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66th Utah State Legislature
The 66th session of the Utah State Legislature The Utah State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Utah. It is a bicameral body, comprising the Utah House of Representatives, with 75 state representatives, and the Utah Senate, with 29 state senators. There are no term ... began on January 21, 2025. All seats of the Utah House saw members elected at the 2024 Utah House of Representatives election, while 15 of 29 Senate seats had elections in the 2024 Utah Senate election. Political composition Senate House of Representatives Leadership Senate leadership House leadership Membership Senate membership House membership Notes References {{Reflist See also * List of Utah State Legislatures Utah legislative sessions 2025 in Utah 2026 in Utah 2025 U.S. legislative sessions 2026 U.S. legislative sessions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
65th Utah State Legislature
The 65th session of the Utah State Legislature The Utah State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Utah. It is a bicameral body, comprising the Utah House of Representatives, with 75 state representatives, and the Utah Senate, with 29 state senators. There are no term ... sat from 2023 to 2024. House members were elected at the 2022 Utah House of Representatives election. Members of the 65th House of Representatives Source: : * Representative was originally appointed to office. References {{Reflist Utah legislative sessions 2023 in Utah 2024 in Utah 2023 U.S. legislative sessions 2024 U.S. legislative sessions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whip (politics)
A whip is an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline (that members of the party vote according to the party platform rather than their constituents, conscience vote, individual conscience or donors) in a legislature. Whips are the party's "enforcers". They work to ensure that their fellow political party legislators attend voting sessions and vote according to their party's official policy. Members who vote against party policy may "lose the whip", being expelled from the party. The term is said to be taken from the "wikt:whipper-in, whipper-in" during a hunt, who tries to prevent hounds from wandering away from a hunting pack. The term may more reasonably have been taken from the practice of "keeping discipline" in slaves by cracking a leather whip over their heads. Additionally, the term "whip" may mean the voting instructions issued to legislators, or the status of a certain legislator in their party's parliamentary grouping. Etymology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sahara Hayes
Sahara Hayes is an American politician serving as a member of the Utah House of Representatives for the 32nd district. Elected in November 2022, she assumed office on January 1, 2023. Early life and education Hayes was born and raised in Salt Lake City. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Westminster College and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Utah. Career Outside of politics, Hayes works as a grant writer. She served as a member of the Millcreek Community Council and on the board of the Utah Cultural Celebration Center Foundation. She was elected to the Utah House of Representatives The Utah House of Representatives is the lower house of the Utah State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Utah. The House is composed of 75 representatives elected from single member constituent districts. Each district cont ... in November 2022. Personal life Hayes is a queer woman. Her partner is a transgender woman. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Dailey-Provost
Jennifer Dailey-Provost is an American politician serving as a member of the Utah House of Representatives from the 22nd district. Elected in November 2018, she assumed office on January 1, 2019. Education Dailey-Provost earned a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing from the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah and an MBA from Westminster College. Career Dailey-Provost was executive director of Utah Academy of Family Physicians, where she lobbied for family medicine and primary care. In the 2018 general election for the Utah House of Representatives The Utah House of Representatives is the lower house of the Utah State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Utah. The House is composed of 75 representatives elected from single member constituent districts. Each district cont ..., she defeated Republican candidate Scott Rosenbush, with 77% of the vote. Political positions and significant legislation In 2019, Rep. Dailey-Provost sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angela Romero
Angela Romero is an American politician and the Democratic leader of the Utah House of Representatives representing the 25th District since January 1, 2023. Prior to redistricting, she represented the 26th District since January 1, 2013. Early life and education Romero was born and raised in Tooele, Utah. She is Chicana and Assiniboine. She attended the University of Utah where she earned a bachelor's degree in political science and later a master's degree in public administration. Political career Romero was first elected in November 2012. During the 2016 legislative session, she served on the Executive Offices and Criminal Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, the House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee, the House Ethics Committee, the House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee, and the House Public Utilities, Energy and Technology Interim Committee, Native American Legislative Liaison Committee. NHCSL leadership On February 26, 2018, Romero was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casey Snider
Casey Snider (born November 26, 1985) is an American politician serving as a member of the Utah House of Representatives from the 5th district. He assumed office on October 17, 2018. Early life and education Snider was raised in Liberty, Utah. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in conservation and restoration ecology, law, and constitutional studies from Utah State University and a Master of Science in environmental science and policy from Johns Hopkins University. Career After earning his master's degree, Snider worked in the field of environmental and natural resources policy, commuting between Utah and Washington, D.C. He worked as a legislative director for Rob Bishop and was a staffer on the United States House Committee on Natural Resources. He is the executive director of the Bear River Land Conservancy. Snider has also worked as a rancher and volunteer firefighter in Cache County, Utah. Snider was appointed to the Utah House of Representatives The Utah House ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karianne Lisonbee
Karianne Lisonbee is an American politician serving as a member of the Utah House of Representatives The Utah House of Representatives is the lower house of the Utah State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Utah. The House is composed of 75 representatives elected from single member constituent districts. Each district cont ... from the 14th district. Elected in November 2016, she assumed office on January 1, 2017. Career Prior to her election to the Utah legislature, Lisonbee was serving her second term on the Syracuse City Council. Lisonbee was elected to House Leadership as Assistant Majority Whip in November 2022. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Lisonbee, Karianne Living people Women state legislators in Utah Republican Party members of the Utah House of Representatives Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women politicians People from Syracuse, Utah 21st-century members of the Utah Legislature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jefferson Moss
Jefferson R. Moss (born July 4, 1976) is an American entrepreneur and politician who served in the Utah House of Representatives, representing the 51st district. He served as the majority leader in the House, a position he assumed on November 15, 2023 when his predecessor in that office, Mike Schultz became the House Speaker. He previously served as majority whip, also succeeding Schultz. Early life and education Moss is a native of Orem, Utah. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Brigham Young University and a Master of Business Administration in entrepreneurship and finance from the Marriott School of Business at BYU. Career Jefferson Moss is the associate vice president and foundation COO at Utah Valley University. He is also a member of the Utah State Board of Education. He formerly worked as a wealth management advisor at Credit Suisse and as a wealth advisor at KeyBank. Moss served as House majority leader. He was a member of the Executive A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speaker (politics)
The speaker of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body, is its presiding officer, or the chair. The title was first used in 1377 in England. Usage The title was first recorded in 1377 to describe the role of Thomas de Hungerford in the Parliament of England.Lee Vol 28, pp. 257,258. The speaker's official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the like. The speaker decides who may speak and has the powers to discipline members who break the procedures of the chamber or house. The speaker often also represents the body in person, as the voice of the body in ceremonial and some other situations. A speaker usually presides the lower house. Different styles are employed to refer to those who preside upper houses or Senates. By convention, speakers are normally addressed in Parliament as "Mister Speaker" if a man, or "Madam Speaker" if a woman. In other cultures, other styles are used, mainly being equivale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jen Plumb
Jennifer Plumb is an American politician and pediatric trauma doctor from Salt Lake City, Utah. She represents Utah's 9th senate district in the Utah State Senate. Education and career Jennifer Plumb is a pediatric emergency department doctor. She has a Masters' degree in public health. She is the director of Utah Naloxone, which she founded in 2015, after her brother died of a heroin overdose. As an opioid mitigation advocate she lobbied for legislation on syringe exchanges and naloxone access. She is also a member of Utah's opioid abuse task force. Political career Jennifer Plumb ran against incumbent Senator Derek Kitchen in 2018 and lost. In a 2022 rematch of that contest, Plumb defeated Kitchen by just 61 votes in the Democratic primary election for the redistricted 9th district. She was effectively unopposed (facing only a write-in candidate) in the general election A general election is an electoral process to choose most or all members of a governing body at the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Kwan (politician)
Karen Kwan ( Simplified Chinese: 关玉嬚, born February 12, 1964) is an American politician serving in the Utah State Senate from the 12th district. On January 16, 2023 she was selected by delegates of the Utah Democratic Party to replace resigning Senator Karen Mayne. Before her appointment to the Senate she served in the Utah House of Representatives, representing the 34th district from 2017 to 2023 (and briefly the 31st). She also previously served as the House Minority Whip. Education Kwan has a bachelor's degree in psychology from Pepperdine University, an Ed.D. in educational leadership/policy from the University of Utah, and a master's degree in clinical psychology from Pepperdine University. Career Kwan is an associate professor of psychology at Salt Lake Community College. Public service Kwan was first elected in 2016, defeating the Republican candidate. During the 2018 legislative session, Kwan served on the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee; the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luz Escamilla
Luz Robles Escamilla is the Senator for the Utah State Senate's 10th District. Prior to redistricting she represented the 1st District, defeating Republican Carlton Christensen for the seat November 4, 2008 after having beaten incumbent Sen. Fred Fife for the party nomination earlier that year. Early life, education, and career The daughter of two Mexican college professors, Escamilla was born in 1978 and raised in Mexico. After moving to the United States in 1996, Escamilla graduated from Marian Catholic High School in San Diego, California. She then earned her Bachelor of Science at the University of Utah in business marketing in 2000. She also holds a Masters in Public Administration, which she earned from the University of Utah in 2005. Luz is married to former Arizona lawmaker Juan Carlos Escamilla. He proposed to Luz on the Utah Senate floor during the 2014 legislative session. Luz Escamilla is a director for the Zions Bank Business Resource Center. She is a member of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |