Former member of Congress · last served 103rd Congress
Karen Shepherd
Karen Shepherd was a Democratic U.S. representative from Utah, first elected to Congress in 1993.
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. 4658 Truth in Tobacco Labeling ActJul 26, 1994 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
- H.R. 4470 Children and Incapacitated Dependents Care Annual Refund (CIDCARE) ActMay 20, 1994 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 4349 Theater Missile Defense Act of 1994May 10, 1994 · Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
- H.R. 4346 To prohibit the Secretary of Defense from transporting across State lines chemical munitions in the chemical weapons stockpile, and for other purposes.May 10, 1994 · Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
- H.R. 3443 To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that none of the funds in the Employees' Compensation Fund shall be used to pay compensation, benefits, or…Nov 17, 1993 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor Standards, Occupational Health and Safety.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2835 (103rd) Congressional Ethics Reform Act of 199329 cosponsors
- H.R. 1209 (103rd) To limit purchases of district office equipment and furnishings by a departing Member to items not needed for official use by the successor to the departing…23 cosponsors
- H.R. 2655 (103rd) To prohibit the Secretary of Defense from carrying out the launch of a missile as part of a test program in any case in which an unavoidable or anticipated…12 cosponsors
- H.R. 2832 (103rd) To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require clear and concise notification to participants and beneficiaries under a…10 cosponsors
- H.R. 3259 (103rd) To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to allow multijurisdictional gang task forces the opportunity to continue to receive grant…7 cosponsors
- H.R. 2426 (103rd) CDBG Improvement Act of 19931 cosponsor
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Shepherd has won
Rep. Shepherd has won 1 U.S. House election (1992–1992). Of the contested races, margins ran from 3.7 to 3.7 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
103rd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 12 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 12 | 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 103rd 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.