Burgess Owens

U.S. Representative · UT-4 · Republican

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 10, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 119th Congress so far

1.25· expected 1.41

Meets expectations

Rank 117 of 433 in the House · expected = average of 195 majority-party members without a committee lead

How far Owens’s own bills got, weighted by substance. The average member scores 1.00.

25 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 1 significant (got a roll call vote), 24 substantive, 0 commemorative. Compare the House

How Owens’s ratings compare with every representative

Scores run 0–100 and always sit next to a median. Each tick is one representative; the ringed marker is Owens.

98/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 15 missed of 674

Voted on 659 of 674 roll calls; missed 15. Lower than 58% of House members.

15%100%

97/ 100

House R median 98 · Rank 141 of 219

Sided with the Republican majority on 467 votes that split the parties. Lower than 63% of House members.

45%100%

14/ 100

Chamber median 12 · +2

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Higher than 73% of House members.

0%70%

+0.45

Republican middle 80%: 0.32 to 0.71

Left–right position from roll-call similarity (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview), from −1 to +1. Members who vote alike sit near each other.

LiberalConservative

1 bill sponsored in the 119th Congress, furthest along first. These are the bills counted in Owens’s effectiveness score.

H.R. 7892 No Aid for Ghost Students Act of 2026Requires the Department of Education to establish an identity fraud detection system for federal student aid applications. AI-readEducation · Passed a chamber Jun 11, 2026Substantive851 words Passed a chamber

Stage comes from each bill’s latest action on congress.gov; the full history is on each bill page.