Former member of Congress · last served 102nd Congress
Wayne Owens
Wayne Owens was a Democratic U.S. representative from Utah, first elected to Congress in 1973, who sponsored 5 bills that became law (100th–102nd Congress).
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
Recent votes
No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 5164 For the relief of Craig B. Sorensen and Nita M. Sorensen.Oct 23, 1992 · Became Private Law No: 102-15.
- H.R. 5118 Utah Schools and Lands Improvement Act of 1992Oct 8, 1992 · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- H.R. 3784 To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to prohibit the disposal of non-byproduct material at certain mill tailings disposal sites and to amend the Federal…Oct 8, 1992 · Provisions, as Reported by the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, Not Included in Final Version of H.R.776.
- H.R. 3631 To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to prohibit the disposal of non-byproduct material at certain mill tailings disposal sites, and for other purposes.Oct 8, 1992 · Provisions Not Included in Final Version of H.R.776.
- H.Con.Res. 364 Congratulating the Government and people of Oman on the forthcoming 160th anniversary of the signing by the United States and Oman of a treaty of amity and…Oct 5, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2372 (101st) Radiation Exposure Compensation ActBecame law
- H.R. 3408 (100th) A bill to increase the amounts authorized for the Colorado River Storage Project.Became law
- H.R. 2370 (100th) Economic Development Plan for the Northwestern Band of the Shoshoni Nation ActBecame law
- H.R. 3311 (101st) To redesignate the United States Post Office/Court House located in Salt Lake City, Utah, as the "Frank E. Moss Federal Building".Became law
- H.Con.Res. 156 (102nd) Concerning the emancipation of the Baha'i community of Iran.Passed a chamber
- H.J.Res. 418 (101st) Calling for the United States to encourage immediate negotiations toward a new agreement among Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties, for the full protection…Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 146 (100th) A concurrent resolution supporting the intiative of President Oscar Arias Sanchez of Costa Rica to end armed conflict in Central America and encouraging the…Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 226 (102nd) To commend the participants in the Middle East Peace Conference to be held in Madrid on October 30, 1991.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Owens has won
Rep. Owens has won 3 U.S. House elections (1986–1990). Of the contested races, margins ran from 11.4 to 17.8 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
102nd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 51 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 51 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 0 | None listed |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 102nd Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.