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.

Utah State Senate
Utah State Legislature
Coat of arms or logo
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
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
State Senate Chamber
Utah State Capitol
Salt Lake City, Utah
Website
Utah State Senate

The last elections were held in 2022.

Composition of the Senate

Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Republican Democratic Libertarian Vacant
End of the 59th legislature 21 8 0 29 0
Beginning of the 60th Legislature 24 5 0 29 0
End 60th 23 1
61st Legislature 23 6 0 29 0
62nd Legislature 24 5 0 29 0
63rd Legislature 23 6 0 29 0
64th Legislature 23 6 0 29 0
Beginning of the 65th Legislature 23 6 0 29 0
Latest voting share 79% 21%

Leadership, 65th session

PositionNamePartyDistrict
President of the SenateJ. Stuart AdamsRepublican7
Majority LeaderEvan VickersRepublican28
Majority WhipAnn MillnerRepublican5
Assistant Majority WhipKirk CullimoreRepublican19
Minority LeaderLuz EscamillaDemocratic10
Minority WhipKathleen RiebeDemocratic15
Assistant Minority WhipJen PlumbDemocratic9

Members of the 65th Senate

DistrictNamePartyFirst electedCounties
represented
1Scott SandallRep2018Box Elder, Cache, Tooele
2Chris H. WilsonRep2020Cache, Rich
3John JohnsonRep2020Morgan, Summit, Weber
4D. Gregg BuxtonRep2016Davis, Weber
5Ann MillnerRep2014Davis, Morgan, Weber
6Jerry StevensonRep2010↑Davis
7J. Stuart AdamsRep2009↑Davis
8Todd WeilerRep2012↑Davis, Salt Lake
9Jen PlumbDem2022Salt Lake
10Luz EscamillaDem2008Salt Lake
11Daniel ThatcherRep2010Salt Lake, Tooele
12Karen KwanDem2023↑Salt Lake
13Nate BlouinDem2022Salt Lake
14Stephanie PitcherDem2022Salt Lake
15Kathleen RiebeDem2018Salt Lake
16Wayne HarperRep2012Salt Lake
17Lincoln FillmoreRep2016↑Salt Lake
18Daniel McCayRep2018Salt Lake, Utah
19Kirk Cullimore Jr.Rep2018Salt Lake
20Ronald WintertonRep2018Daggett, Duchesne, Summit, Uintah, Wasatch
21Mike KennedyRep2021↑Utah
22Heidi BalderreeRep2023↑Salt Lake, Utah
23Keith GroverRep2018↑Utah
24Curt BrambleRep2000Utah, Wasatch
25Mike McKellRep2020Utah
26David HinkinsRep2008Carbon, Emery, Grand, San Juan, Utah, Wasatch
27Derrin OwensRep2020Beaver, Garfield, Juab, Kane, Millard, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier, Utah, Wayne
28Evan VickersRep2012Beaver, Iron, Washington
29Don IpsonRep2016↑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

See also

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.
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