57th Utah State Legislature

57th Utah State Legislature
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Overview
Jurisdiction	Utah, United States
Meeting place	Utah State Capitol
Term	January 15, 2007 - January 26, 2009
Website	http://www.le.state.ut.us/
Senate
Members	29
President	John L. Valentine
Majority Leader	Curt Bramble
Minority Leader	Mike Dmitrich
Party control	Republican
House of Representatives
Members	75
Speaker	Greg Curtis
Majority Leader	Dave Clark
Minority Leader	Ralph Becker
Party control	Republican

The 57th Utah State Legislature was elected Tuesday, November 7, 2006 and convened on Monday, January 15, 2007.

Dates of sessions

• 2007 General Session: January 15, 2007 - February 28, 2007
• 2007 First Special Session: August 22, 2007
• 2008 General Session: January 21, 2008 - March 5, 2008

Officers

Utah State Senate

Office	Office-holder
President of the Senate	John L. Valentine
Secretary of the Senate	Annette B. Moore
Minute Clerk	Leslie O. McLean
Docket Clerk	Lynette Erickson

Utah State House of Representatives

Office	Office-holder
Speaker of the House	Greg Curtis
Chief Clerk	Sandy D. Tenney
Reading Clerk	Ann Tilson
Journal Clerk	Janice A. Gadd

Leadership

Utah Senate

• President of the Senate: John L. Valentine (R-14)

Majority (Republican) Leadership

• Majority Leader: Curt Bramble (R-16)
• Majority Whip: Dan R. Eastman (R-23)
• Assistant Majority Whip: Sheldon Killpack (R-21)
• Senate Rules Committee Chair: John W. Hickman (R-29)

Minority (Democratic) Leadership

• Minority Leader: Mike Dmitrich (D-27)
• Minority Whip: Gene Davis (D-3)
• Assistant Minority Whip: Ed Mayne (D-5)
• Minority Caucus Manager: Pat Jones (D-4)

Utah House of Representatives

• Speaker of the House: Greg Curtis (R-49)

Majority (Republican) Leadership

• Majority Leader: Dave Clark (R-74)
• Majority Whip: Gordon E. Snow (R-54)
• Assistant Majority Whip: Brad Dee (R-11)
• House Rules Committee Chair: Stephen H. Urquhart (R-75)

Minority (Democratic) Leadership

• Minority Leader: Ralph Becker (D-24)
• Minority Whip: Brad King (D-69)
• Assistant Minority Whip: Carol Spackman Moss (D-37)
• Minority Caucus Manager: David Litvack (D-26)

Utah Senate

The Utah State Senate seating chart.

Committees

Make-up

Affiliation		Members
	Republican Party	21
	Democratic Party	8
Total		29
Government Majority		13

Members

Name	Party	District	Counties
Bell, Gregory S.	Republican	22	Davis
Bramble, Curtis S.	Republican	16	Utah
Buttars, D. Chris	Republican	10	Salt Lake
Christensen, Allen M.	Republican	19	Morgan, Summit, Weber
Davis, Gene	Democrat	3	Salt Lake
Dayton, Margaret	Republican	15	Utah
Dmitrich, Mike	Democrat	27	Carbon, Emery, Grand, San Juan, Utah
Eastman, Dan R.	Republican	23	Davis
Fife, Fred J.	Democrat	1	Salt Lake
Goodfellow, Brent H.	Democrat	12	Salt Lake, Tooele
Greiner, Jon J.	Republican	18	Davis, Weber
Hickman, John W.	Republican	29	Washington
Hillyard, Lyle W.	Republican	25	Cache, Rich
Jenkins, Scott K.	Republican	20	Weber
Jones, Patricia W.	Democrat	4	Salt Lake
Killpack, Sheldon L.	Republican	21	Davis
Knudson, Peter C.	Republican	17	Box Elder, Cache, Tooele
Madsen, Mark B.	Republican	13	Tooele, Utah
Mayne, Ed	Democrat	5	Salt Lake
McCoy, Scott D.	Democrat	2	Salt Lake
Niederhauser, Wayne L.	Republican	9	Salt Lake
Peterson, Darin G.	Republican	24	Juab, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier, Tooele, Wayne
Romero, Ross I.	Democrat	7	Salt Lake
Stephenson, Howard A.	Republican	11	Salt Lake, Utah
Stowell, Dennis E.	Republican	28	Beaver, Garfield, Iron, Kane, Millard, Washington
Valentine, John L.	Republican	14	Utah
VanTassell, Kevin T.	Republican	26	Daggett, Duchesne, Summit, Uintah, Wasatch
Waddoups, Michael G.	Republican	6	Salt Lake
Walker, Carlene M.	Republican	8	Salt Lake

Utah House of Representatives

Committees

Make-up

Affiliation		Members
	Republican Party	55
	Democratic Party	20
Total		75
Government Majority		37

Members

Name	Party	District	Residence	Freshman	Notes
Aagard, Douglas C.	Republican	15	Kaysville
Allen, Sheryl L.	Republican	19	Bountiful
Andersen, Sylvia	Republican	48	Sandy	X
Barrus, Roger E.	Republican	18	Centerville
Becker, Ralph	Democrat	24	Salt Lake City		Elected Mayor of Salt Lake City on November 6, 2007. Rebecca Chavez-Houck was appointed to replace Ralph Becker as Representative for District 24.
Bigelow, Ron C.	Republican	32	West Valley City
Bird, Jim	Republican	42	West Jordan	X
Biskupski, Jackie	Democrat	30	Salt Lake City
Bowman, DeMar Bud	Republican	72	Cedar City
Brown, Melvin R.	Republican	53	Coalville	X
Buxton, D. Gregg	Republican	12	Roy		Appointed Director of the Division of Facilities Construction and Management (DFCM) in April 2007. Richard A. Greenwood was appointed to replace D. Gregg Buxton as Representative for District 12.
Chavez-Houck, Rebecca	Democratic	24	Salt Lake City	X	Appointed to replace Ralph Becker who was elected Mayor of Salt Lake City. Sworn into Office on January 16, 2008.
Clark, David	Republican	74	Santa Clara
Clark, Stephen D.	Republican	63	Provo
Cosgrove, Tim M.	Democrat	44	Murray
Curtis, Greg J.	Republican	49	Salt Lake City
Daw, Bradley M.	Republican	60	Orem
Dee, Brad L.	Republican	11	Ogden, Utah
Donnelson, Glenn A.	Republican	7	North Ogden
Dougall, John	Republican	27	American Fork
Draxler, Jack R.	Republican	3	North Logan	X
Duckworth, Carl S.	Democratic	22	Magna
Dunnigan, James A.	Republican	39	Taylorsville
Ferry, Ben C.	Republican	2	Corinne
Fisher, Janice M.	Democrat	29	West Valley City
Fisher, Julie	Republican	17	Fruit Heights
Fowlke, Lorie D.	Republican	59	Orem
Frank, Craig A.	Republican	57	Pleasant Grove
Froerer, Gage	Republican	8	Huntsville	X
Garn, Kevin S.	Republican	16	Layton	X
Gibson, Kerry W.	Republican	6	Ogden
Gowans, James R.	Democrat	21	Tooele
Greenwood, Richard A.	Republican	12	Roy		Appointed to replace D. Gregg Buxton who was appointed Director of DFCM in April 2007. Sworn in on January 16, 2008
Grover, Keith	Republican	61	Provo	X
Hansen, Neil A.	Democrat	9	Ogden
Harper, Wayne A.	Republican	43	Ogden
Hemingway, Lynn	Democrat	40	Salt Lake City	X
Hendrickson, Neal B.	Democrat	33	West Valley City
Herrod, Christopher N.	Republican	62	Provo	X
Holdaway, Kory M.	Republican	34	Taylorsville
Hughes, Gregory H.	Republican	51	Draper
Hunsaker, Fred R.	Republican	4	Logan
Hutchings, Eric K.	Republican	38	Kearns
Johnson, Christine	Democrat	25	Salt Lake City	X
King, Brad	Democrat	69	Price
Kiser, Todd E.	Republican	41	Sandy
Last, Bradley G.	Republican	71	St. George
Litvack, David	Democrat	26	Salt Lake City
Lockhart, Rebecca D.	Republican	64	Provo
Mascaro, Steven R.	Republican	47	West Jordan
Mathis, John G.	Republican	55	Vernal
McGee, Rosalind J.	Democrat	28	Salt Lake City
McIff, Kay L.	Republican	70	Richfield	X
Menlove, Ronda Rudd	Republican	1	Garland
Morgan, Karen W.	Democrat	46	Salt Lake City
Morley, Michael T.	Republican	66	Spanish Fork
Moss, Carol Spackman	Democrat	37	Salt Lake City
Neuenschwander, Paul A.	Republican	20	Bountiful	X
Newbold, Merlynn T.	Republican	50	South Jordan
Noel, Michael E.	Republican	73	Kanab
Oda, Curtis	Republican	14	Clearfield
Painter, Patrick	Republican	67	Nephi
Ray, Paul	Republican	13	Clearfield
Riesen, Phil	Democrat	36	Salt Lake City	X
Sandstrom, Stephen E.	Republican	58	Orem	X
Seelig, Jennifer M.	Democrat	23	Salt Lake City
Shurtliff, LaWanna Lou	Democrat	10	Ogden
Snow, Gordon E.	Republican	54	Roosevelt
Sumsion, Kenneth W.	Republican	56	American Fork	X
Tilton, Aaron	Republican	65	Springville
Urquhart, Stephen H.	Republican	75	St. George
Walker, Mark W.	Republican	45	Sandy
Webb, R. Curt	Republican	5	Logan		Appointed to replace Scott L. Wyatt who was appointed President of Snow College. Sworn in on January 16, 2008.
Wheatley, Mark A.	Democrat	35	Murray
Wheeler, Richard W.	Republican	68	Ephraim		Called to the Fifth Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Bradley A. Winn was appointed to replace Richard W. Wheeler as Representative for District 68.
Wiley, Larry B.	Democrat	31	West Valley City
Wimmer, Carl	Republican	52	Herriman	X
Winn, Bradley A.	Republican	68	Ephraim	X	Appointed to replace Richard A. Wheeler who was called to the 5th Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Sworn in on January 16, 2008.
Wyatt, Scott L.	Republican	5	Logan		Appointed President of Snow College in July 2007. R. Curt Webb was appointed to replace Scott L. Wyatt as Representative for District 5.

Employees/Staff

• Legislative Research Library and Information Center
• Office of Legislative Printing
• Office of the Legislative Auditor General
• Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst
• Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel

See also

• Government of Utah
• List of Utah State Legislatures

External links

• Utah State Legislature
• 2008 Election Results
• Office of the Governor