, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2025/HB345/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $37.7K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 62% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://house.utleg.gov/rep/SAWYEJ
- Campaign site: https://www.jakeforweber.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61572401403221
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558024838137
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jake.sawyer.315
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-sawyer-/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/dd923550-9fd3-4476-9a43-219a199c8057