# Emily Buss

Emily Buss is a nonpartisan member of the Utah Senate for district 11.

- Party: Nonpartisan
- Seat: Utah Senate, district 11
- Serving since: 2025-12-17
- Current term: UT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f5149921-03c9-4420-bb21-9b54c19e0c65

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f5149921-03c9-4420-bb21-9b54c19e0c65 (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

33% of the 6 bills Buss sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom tenth of the Utah Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.08 (standard error 0.02), from 86 donors and 269 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official.

## Votes (UT 2025–26 session)

1,080 roll calls. Attendance 92.5% (Utah Senate 88%).

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 yea · 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 6 bills: 6 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 3. 33.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Utah Senate 72.9%; rank 26 of 28).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 320: School-based Food Pantry Amendments (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB320/
- SJR 17: Resolution Encouraging Innovation in Legislative Analysis and Information Services (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SJR17/
- SB 189: School District Funding Amendments (passed both chambers, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB189/
- SB 291: Student Transportation Amendments (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB291/
- SB 297: School Social Worker Amendments (passed both chambers, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB297/
- SB 247: Road Funding Amendments (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB247/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $70.1K (State Senate members of other parties median $70.1K). 62% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f5149921-03c9-4420-bb21-9b54c19e0c65