Utah State Senate

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Utah State Senate
Utah State Legislature
Seal of Utah (2011).svg
Type
Type
Term limits
None
History
New session started
January 17, 2023
Leadership
President
J. Stuart Adams (R)
since January 28, 2019
Majority Leader
Evan Vickers (R)
since January 26, 2019
Minority Leader
Luz Escamilla (D)
since January 17, 2023
Structure
Seats29
Utah Senate 2015 - 2016.svg
Political groups
Majority
  •    Republican (23)

Minority

Length of term
4 years
AuthorityArticle VI, Utah Constitution
Salary$130/day + per diem
Elections
Last election
November 8, 2022
(14 seats)
Next election
November 5, 2024
(15 seats)
RedistrictingLegislative control
Meeting place
Girl Scouts visit the Senate Chamber in the Utah State Capitol - Feb. 2011.jpg
State Senate Chamber
Utah State Capitol
Salt Lake City, Utah
Website
Utah State Senate

The Utah State Senate is the upper house of the Utah State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Utah. [1] The Utah Senate is composed of 29 elected members representing an equal number of senate districts. Each senate district is composed of approximately 95,000 people. [2] Members of the Senate are elected to four-year terms without term limits. The Senate convenes at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City.

Contents

The last elections were held in 2022.

Composition of the Senate

AffiliationParty
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Republican Democratic Libertarian Vacant
End of the 59th legislature2180290
Beginning of the 60th Legislature2450290
End 60th231
61st Legislature2360290
62nd Legislature2450290
63rd Legislature2360290
64th Legislature2360290
Beginning of the 65th Legislature2360290
Latest voting share

Leadership, 65th session

PositionNamePartyDistrict
President of the Senate J. Stuart Adams Republican7
Majority Leader Evan Vickers Republican28
Majority Whip Ann Millner Republican5
Assistant Majority Whip Kirk Cullimore Republican19
Minority Leader Luz Escamilla Democratic10
Minority Whip Kathleen Riebe Democratic15
Assistant Minority Whip Jen Plumb Democratic9

Members of the 65th Senate

DistrictNamePartyFirst electedCounties
represented
1 Scott Sandall Rep2018 Box Elder, Cache, Tooele
2 Chris H. Wilson Rep2020Cache, Rich
3 John Johnson Rep2020 Morgan, Summit, Weber
4 D. Gregg Buxton Rep2016 Davis, Weber
5 Ann Millner Rep2014Davis, Morgan, Weber
6 Jerry Stevenson Rep2010↑Davis
7 J. Stuart Adams Rep2009↑Davis
8 Todd Weiler Rep2012↑Davis, Salt Lake
9 Jen Plumb Dem2022Salt Lake
10 Luz Escamilla Dem2008Salt Lake
11 Daniel Thatcher Rep2010Salt Lake, Tooele
12 Karen Kwan Dem2023↑Salt Lake
13 Nate Blouin Dem2022Salt Lake
14 Stephanie Pitcher Dem2022Salt Lake
15 Kathleen Riebe Dem2018Salt Lake
16 Wayne Harper Rep2012Salt Lake
17 Lincoln Fillmore Rep2016↑Salt Lake
18 Daniel McCay Rep2018Salt Lake, Utah
19 Kirk Cullimore Jr. Rep2018Salt Lake
20 Ronald Winterton Rep2018 Daggett, Duchesne, Summit, Uintah, Wasatch
21 Mike Kennedy Rep2021↑Utah
22 Jake Anderegg Rep2016Salt Lake, Utah
23 Keith Grover Rep2018↑Utah
24 Curt Bramble Rep2000Utah, Wasatch
25 Mike McKell Rep2020Utah
26 David Hinkins Rep2008 Carbon, Emery, Grand, San Juan, Utah, Wasatch
27 Derrin Owens Rep2020 Beaver, Garfield, Juab, Kane, Millard, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier, Utah, Wayne
28 Evan Vickers Rep2012Beaver, Iron, Washington
29 Don Ipson Rep2016↑Washington

↑: Senator was originally appointed

Legislative Website

Utah Senate staff, under direction of Senate Presidents Waddoups and Niederhauser worked with the House of Representatives, the LFA, and other staff to develop what many have called the best legislative website in the nation. In 2014, le.utah.gov won the NCSL Online Democracy Award. [3] The Utah Legislature had previously won this award in 2005. [4]

Past composition of the Senate

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References

  1. "Senate Roster | Utah Senate". senate.utah.gov. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
  2. Mackun, Paul; Wilson, Steven. "U.S. Department of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. CENSUS BUREAU Population Distribution and Change: 2000 to 2010" (PDF). 2010 Census Briefs. United States Census. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  3. Legislatures, National Conference of State. "2014 Online Democracy Award". www.ncsl.org. Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  4. Legislatures, National Conference of State. "Online Democracy Award Winners". www.ncsl.org. Retrieved 2017-10-08.