# Renee Muir

Renee Muir is a Democratic member of the Connecticut House for district 36.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Connecticut House, district 36
- Serving since: 2025-01-08
- Current term: CT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ed6fd366-fcec-4d7c-91fc-847667f604c9

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ed6fd366-fcec-4d7c-91fc-847667f604c9 (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

Muir sits at −0.89 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 83% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.89 (standard error 0.04), from 265 donors and 299 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 17% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (CT 2025–26 session)

754 roll calls. Attendance 99.7% (Connecticut House 96.7%). Party unity 98.4% (95.0%). 4 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-06 · voted yea · House Roll Call Vote · SB 391 AN ACT CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY OF BREAST CANCER SCREENING, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT SERVICES FOR WOMEN COMMITTED TO THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF… · pass · https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB391/
- 2026-05-06 · voted yea · House Roll Call Vote · HB 5563 AN ACT CONCERNING VARIOUS CRIMINAL LAW AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROPOSALS, CERTIFICATES OF APPROVAL FOR AIRPORTS, HELIPORTS, VERTIPORTS, RESTRICTED… · pass · https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5563/
- 2026-05-06 · voted yea · House Roll Call Vote · SB 307 AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REVISIONS TO THE COMMERCE STATUTES AND PROHIBITING… · pass · https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB307/
- 2026-05-06 · voted yea · House Roll Call Vote · SB 306 AN ACT CONCERNING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND COMPREHENSIVE ENERGY STRATEGY. · pass · https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB306/
- 2026-05-06 · voted yea · House Roll Call Vote · SB 220 AN ACT CONCERNING STUDENT LITERACY, ASPIRING EDUCATORS, AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE AS PART OF THE WORLD LANGUAGES CURRICULUM AND THE PARAEDUCATOR HEALTH… · pass · https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB220/
- 2026-05-06 · voted yea · House Roll Call Vote · SB 375 AN ACT CONCERNING SCHOOL MAPPING DATA SERVICES. · pass · https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB375/
- 2026-05-06 · voted nay · House Roll Call Vote · HB 5281 AN ACT CONCERNING PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. · pass · https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5281/
- 2026-05-06 · voted yea · House Roll Call Vote · SB 247 AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE AUDITORS OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. · pass · https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB247/
- 2026-05-06 · voted yea · House Roll Call Vote · SB 457 AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATE'S BOTTLE BILL. · pass · https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB457/
- 2026-05-06 · voted yea · House Roll Call Vote · SB 430 AN ACT ADOPTING THE INTEGRATED SETTING STANDARD OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT FOR PUBLIC ENTITIES. · pass · https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB430/

## Legislation (CT 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 41 bills: 41 reached committee, 17 passed one chamber, 13 passed both, 13 became law. Cosponsored 0. 41.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Connecticut House 35.3%; rank 48 of 150).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 503: AN ACT CONCERNING SENTENCING OF AND PAROLE ELIGIBILITY FOR INDIVIDUALS WHOSE OFFENSE WAS COMMITTED WHEN SUCH INDIVIDUAL WAS UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-SIX YEARS. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB503/
- HB 5567: AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH CARE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION FACILITIES. (became law, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5567/
- SB 89: AN ACT UPDATING PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION STANDARDS. (became law, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB89/
- SB 397: AN ACT CONCERNING DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE USE AND RETENTION OF DATA DERIVED FROM AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READER SYSTEMS. (became law, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB397/
- HB 5342: AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND OTHER MEANS TO GENERATE DECEPTIVE SYNTHETIC MEDIA AND AFFECT ELECTIONS. (in committee, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5342/
- HB 5480: AN ACT CONCERNING PEER SUPPORT SERVICES UNDER THE MEDICAID PROGRAM. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5480/
- HB 5561: AN ACT CONCERNING A FIVE-YEAR MEDICAID RATE REVIEW, DENTAL REPRESENTATION ON A MEDICAL ASSISTANCE OVERSIGHT COUNCIL, BIOMARKER TESTING AND OPIOID PRESCRIPTION… (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5561/
- HB 5524: AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATE'S MATERIALS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5524/
- SB 319: AN ACT CONCERNING BATTERY-POWERED LAWN EQUIPMENT FUNDING FOR MUNICIPALITIES, REGIONAL SCHOOLS AND COMMERCIAL LANDSCAPERS. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB319/
- HB 5035: AN ACT REQUIRING SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO BAN CELLULAR PHONES IN THE CLASSROOM. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5035/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $7,635 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 97% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Campaign site: https://www.votelamarkmuir.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reneelamarkmuir36/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reneelamarkmuir36/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/renee-lamark-muir-a174b3146/?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ed6fd366-fcec-4d7c-91fc-847667f604c9