U.S. Representative — Utah's 4th District
Burgess Owens
Republican · Utah
Republican U.S. Representative for Utah's 4th congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Legislative Record
Recently sponsored bills (50 on record)
- H.R.9926 — PATH Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
- H.R.9604 — Less Bureaucracy, Better Tribal Education Act (Reported, Jul 9, 2026)
- H.R.9527 — STRONG Act (Introduced, Jun 29, 2026)
- H.R.8705 — CHARLIE Act (Reported, May 7, 2026)
- H.R.8384 — To provide for the conveyance of certain property to the Utah National Guard located in Lehi, Utah, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Apr 20, 2026)
- H.R.8347 — RURAL Healthcare Act (Reported, Apr 16, 2026)
- H.R.8272 — To classify qualified locum tenens professionals and advanced care practitioners as independent contractors for the purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and the National Labor Relations Act. (Introduced, Apr 14, 2026)
- H.R.8183 — MATCH Act of 2026 (Reported, Apr 2, 2026)
Recent floor votes (100 on record)
- Voted Yea on H.R.8884 — Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
- Voted Nay on H.Con.Res.89 — Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
- Voted Yea on H.Con.Res.113 — Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Yea on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Nay on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Yea on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Nay on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Aye on H.R.8800 — On Agreeing to the Amendment (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)
- H.R.6248 — Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (Introduced, May 14, 2026)
- H.R.8826 — In God We Trust Act (Introduced, May 14, 2026)
- H.R.8264 — HBCU Research Capacity Act (Introduced, May 12, 2026)
- H.R.8736 — Restoration of Employment Choice for Adults with Disabilities Act (Reported, May 12, 2026)
- H.R.8697 — Guard the Skies Act (Introduced, May 12, 2026)
- H.R.4638 — Federal Working Animal Protection Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)
- H.R.4700 — PRIME Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)
- H.R.178 — To require the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out activities to suppress wildfires, and for other purposes. (Reported, Jan 15, 2025)
Voting analysis
Two of Burgess Owens's five filings transfer specific pieces of ground. One moves federal land in one Utah town from the interior department to the postal service so a post office can be built on it. The other conveys property in another Utah town to the state's national guard. This is legislating at the smallest available scale — statutes that change the ownership of two parcels and affect nothing else in the country.
Of the 50 most recent of those, 44 currently sit at Introduced.
Education everywhere except the list
Education dominates his classified subjects by a wide margin, with labour behind it, and he chairs the higher education and workforce development subcommittee. None of the five named bills is about schools or students. The gap between the subject totals and the recent titles is as wide here as anywhere on this site — the committee work is real and simply does not show up in a list this short.
Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Burgess Owens's cluster into: Education (20), Labor and Employment (9), Crime and Law Enforcement (4), Energy (3), Environmental Protection (2), Families (2).
Where he broke ranks
Three amendment votes, one carried and two lost. A small business innovation and security act he opposed while his conference passed it. And a rotorcraft safety measure he backed that failed. Five departures in total, which is a low count for these pages.
| Roll call | Date | Outcome | Their vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R.8800 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 258 | Jul 21, 2026 | Agreed to | Aye (party: Nay) |
| H.R.8595 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 245 | Jul 15, 2026 | Failed | No (party: Yea) |
| S.3971 Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll call 89 | Mar 17, 2026 | Passed | Nay (party: Yea) |
| S.2503 ROTOR Act On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll call 72 | Feb 24, 2026 | Failed | Yea (party: Nay) |
| H.R.7148 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 44 | Jan 22, 2026 | Failed | No (party: Yea) |
Below the Utah Republicans
Utah's four House Republicans keep a higher combined rate than he does individually.
Among the 4 Republicans in the Utah delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 4.7%. Burgess Owens is below that average at 2.3%.
Tenure and attendance
Three terms opening this decade, and he is off the floor for only a slim fraction of votes.
First elected in 2021, now serving across 3 terms. Burgess Owens falls in the mid cohort.
By the numbers
In the 119th Congress, Burgess Owens has 65 bills sponsored, 887 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.
Committee assignments
- House Committee on Education and Workforce
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- House Committee on Education and Workforce: Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education
- House Committee on Education and Workforce: Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
- House Committee on Education and Workforce: Higher Education and Workforce Development (Chairman)
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Aviation
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Highways and Transit
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials
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