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The 55th Utah State Legislature
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 Representatives, and the Utah Senate, with 29 State Senators...

was elected Tuesday, November 5, 2002 and convened on Monday, January 20, 2003.

Dates of sessions

2003 General Session: January 20, 2003 - March 5, 2003
2003 First Special Session: May 21, 2003 and June 18, 2003
2003 Second Special Session: November 19, 2003
2004 General Session: January 19, 2004 - March 3, 2004
2004 Third Special Session: June 28, 2004
2004 Fourth Special Session: September 15, 2004

Utah State Senate

Office	Office-holder
President of the Senate	L. Alma Mansell (R-9)
Secretary of the Senate	Annette B.Moore
Minute Clerk	Mary Andrus
Docket Clerk	Lynette Erickson

Utah State House of Representatives

Office	Office-holder
Speaker of the House	Martin R. Stephens (R-6)
Chief Clerk
Reading Clerk
Journal Clerk

Utah Senate

President of the Senate: L. Alma Mansell (R-9)

Majority (Republican
Utah Republican Party
The Utah State Republican Party works to nominate and support the election of Republican candidates in partisan races for public office in the state of Utah...

) Leadership

Majority Leader: Michael G. Waddoups
Michael G. Waddoups
Michael G. Waddoups is an American politician and property manager from Utah. A Republican, he is a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 6th senate district in Salt Lake County including Taylorsville.-Biography:...

(R-6)
Majority Whip: John L. Valentine
John L. Valentine
John Valentine is a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 14th Senate district since 1998. Prior to being appointed to the Utah Senate in 1998 he served in the Utah House of Representatives from 1988.-Background:...

(R-14)
Assistant Majority Whip: Peter C. Knudson
Peter C. Knudson
Peter Charles Knudson is an American politician and Orthodontist from Utah. A Republican, he is a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 17th senate district in Box Elder, Cache and Tooele Counties including Brigham City....

(R-17)
Senate Rules Committee Chair: Lyle W. Hillyard
Lyle W. Hillyard
Lyle W. Hillyard is a Utah politician and an attorney. A Republican, he is a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 25th senate district in Cache, and Rich Counties including the city of Logan.-Background:...

(R-25
25th Utah Senate District
The 25th Utah Senate District is located in Cache and Rich Counties and includes Utah House Districts 2, 3, 4, 5 and 53. The current State Senator representing the 25th district is Lyle W. Hillyard...

)

Minority (Democratic
Utah Democratic Party
The Utah State Democratic Party works to elect Democrats to office in the state of Utah. The Utah Democratic Party, like other national, state, and county parties, maintains a party platform that lists general principles or issues of importance to members of the Utah Democratic Party and maintains...

) Leadership

Minority Leader: Mike Dmitrich
Mike Dmitrich
Mike Dmitrich is an American politician and Natural Resource Consultant from Utah. A Democrat, he served as a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 27th senate district in Price. Dmitrich served as the Minority Leader in the Utah Senate. Prior to being elected to the Utah...

(D-27
27th Utah Senate District
The 27th Utah Senate District is located in Carbon, Emery, Grand, San Juan and Utah Counties and includes Utah House Districts 55, 65, 66, 67, 69 and 70. The current State Senator representing the 27th district is Mike Dmitrich...

)
Minority Whip: Ron Allen (D-12
12th Utah Senate District
The 12th Utah Senate District is located in Salt Lake and Tooele Counties, Utah, USA, and includes Utah House Districts 21, 22, 29, 32, 33, 38, and 42.The current State Senator representing the 12th district is Daniel W...

)
Assistant Minority Whip: Gene Davis
Gene Davis (politician)
Gene Davis is a Democratic member of the Utah Senate, representing the 3rd District since 1999. He currently serves as the Minority Whip. Previously he was a member of the Utah House of Representatives from 1987 to 1998....

(D-3
3rd Utah Senate District
The 3rd Utah Senate District is located in Salt Lake County and includes Utah House Districts 31, 33, 35, 37, 40, 43, 44 and 47. The current State Senator representing the 3rd district is Gene Davis...

)
Minority Caucus Manager:

Utah House of Representatives

Speaker of the House: Martin R. Stephens (R-6)

Majority Leader: Greg Curtis
Greg Curtis
Greg J. Curtis is a Lobbyist and Attorney from Utah. He is married to Teresa Curtis and the father of five children and two grandchildren. A Republican, he is a former member of the Utah State House. He formerly represented the state's 49th house district in Sandy and Cottonwood Heights...

(R-49)
Majority Whip: Jeff Alexander (R-62)
Assistant Majority Whip: Michael R. Styler (R-68)
House Rules Committee Chair:

Minority Leader: Brent H. Goodfellow
Brent H. Goodfellow
Brent H. Goodfellow is an American politician and educator from Utah.He is a Democrat, and a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 12th senate district in Salt Lake and Tooele Counties....

(D-29)
Minority Whip: Brad King
Brad King
Brad King is a Democratic member of the Utah State House of Representatives, representing the state's 69th house district in Price since 1997...

(D-69)
Assistant Minority Whip: Karen Morgan (D-46)
Minority Caucus Manager: Patricia W. Jones
Patricia W. Jones
Patricia W. "Pat" Jones is an American politician from Utah. A Democrat, she is a member of the Utah State Senate. She has represented the state's 4th senate district in Salt Lake County since 2006. She previously served in the Utah House of Representatives from 2002 to 2006, representing District...

(D-40)

Make-up

Affiliation		Members
	Republican Party Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...	22
	Democratic Party Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...	7
Total		29
Government Majority		15

Members

! Name !! Party !! District
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| Allen, Ron >

Democrat	12 12th Utah Senate District The 12th Utah Senate District is located in Salt Lake and Tooele Counties, Utah, USA, and includes Utah House Districts 21, 22, 29, 32, 33, 38, and 42.The current State Senator representing the 12th district is Daniel W... >- \|- \| Arent, Patrice M.	Democrat	4 4th Utah Senate District The 4th Utah Senate District is located in Salt Lake County and includes Utah House Districts 36, 37, 40, 44, 45, and 46. The current State Senator representing the 4th district is Pat Jones. Jones serves as the Minority Caucus Manager... >- \|- \| Bell, Gregory S.	Republican	22 22nd Utah Senate District The 22nd Utah Senate District is located in Central Davis County and includes Utah House Districts 11, 15, 16, 17 and 18. The district includes Farmington, Kaysville, Fruit Heights, most of Layton and part of North Centerville... >- \|- \| Blackham, Leonard M.	Republican	24 24th Utah Senate District The 24th Utah Senate District is located in Juab, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier, Tooele and Wayne Counties and includes Utah House Districts 1, 21, 67, 68, 69, 70 and 73. The current State Senator representing the 24th district is Ralph Okerlund, a Republican from Monroe who replaced Darin Peterson.... >- \|- \| Bramble, Curtis S. Curt Bramble Curtis Scott Bramble is a contentious American politician and Certified Public Accountant from Utah. A Republican, he is a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 16th senate district in Provo...	Republican	16 16th Utah Senate District The 16th Utah Senate District is located in Provo, Utah and includes Utah House Districts 61, 62, 63, and 64. The current State Senator representing the 16th district is Curt Bramble. Bramble was elected to the Utah Senate in 2000 and is up for re-election in 2008... >- \|- \| Buttars, D. Chris Chris Buttars D. Chris Buttars is a former Republican member of the Utah State Senate representing the 10th Utah Senate District...	Republican	10 10th Utah Senate District The 10th Utah Senate District is located in West Jordan, Utah and includes Utah House Districts 41, 42, 47, and 50 and 52. The current State Senator representing the 10th district is D. Chris Buttars... >- \|- \| Davis, Gene Gene Davis (politician) Gene Davis is a Democratic member of the Utah Senate, representing the 3rd District since 1999. He currently serves as the Minority Whip. Previously he was a member of the Utah House of Representatives from 1987 to 1998....	Democrat	3 3rd Utah Senate District The 3rd Utah Senate District is located in Salt Lake County and includes Utah House Districts 31, 33, 35, 37, 40, 43, 44 and 47. The current State Senator representing the 3rd district is Gene Davis... >- \|- \| Dmitrich, Mike Mike Dmitrich Mike Dmitrich is an American politician and Natural Resource Consultant from Utah. A Democrat, he served as a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 27th senate district in Price. Dmitrich served as the Minority Leader in the Utah Senate. Prior to being elected to the Utah...	Democrat	27 27th Utah Senate District The 27th Utah Senate District is located in Carbon, Emery, Grand, San Juan and Utah Counties and includes Utah House Districts 55, 65, 66, 67, 69 and 70. The current State Senator representing the 27th district is Mike Dmitrich... >- \|- \| Eastman, Dan R. Dan R. Eastman Dan R. Eastman was an American Republican Party politician and businessman from Utah.In 1999, Senator Eastman sold his auto dealerships for an estimated $30 million...	Republican	23 23rd Utah Senate District The 23rd Utah Senate District is located in Davis County. The current State Senator representing the 23rd district is Dan Liljenquist. Liljenquist was elected in the 2008 election.-Previous Utah State Senators :... >- \|- \| Evans, Beverly Ann	Republican	26 26th Utah Senate District The 26th Utah Senate District is located in Daggett, Duchesne, Summit, Uintah and Wasatch Counties and includes Utah House Districts 25, 53, 54 and 55. The current State Senator representing the 26th district is Kevin T. VanTassell... >- \|- \| Evans, James M.	Republican	1 1st Utah Senate District The 1st Utah Senate District is located in Salt Lake County and includes Utah House Districts 20, 22, 23, 26, 29, 31 and 33.The current State Senator representing the 1st district is Luz Robles. Former Senator Fred Fife was elected to the Utah Senate in 2004. Fife was defeated by Robles at the Salt... >- \|- \| Gladwell, David L.	Republican	19 19th Utah Senate District The 19th Utah Senate District is located in Morgan, Summit, and Weber Counties and includes Utah House Districts 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 and 53. The current State Senator representing the 19th district is Allen M. Christensen. Christensen was elected to the Utah Senate in 2004 and is up for re-election in... >- \|- \| Hale, Karen	Democrat	>- \|- \| Hatch, Thomas V. Thomas V. Hatch Thomas V. Hatch was a Republican politician from southern Utah. He served as chair of the Garfield County, Utah Board of Commissioners, state representative and state senator, retiring from the later post at the end of 2006....	Republican	28 28th Utah Senate District The 28th Utah Senate District is located in Beaver County, Utah, Garfield, Iron, Kane, Millard and Washington Counties and includes Utah House Districts 68, 69, 71, 72 and 73. The current State Senator representing the 28th district is Dennis E. Stowell... >- \|- \| Hellewell, Parley G. Parley G. Hellewell Parley G. Hellewell was a Republican member of the Utah State Senate from 1999 to 2006.Hellewell was born in Burley, Idaho and raised in Heyburn, Idaho. He served a mission for the LDS Church in Germany and then attended Utah Valley State College where he got a degree in business management and...	Republican	15 15th Utah Senate District The 15th Utah Senate District is located in Utah County and includes Utah House Districts 58, 59, 60, 61, 62 and 64. The current State Senator representing the 15th district is Margaret Dayton... >- \|- \| Hickman, John W. John Hickman (politician) John W. Hickman John W. (Bill) Hickman John W. (Bill) Hickman (June 2, 1939 is an American politician from Utah. A Republican, he was a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 29th senate district in St...	Republican	29 29th Utah Senate District The 29th Utah Senate District is located in Washington County and includes Utah House Districts 71, 74, and 75. The current State Senator representing the 29th district is John W. Hickman... >- \|- \| Hillyard, Lyle W. Lyle W. Hillyard Lyle W. Hillyard is a Utah politician and an attorney. A Republican, he is a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 25th senate district in Cache, and Rich Counties including the city of Logan.-Background:...	Republican	25 25th Utah Senate District The 25th Utah Senate District is located in Cache and Rich Counties and includes Utah House Districts 2, 3, 4, 5 and 53. The current State Senator representing the 25th district is Lyle W. Hillyard... >- \|- \| Jenkins, Scott K. Scott K. Jenkins Scott Jenkins is an American politician and Businessman from Utah. A Republican, he is a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 20th senate district in Weber County.Jenkins has an associates degree from Weber State University....	Republican	20 20th Utah Senate District The 20th Utah Senate District is located in Weber County and includes Utah House Districts 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 and 12. The current State Senator representing the 20th district is Scott Jenkins... >- \|- \| Julander, Paula F.	Democrat	2 2nd Utah Senate District The 2nd Utah Senate District is located in Salt Lake County, Utah and includes Utah House Districts 23, 24, 25, 26, 30, 31, 33 and 35. The current State Senator representing the 2nd district is Ben McAdams. McAdams was appointed to the Utah Senate on December 19, 2009 to replace Scott D... >- \|- \| Killpack, Sheldon L. Sheldon Killpack Sheldon Killpack is an American politician from Utah. A Republican, he was formerly the senate majority leader of the Utah State Senate, where he represented the state's 21st senate district in Syracuse....	Republican	21 21st Utah Senate District The 21st Utah Senate District is located in Davis County and includes Utah House Districts 11, 13, 14, 15 and 16. The current State Senator representing the 21st district is Jerry Stevenson... >- \|- \| Knudson, Peter C. Peter C. Knudson Peter Charles Knudson is an American politician and Orthodontist from Utah. A Republican, he is a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 17th senate district in Box Elder, Cache and Tooele Counties including Brigham City....	Republican	>- \|- \| Mansell, L. Alma	Republican	>- \|- \| Mayne, Ed P. Ed Mayne Eddie Paul Mayne was an American politician from Utah. A Democrat, he was a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 5th senate district in West Valley City.- Early life and education :...	Democrat	5 5th Utah Senate District The 5th Utah Senate District is located in Salt Lake County, Utah. The current State Senator representing the 5th district is Karen Mayne. Mayne was appointed to the Utah Senate on January 16, 2008 to fill a seat that was recently vacated when her husband Senator Ed Mayne died... >- \|- \| Stephenson, Howard A. Howard A. Stephenson Howard A. Stephenson is a Utah politician representing the State's 11th senate district in Salt Lake County including Draper. He was elected to the State Senate in 1992.-Early life:Stephenson received a B.S...	Republican	>- \|- \| Thomas, David L.	Republican	18 18th Utah Senate District The 18th Utah Senate District is located in Davis and Weber Counties and includes Utah House Districts 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, and 16. The current State Senator representing the 18th district is Jon Greiner... >- \|- \| Valentine, John L. John L. Valentine John Valentine is a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 14th Senate district since 1998. Prior to being appointed to the Utah Senate in 1998 he served in the Utah House of Representatives from 1988.-Background:...	Republican	>- \|- \| Waddoups, Michael G. Michael G. Waddoups Michael G. Waddoups is an American politician and property manager from Utah. A Republican, he is a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 6th senate district in Salt Lake County including Taylorsville.-Biography:...	Republican	>- \|- \| Walker, Carlene M. Carlene M. Walker Carlene M. Walker is an American politician and Businesswoman from Utah. A Republican, she is a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 8th senate district in Salt Lake County including Cottonwood Heights....	Republican	>- \|- \| Wright, Bill	Republican	>-

Make-up

Affiliation		Members
	Republican Party Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...	56
	Democratic Party Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...	19
Total		75
Government Majority		37

Members

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! Name !! Party !! District
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| Aagard, Douglas C. >

Republican	>- \|- \| Adams, J. Stuart	Republican	>- \|- \| Alexander, Jeff	Republican	>- \|- \| Allen, Sheryl L. Sheryl Allen Sheryl L. Allen is a Republican politician and educator from Bountiful, Utah. She represented the 19th District of the Utah House of Representatives from 1994 to 2011...	Republican	>- \|- \| Anderson, Eli H.	Democrat	>- \|- \| Barrus, Roger E.	Republican	>- \|- \| Becker, Ralph	Democrat	>- \|- \| Bennion, Chad E.	Republican	>- \|- \| Bigelow, Ron	Republican	>- \|- \| Bird, Calvin G.	Republican	>- \|- \| Biskupski, Jackie	Democrat	>- \|- \| Bourdeaux, Duane E.	Democrat	>- \|- \| Bowman, DeMar Bud	Republican	>- \|- \| Bryson, Katherine M.	Republican	>- \|- \| Buffmire, Judy Ann	Democrat	>- \|- \| Bush, Don E.	Republican	>- \|- \| Buttars, Craig W.	Republican	>- \|- \| Buxton, D. Gregg	Republican	>- \|- \| Christensen, LaVar	Republican	>- \|- \| Clark, David	Republican	>- \|- \| Clark, Stephen D.	Republican	>- \|- \| Cox, David N.	Republican	>- \|- \| Curtis, Greg J.	Republican	>- \| Daniels, Scott	Democrat	>- \|- \| Dayton, Margaret	Republican	>- \|- \| Dee, Brad L.	Republican	>- \|- \| Dillree, Marda	Republican	>- \|- \| Donnelson, Glenn A.	Republican	>- \|- \| Dougall, John	Republican	>- \|- \| Duckworth, Carl W.	Democrat	>- \|- \| Dunnigan, James A.	Republican	>- \|- \| Ferrin, James A.	Republican	>- \|- \| Ferry, Ben C.	Republican	>- \|- \| Frank, Craig A.	Republican	>- \|- \| Goodfellow, Brent H.	Democrat	>- \|- \| Gowans, James R.	Democrat	>- \|- \| Hansen, Neil A.	Democrat	>- \|- \| Hardy, Ann W.	Republican	>- \|- \| Harper, Wayne A.	Republican	>- \|- \| Hendrickson, Neal B.	Democrat	>- \|- \| Hogue, David L.	Republican	>- \|- \| Holdaway, Kory M.	Republican	>- \|- \| Hughes, Gregory H.	Republican	>- \|- \| Hutchings, Eric K.	Republican	>- \|- \| Johnson, Bradley T.	Republican	>- \|- \| Jones, Patricia W.	Democrat	>- \|- \| King, Brad	Democrat	>- \|- \| Kiser, Todd E.	Republican	>- \|- \| Last, Bradley G.	Republican	>- \|- \| Lawrence, M. Susan	Republican	>- \|- \| Litvack, David	Democrat	>- \|- \| Lockhart, Rebecca D.	Republican	>- \|- \| Love, Dana C.	Republican	>- \|- \| Mascaro, Steven R.	Republican	>- \|- \| McCartney, Ty	Democrat	>- \|- \| McGee, Rosalind J.	Democrat	>- \|- \| Morgan, Karen W.	Democrat	>- \|- \| Morley, Michael T.	Republican	>- \|- \| Moss, Carol Spackman	Democrat	>- \|- \| Murray, Joseph G.	Republican	>- \|- \| Newbold, Merlynn T.	Republican	>- \|- \| Noel, Michael E.	Republican	>- \|- \| Pace, Loraine T.	Republican	>- \|- \| Peterson, Darin G.	Republican	>- \|- \| Philpot, J. Morgan	Republican	>- \|- \| Seitz, Jack A.	Republican	>- \|- \| Shurtliff, LaWanna Lou	Democrat	>- \|- \| Snow, Gordon E.	Republican	>- \|- \| Stephens, Martin R.	Republican	>- \|- \| Styler, Michael R.	Republican	>- \|- \| Thompson, Mike	Republican	>- \|- \| Ure, David	Republican	>- \|- \| Urquhart, Stephen H.	Republican	>- \|- \| Wallace, Peggy	Republican	>- \|- \| Webb, R. Curt	Republican	>-

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