59th Utah State Legislature
# 59th Utah State Legislature

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

## Dates of sessions

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

## Leadership

| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Affiliation | Republican | Democratic | Total | 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 | Affiliation | Members |
| - | - | - |
| | Republican Party | 21 |
| | Democratic Party | 8 |
| Total | Total | 29 |
| Government Majority | 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 |
| 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
