66th Utah State Legislature

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66th Utah State Legislature
65th 67th
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Overview
TermJanuary 21, 2025 (2025-01-21) 
Senate
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   Republican  (22)
   Democratic  (6)
   Forward  (1)
Members29 senators
President J. Stuart Adams
House of Representatives
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   Republican  (61)
   Democratic  (14)
Members75 representatives
Speaker Mike Schultz
Sessions
2025January 21, 2025 (2025-01-21) – March 7, 2025 (2025-03-07)

The 66th session of the Utah State Legislature began on January 21, 2025. [1] 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. [2]

Contents

Political composition

Senate

Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
TotalVacant
Republican Democratic Forward
End of the previous Legislature 236290
Begin 2025236290
March 7, 2025 [a] 2261290
Latest voting share

House of Representatives

Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
TotalVacant
Republican Democratic
End of the previous Legislature 6114750
Begin 20256114750
Latest voting share

Leadership

Senate leadership

PositionNamePartyDistrict
President of the Senate J. Stuart Adams Republican7
Majority Leader Kirk Cullimore Jr. Republican19
Majority Whip Chris H. Wilson Republican2
Assistant Majority Whip Mike McKell Republican25
Minority Leader Luz Escamilla Democratic10
Minority Whip Karen Kwan Democratic12
Assistant Minority Whip Jen Plumb Democratic9

House leadership

PositionNamePartyDistrict
Speaker of the House Mike Schultz Republican12
Majority Leader Jefferson Moss Republican51
Majority Whip Karianne Lisonbee Republican14
Majority Assistant Whip Casey Snider Republican5
Minority Leader Angela Romero Democratic25
Minority Whip Jennifer Dailey-Provost Democratic22
Minority Assistant Whip Sahara Hayes Democratic32
Source: Utah Legislature [4]

Membership

Senate membership

DistrictNamePartyCounties RepresentedAssumed Office
1 Scott Sandall RepBox Elder, Cache, Tooele2019 [b]
2 Chris H. Wilson RepCache, Rich2021
3 John D. Johnson RepMorgan, Summit, Weber2021
4 Cal Musselman RepDavis, Weber2025 [b]
5 Ann Millner RepDavis, Morgan, Weber2015
6 Jerry Stevenson RepDavis2010 [c]
7 Stuart Adams RepDavis2010 [c]
8 Todd Weiler RepDavis, Salt Lake2012 [c]
9 Jennifer Plumb DemSalt Lake2023
10 Luz Escamilla DemSalt Lake2009
11 Daniel Thatcher RepSalt Lake, Tooele, Utah2011
12 Karen Kwan DemSalt Lake2023 [b] [c]
13 Nate Blouin DemSalt Lake2023
14 Stephanie Pitcher DemSalt Lake2023 [b]
15 Kathleen Riebe DemSalt Lake2019
16 Wayne Harper RepSalt Lake2013 [b]
17 Lincoln Fillmore RepSalt Lake2016 [c]
18 Daniel McCay RepSalt Lake, Utah2019 [b]
19 Kirk Cullimore Jr. RepSalt Lake, Utah2019
20 Ronald Winterton RepDaggett, Duchesne, Summit, Uintah, Wasatch2019
21 Brady Brammer RepUtah2025 [b]
22 Heidi Balderree RepSalt Lake, Utah2023 [c]
23 Keith Grover RepUtah2018 [c] [b]
24 Keven Stratton RepUtah, Wasatch2025 [d]
25 Mike McKell RepUtah2021 [b]
26 David Hinkins RepCarbon, Emery, Garfield, Grand, Kane, San Juan, Utah, Wasatch, Wayne2009
27 Derrin Owens RepGarfield, Juab, Kane, Millard, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier, Utah, Washington, Wayne2021 [b]
28 Evan Vickers RepBeaver, Iron, Juab, Millard, Washington2013 [b]
29 Don Ipson RepWashington2016 [c] [b]
Source: Utah Legislature [5]

House membership

DistrictNamePartyCounties RepresentedAssumed Office
1 Thomas W. Peterson Rep Box Elder, Cache 2022 [c]
2 Michael J. Petersen RepCache2021
3 Jason E. Thompson RepCache2025
4 Tiara Auxier Rep Daggett, Duchesne, Morgan, Rich, Summit 2025
5 Casey Snider RepCache2018 [c]
6 Matthew H. Gwynn RepBox Elder, Weber 2021
7 Ryan D. Wilcox RepWeber2021
(also 2009–2014)
8 Jason B. Kyle RepMorgan, Weber2023
9 Jake Sawyer RepWeber2025
10 Jill Koford RepWeber2025
11 Katy Hall Rep Davis, Weber2023
12 Mike Schultz RepDavis, Weber2015
13 Karen M. Peterson RepDavis2022 [c]
14 Karianne Lisonbee RepDavis2017
15 Ariel Defay RepDavis2023 [c]
16 Trevor Lee RepDavis2023
17 Stewart E. Barlow RepDavis2011 [c]
18 Paul A. Cutler RepDavis2023
19 Raymond P. Ward RepDavis2015
20 Melissa G. Ballard RepDavis2019
21 Sandra Hollins Dem Salt Lake 2015
22 Jennifer Dailey-Provost DemSalt Lake2019
23 Hoang Nguyen DemSalt Lake, Summit2025
24 Grant Amjad Miller DemSalt Lake2025
25 Angela Romero DemSalt Lake2013
26 Matt MacPherson RepSalt Lake2023 [c]
27 Anthony E. Loubet RepSalt Lake2023
28 Nicholeen Peck Rep Tooele 2025
29 Bridger Bolinder Rep Juab, Millard, Tooele2023
30 Jake Fitisemanu DemSalt Lake2025
31 Veronica Mauga DemSalt Lake2025
32 Sahara Hayes DemSalt Lake2023
33 Doug Owens DemSalt Lake2021
34 Carol S. Moss DemSalt Lake2001
35 Rosalba Dominguez DemSalt Lake2025
36 James A. Dunnigan RepSalt Lake2003
37 Ashlee Matthews DemSalt Lake2021
38 Cheryl K. Acton RepSalt Lake2017 [c]
39 Ken Ivory RepSalt Lake2021 [c]
(also 2011–2019)
40 Andrew Stoddard DemSalt Lake2019
41 Gay Lynn Bennion DemSalt Lake2021
42 Clinton Okerlund RepSalt Lake2025
43 Steve Eliason RepSalt Lake2011
44 Jordan D. Teuscher RepSalt Lake2021
45 Tracy Miller RepSalt Lake2025
46 Calvin Roberts RepSalt Lake2025
47 Mark A. Strong RepSalt Lake2019
48 James F. Cobb RepSalt Lake2023
49 Candice P. Pierucci RepSalt Lake2019 [c]
50 Stephanie Gricius Rep Utah 2023
51 Jefferson Moss RepUtah2017
52 A. Cory Maloy RepUtah2017
53 Kay J. Christofferson RepUtah2013
54 Kristen Chevrier RepUtah2025
55 Jon Hawkins RepUtah2019
56 Val L. Peterson RepUtah2011
57 Nelson T. Abbott RepUtah2021
58 David Shallenberger RepUtah2025
59 Mike L. Kohler RepSummit, Wasatch 2021
60 Tyler Clancy RepUtah2023 [c]
61 Lisa Shepherd RepUtah2025
62 Norman K Thurston RepUtah2015
63 Stephen L. Whyte RepUtah2021 [c]
64 Jefferson S. Burton RepUtah2021
65 Douglas R. Welton RepUtah2021
66 Troy Shelley RepJuab, Sanpete 2025
67 Christine F. Watkins Rep Carbon, Duchesne, Emery, Grand 2017
68 Scott H. Chew RepDuchesne, Uintah 2015
69 Logan Monson RepEmery, Garfield, Grand, Kane, San Juan, Wayne 2025
70 Carl R. Albrecht Rep Beaver, Iron, Piute, Sevier 2017
71 Rex Shipp RepIron2019
72 Joseph Elison Rep Washington 2023
73 Colin W. Jack RepWashington2022 [c]
74 R. Neil Walter RepWashington2023
75 Walt Brooks RepWashington2016 [c]
Source: Utah Legislature [5]

Notes

  1. Daniel Thatcher changed affiliation from the Republican Party to the Forward Party. [3]
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Previously served in the Utah House of Representatives.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Originally appointed to office.
  4. Previously served in the Utah House of Representatives, appointed in 2012

References

  1. "2025 General Session of the 66th Legislature". Utah State Legislature. Retrieved 2025-02-12.
  2. McKellar, Katie (November 6, 2024). "Utah election results: Here's who is on track to join the 2025 Utah Legislature". Utah News Dispatch. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
  3. Gehrke, Robert (March 7, 2025). "Sen. Dan Thatcher is leaving Utah's Republican Party to 'break the deadlock' in politics" . Retrieved March 25, 2025.
  4. "House Leadership" . Retrieved February 12, 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Legislators By Year (1896-current)" . Retrieved February 12, 2025.

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