Rich Cunningham
# Rich Cunningham

Rich Cunningham is an American politician and was a Republican member of the Utah House of Representatives representing District 50 from January 1, 2013 to January 1, 2017.

## Early life and education

Cunningham attended the University of Utah, the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and USU-College of Eastern Utah. He currently works as a financial services investment adviser and lives in South Jordan, Utah.

## Political career

2014 Cunningham defeated Louis Welch in the 2014 Republican convention and then defeated Democratic nominee Gabriel Morazan with 8,554 votes (77.6%) at the November 4, 2014 general election.

2012 Challenging District 50 incumbent Republican Representative Merlynn Newbold, Cunningham was selected by the Republican convention and won the November 6, 2012 general election with 13,508 votes (77.2%) against Democratic nominee Billie Larson.

During the 2016 legislative session, Cunningham served on the Executive Offices and Criminal Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, the House Retirement and Independent Entities Committee, the House Revenue and Taxation Committee as well as the House Transportation Committee.

## 2016 sponsored legislation

| Bill Number | Bill Title | Status |
| - | - | - |
| HB0047 | Postretirement Employment Rural and Title I School Exceptions | House/ filed - 3/10/2016 |
| HB0050 | Postretirement Reemployment Amendments | House/ filed - 3/10/2016 |
| HB0086S03 | Postretirement Employment Restrictions | House/ filed - 3/10/2016 |
| HB0106 | Securities Amendments | Governor Signed - 3/30/2016 |
| HB0117 | Modifications to Postretirement Reemployment Restrictions | House/ filed - 3/10/2016 |
| HB0205 | Tier II Retirement Amendments | House/ filed - 3/10/2016 |
| HB0387 | Utah Revised Business Corporate Act Amendments | House/ filed - 3/10/2016 |
| HB0475 | Driver License Amendments | House/ filed - 3/10/2016 |

Representative Cunningham did not floor sponsor any bills in 2016.

