U.S. Senator from Utah
John Curtis
Republican · Utah
Former Mayor of Provo and House member, elected to Senate in 2024 replacing Mitt Romney. Known as a conservative who acknowledges climate change.
Record
Conservative Republican with more moderate stance on climate change than party norm. Focuses on clean energy solutions and market-based climate approaches.
Legislative Record
Recently sponsored bills (8 on record)
- S.5181 — A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation to establish a grant program relating to the digitization of county roads and the creation of publicly accessible road datasets, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 30, 2026)
- S.5197 — A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for a State-sponsored nonimmigrant pilot program, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 30, 2026)
- S.5153 — A bill to require a quorum of Federal Trade Commissioners to undertake certain rulemaking and policymaking actions, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 28, 2026)
- S.5114 — A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to include certain ridership forecasting methods in determinations of whether a project under the fixed guideway capital investment grants program is justified, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
- S.5045 — Wildfire Emissions Prevention Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 21, 2026)
- S.4855 — SAFE KIDS Act (Introduced, Jun 23, 2026)
- S.4665 — BANNED in Latin America Act (Introduced, Jun 2, 2026)
- S.4523 — A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 111 South Tremont Street in Tremonton, Utah, as the "Sorensen-Estrada Post Office". (Introduced, May 13, 2026)
This bill designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 111 South Tremont Street in Tremonton, Utah, as the "Sorensen-Estrada Post Office".
Notable votes
- Voted Yea on S.Res. 817 — S. Res. 817 (Resolution Agreed to, Jul 30, 2026)
- Voted Yea on S.Res. 817 — Motion to Invoke Cloture: S. Res. 817 (Cloture Motion Agreed to, Jul 29, 2026)
- Voted Yea on H.R. 6644 — Motion to Invoke Cloture: Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 6644 with an Amendment (SA 5823) (Cloture Motion Agreed to, Jun 18, 2026)
- Voted Yea on S. 2 — S. 2, As Amended (Bill Passed, Jun 5, 2026)
- Voted Nay on S. 2 — Cortez Masto Amdt. No. 5463 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)
- Voted Nay on S. 2 — Padilla Amdt. No. 5808 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)
- Voted Nay on S. 2 — Gallego Amdt. No. 5813 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)
- Voted Nay on S. 2 — Peters Amdt. No. 5763 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)
Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)
- S.5171 — A bill to require a study of AI-enabled toys and development of a joint action plan regarding the marketing and sale of AI-enabled toys. (Introduced, Jul 30, 2026)
- S.5031 — Building Community in America Act (Introduced, Jul 16, 2026)
- S.5025 — Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 16, 2026)
- S.5016 — Clean Water Allotment Modernization Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 16, 2026)
- S.4990 — McCarty and Heideman Air Safety Enhancement Act (Introduced, Jul 15, 2026)
- S.142 — Wildland Firefighters Congressional Gold Medal Act (Introduced, Jul 14, 2026)
- S.4664 — Safer Choice Program Authorization Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 14, 2026)
- S.4967 — Stop TNR Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 14, 2026)
Voting analysis
John Curtis chairs an environment and public works subcommittee covering chemical safety and waste management, and serves on foreign relations and commerce besides. None of that surfaces in his departures from the Republican position, which are budget and appropriations amendments and nothing else.
A short record, all of one kind
He supported amendments from four Republican colleagues across two budget resolutions and a spending bill, every one of which failed, and opposed a fifth that succeeded. There is no environmental vote among them and nothing on foreign policy. The subjects he holds a gavel and committee seats for produced no recorded disagreement at all.
| Roll call | Date | Outcome | Their vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| S.Con.Res. 33 Paul Amdt. No. 5378 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5378 to S.Con.Res. 33 (No short title on file) · roll call 119 | Apr 23, 2026 | Amendment Rejected | Yea (party: Nay) |
| H.R. 3944 Johnson Amdt. No. 3428 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3428 to S.Amdt. 3411 to H.R. 3944 (No short title on file) · roll call 119 | Aug 1, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | Yea (party: Nay) |
| H.R. 3944 Scott (FL) Amdt. No. 3113, as modified On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3113 to S.Amdt. 3411 to H.R. 3944 (No short title on file) · roll call 119 | Aug 1, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | Yea (party: Nay) |
| H.R. 3944 Kennedy Amdt. No. 3414 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3414 to S.Amdt. 3411 to H.R. 3944 (No short title on file) · roll call 119 | Aug 1, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | Yea (party: Nay) |
| S.Con.Res. 7 Paul Amdt No. 999 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 999 to S.Con.Res. 7 (No short title on file) · roll call 119 | Feb 21, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | Yea (party: Nay) |
| S.Con.Res. 7 Sullivan Amdt. No. 1029 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1029 to S.Con.Res. 7 (No short title on file) · roll call 119 | Feb 20, 2025 | Amendment Agreed to | Nay (party: Yea) |
The gap in the Utah figure
The delegation comparison below shows one of the widest gaps on this site, and the reason for it is not Curtis. Utah's other Senate seat belongs to one of the conference's most frequent dissenters, which lifts the state average far above what either senator on his own would suggest. Read the pair, not the mean.
Among the 2 Republicans in the Utah delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 10.9%. John Curtis is below that average at 3.8%.
What he legislates on
The filed bills are mostly administrative: grants for digitising county roads and publishing the resulting datasets, a state-sponsored nonimmigrant visa pilot, a quorum requirement before the Federal Trade Commission may undertake rulemaking, ridership forecasting methods in transit grant decisions, and a wildfire emissions measure. Only the last of those touches the environment portfolio.
Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. John Curtis's cluster into: Commerce (1), Environmental Protection (1), International Affairs (1).
Of the 8 most recent of those, 8 currently sit at Introduced.
Tenure and attendance
His tenure is counted from his arrival in the House, so a senator this new registers in the middle band. His attendance is high.
First elected in 2017, now serving across 5 terms. John Curtis falls in the mid cohort.
By the numbers
In the 119th Congress, John Curtis has 211 bills sponsored, 966 cosponsored, 8 recent floor votes recorded.
Committee assignments
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
- Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
- Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Telecommunications and Media
- Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works: Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight (Chairman)
- Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works: Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety
- Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works: Transportation and Infrastructure
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations: East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations: Europe and Regional Security Cooperation
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