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Deeper dive · House District 31 · Republican

Ranks and bands are copied from the published WyoVote rating reports for 2021–2026. Nothing here is estimated.

Rank history, 2021–2026

Both lines use a 1–93 scale, with 1 at the top (most conservative). The solid line is overall rank among legislators who were ranked that year. The dashed line is chamber rank, on that same scale. A year with no dot is a year this person is not in that report. Shading behind each year is that year’s own band cutoffs.

John Bear overall rank and chamber rank, 2021 through 2026Overall ranks by year: 12, 3, 12, 2, 28, 11. Chamber ranks: 7, 3, 7, 2, 25, 11. 1 is most conservative.12040608093202120222023202420252026
  • Overall rank
  • Chamber rank
  • Conservative
  • Moderate
  • Liberal

Band history

The band is the overall-rank band for that year. Moderate is white. Cutoffs are the natural breaks printed on that year’s ratings sheet.

Source: each year’s wyovote_YEAR_Ratings_Alpha_104_v1.0.pdf.
YearOverall rankChamber rankBandThat year’s bands
202611 of 9211 of 62Conservative1–36, 37–78, 79–92
202528 of 9225 of 62Conservative1–49, 50–82, 83–92
20242 of 932 of 62Conservative1–40, 41–78, 79–93
202312 of 937 of 62Conservative1–41, 42–84, 85–93
20223 of 903 of 60Conservative1–29, 30–67, 68–90
202112 of 907 of 61Conservative1–34, 35–79, 80–90

Issue-area breakdown

Categories preliminary

Chamber rank is within the House or Senate. Overall rank is among legislators ranked in that category. 1 is the most conservative. A blank rank is explained in the row.

CategoryChamber rankOverall rankBand
Taxes310Conservative
Spending2021Conservative
Regulations11Conservative
Government Size67Conservative
Government Over-Reach44Conservative
States Rights3546Conservative
Wyoming Constitutiontoo few votes in category
US Constitution88Conservative
Free Speech1313Conservative
Second Amendment33Conservative
Education Spending1718Conservative
Legislating in Budget4962Moderate
Private Property1417Conservative
Pro-Life1215Conservative
Picking Losers/Winners1616Conservative
Local Control1616Conservative
Transparency1414Conservative
Federal Funds2628Conservative
Health Care2323Conservative
Criminal Penalties1618Conservative
Property Tax613Conservative

Missed votes

Missed votes are the session maximum in that year’s report note, minus Aye and Nay votes on the ratings sheet.

YearAye and NaySession roll callsMissedMissed %
202654254530.6%
202552152761.1%
2024456494387.7%
20234195169718.8%
20223504166615.9%
20213894374811.0%

Committee record

Committees whose published WyoVote report lists this legislator. These sheets do not include each committee vote.

YearCommitteeRole
2021Minerals, Business Economic DevelopmentMember
2022Minerals, Business Economic DevelopmentMember
2023RevenueMember
2024RevenueMember
2025AppropriationsChair
2025Rules & ProcedureMember
2025Select Committee on Capital Financing & InvestmentsVice Chair
2025Management CouncilMember
2025Select Committee on School Finance RecalibrationMember
2025Subcommittee on Legislator E-mail PolicyMember
2026AppropriationsChair
2026Rules & ProcedureMember
2026Select Committee on Capital Financing & InvestmentsVice Chair
2026Management CouncilMember
2026Select Committee on School Finance RecalibrationMember

Scored votes

Each row is one roll call. Category is Uncategorized when the roll call has no issue tag. Bill lean is Conservative, Liberal, or Neutral.

545 roll calls, newest first

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Session page: John Bear, 2026.