# Chris Knapp

Chris Knapp is a Republican member of the Wyoming House for district 53.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Wyoming House, district 53
- Serving since: 2020-12-04
- Current term: WY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ffe52a1f-bc33-424a-bd8c-a2df967ac83a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ffe52a1f-bc33-424a-bd8c-a2df967ac83a (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

35% of Knapp’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Wyoming, in the bottom tenth of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.38 (standard error 0.02), from 12 donors and 892 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 55% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WY 2025–26 session)

955 roll calls. Attendance 98.7% (Wyoming House 96.5%). Party unity 97.7% (76%). 75 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WY 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 9 bills: 8 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 39. 77.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wyoming House 44.0%; rank 5 of 43).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 56: Carbon capture mandate-repeal. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2026/HB56/
- HB 319: Mining equipment sales and use tax exemption. (introduced, 2025-02-03) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/HB319/
- HB 322: Secretary of state authority over counties. (in committee, 2025-03-04) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/HB322/
- HB 280: Sex offender registration. (became law, 2025-03-13) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/HB280/
- HB 245: Pen and paper ballots. (passed one chamber, 2025-02-28) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/HB245/
- HB 228: Prohibition on private funds for conducting elections. (became law, 2025-03-18) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/HB228/
- HB 209: Carbon capture mandate-repeal. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-03) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/HB209/
- HB 210: Prohibition on unauthorized fees-veterans benefits. (in committee, 2025-02-11) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/HB210/
- HB 131: Ballot drop boxes-prohibition. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-01) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/HB131/
- HB 80: Stop ESG-State funds fiduciary duty act. (passed one chamber, 2025-02-28) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/HB80/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $5,850 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 35% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://wyoleg.gov/Legislators/2024/H/2086
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/christopher.knapp.12/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-knapp-6027b329/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ffe52a1f-bc33-424a-bd8c-a2df967ac83a