59th Utah State Legislature

The 59th Utah State Legislature was elected Tuesday, November 2, 2010 and convened on January 24, 2011.

59th Utah State Legislature
Utah State Legislature
Type
Type	Upper house
Term limits	None
History
New session started	January 24, 2011
Leadership
President of the Senate	Michael G. Waddoups (R) since November 7, 2008
Majority Leader	Scott K. Jenkins (R) since January 20, 2010
Minority Leader	Ross I. Romero (D) since November 5, 2010
Structure
Seats	29
Political groups	Republican Party (22) Democratic Party (7)
Length of term	2 years
Authority	Article VI, Utah Constitution
Salary	$117/day + per diem
Elections
Last election	November 2, 2010 (15 seats)
Next election	November 6, 2012 (14 seats)
Redistricting	Legislative Control
Meeting place
Website
Utah State Senate

Dates of sessions

• 2009 General Session: January 24, 2011 - March 10, 2011

Leadership

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total
	Republican	Democratic		Vacant
End of the 58th legislature	21	8	29	0
Beginning of the 59th Legislature	22	7	29	0
Latest voting share	75.8%	24.2%

Leadership, 2011-2012 session

Position	Name	Party	District
President of the Senate	Michael G. Waddoups	Republican	6
Majority Leader	Scott K. Jenkins	Republican	20
Majority Whip	Wayne L. Niederhauser	Republican	9
Assistant Majority Whip	Peter C. Knudson	Republican	17
Minority Leader	Ross I. Romero	Democratic	7
Minority Whip	Karen Morgan	Democratic	8
Assistant Minority Whip	Patricia W. Jones	Democratic	4

House of Representatives

Position	Name	Party	District
Speaker of the House	Becky Lockhart	Republican	74
Majority Leader	Brad Dee	Republican	16
Majority Whip	Gregory Hughes	Republican	11
Minority Leader	David Litvack	Democratic	26
Minority Whip	Jennifer Seelig	Democratic	21

Composition

Senate Makeup

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

Members

District	Name	Party	Counties Represent
1	Luz Robles	Dem	Salt Lake
2	Ben McAdams	Dem	Salt Lake
3	Gene Davis	Dem	Salt Lake
4	Patricia W. Jones	Dem	Salt Lake
5	Karen Mayne	Dem	Salt Lake
6	Michael G. Waddoups	Rep	Salt Lake
7	Ross I. Romero	Dem	Salt Lake
8	Karen Morgan	Dem	Salt Lake
9	Wayne L. Niederhauser	Rep	Salt Lake
10	Chris Buttars	Rep	Salt Lake
11	Howard A. Stephenson	Rep	Salt Lake, Utah
12	Daniel W. Thatcher	Rep	Salt Lake, Tooele
13	Mark B. Madsen	Rep	Tooele, Utah
14	John L. Valentine	Rep	Utah
15	Margaret Dayton	Rep	Utah
16	Curt Bramble	Rep	Utah
17	Peter C. Knudson	Rep	Box Elder, Cache, Tooele
18	Jon J. Greiner	Rep	Davis, Weber
19	Allen M. Christensen	Rep	Morgan, Summit, Weber
20	Scott K. Jenkins	Rep	Weber
21	Jerry W. Stevenson	Rep	Davis
22	Stuart Adams	Rep	Davis
23	Daniel Liljenquist	Rep	Davis
24	Ralph Okerlund	Rep	Juab, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier, Tooele, Wayne
25	Lyle W. Hillyard	Rep	Cache, Rich
26	Kevin T. VanTassell	Rep	Daggett, Duchesne, Summit, Uintah, Wasatch
27	David P. Hinkins	Rep	Carbon, Emery, Grand, San Juan, Utah
28	Dennis E. Stowell	Rep	Beaver, Garfield, Iron, Kane, Millard, Washington
29	Stephen H. Urquhart	Rep	Washington

Members

District	Name	Party	Residence	Freshman
1	Ronda Menlove	Republican	Garland
2	Lee Perry	Republican	Perry	X
3	Jack Draxler	Republican	North Logan
4	David Butterfield	Republican	Logan	X
5	R. Curt Webb	Republican	Logan
6	Brad Galvez	Republican	West Haven	X
7	Ryan Wilcox	Republican	North Ogden
8	Gage Froerer	Republican	Huntsville
9	Jeremy Peterson	Republican	Ogden	X
10	Dixon Pitcher	Republican	Ogden	X
11	Brad Dee	Republican	Ogden
12	Richard Greenwood	Republican	Roy
13	Paul Ray	Republican	Clearfield
14	Curtis Oda	Republican	Clearfield
15	Brad Wilson	Republican	Kaysville	X
16	Stephen Handy	Republican	Layton	X
17	Julie Fisher	Republican	Fruit Heights
18	Roger Barrus	Republican	Centerville
19	Jim Nielson	Republican	Bountiful	X
20	Rebecca Edwards	Republican	Bountiful
21	Douglas Sagers	Republican	Tooele
22	Susan Duckworth	Democratic	Magna
23	Jennifer Seelig	Democratic	Salt Lake City
24	Rebecca Chavez-Houck	Democratic	Salt Lake City
25	Joel Briscoe	Democratic	Salt Lake City	X
26	David Litvack	Democratic	Salt Lake City
27	John Dougall	Republican	American Fork
28	Brian King	Democratic	Salt Lake City
29	Janice Fisher	Democratic	West Valley City
30	Jackie Biskupski	Democratic	Salt Lake City
31	Larry Wiley	Democratic	West Valley City
32	Fred Cox	Republican	West Valley City	X
33	Neal Henrickson	Democratic	West Valley City
34	Johnny Anderson	Republican	Taylorsville	X
35	Mark A. Wheatley	Democratic	Murray
36	Patrice M. Arent	Democratic	Salt Lake City	X
37	Carol Spackman Moss	Democratic	Salt Lake City
38	Eric Hutchings	Republican	Kearns
39	James Dunnigan	Republican	Taylorsville
40	Lynn Hemingway	Democratic	Salt Lake City
41	Todd Kiser	Republican	Sandy
42	Jim Bird	Republican	West Jordan
43	Wayne Harper	Republican	West Jordan
44	Tim Cosgrove	Democratic	Murray
45	Steve Eliason	Republican	Sandy	X
46	Marie Poulson	Democratic	Salt Lake City
47	Ken Ivory	Republican	West Jordan	X
48	LaVar Christensen	Republican	Draper	X
49	Derek Brown	Republican	Salt Lake City	X
50	Merlynn Newbold	Republican	South Jordan
51	Gregory Hughes	Republican	Draper
52	Carl Wimmer	Republican	Herriman
53	Melvin Brown	Republican	Coalville
54	Kraig Powell	Republican	Heber
55	John Mathis	Republican	Vernal
56	Kenneth Sumsion	Republican	American Fork
57	Holly Richardson	Republican	Pleasant Grove	X
58	Stephen Sandstrom	Republican	Orem
59	Val Peterson	Republican	Orem
60	Bradley Daw	Republican	Orem
61	Keith Grover	Republican	Provo
62	Christopher Herrod	Republican	Provo
63	Dean Sanpei	Republican	Provo	X
64	Rebecca D. Lockhart	Republican	Provo
65	Francis Gibson	Republican	Springville
66	Michael Morley	Republican	Spanish Fork
67	Patrick Painter	Republican	Nephi
68	Bill Wright	Republican	Ephraim
69	Christine Watkins	Democratic	Price
70	Kay McIff	Republican	Richfield
71	Bradley Last	Republican	St. George
72	Evan Vickers	Republican	Cedar City
73	Michael Noel	Republican	Kanab
74	David Clark	Republican	Santa Clara
75	Don Ipson	Republican	St. George

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
• Utah Transfer of Public Lands Act

External links

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