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
AffiliationParty (Shading indicates majority caucus)TotalRepublicanDemocraticVacantEnd of the 58th legislature218290Beginning of the 59th Legislature227290Latest voting share75.8% 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 Members Republican Party 21 Democratic Party 8 Total 29 Government Majority 13
Members District Name Party CountiesRepresent 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
House of Representatives Makeup
Members District Name Party Residence Freshman 1 Ronda Menlove Republican Garland 2 Lee Perry Republican Perry 3 Jack Draxler Republican North Logan 4 David Butterfield Republican Logan 5 R. Curt Webb Republican Logan 6 Brad Galvez Republican West Haven 7 Ryan Wilcox Republican North Ogden 8 Gage Froerer Republican Huntsville 9 Jeremy Peterson Republican Ogden 10 Dixon Pitcher Republican Ogden 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 16 Stephen Handy Republican Layton 17 Julie Fisher Republican Fruit Heights 18 Roger Barrus Republican Centerville 19 Jim Nielson Republican Bountiful 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 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 33 Neal Henrickson Democratic West Valley City 34 Johnny Anderson Republican Taylorsville 35 Mark A. Wheatley Democratic Murray 36 Patrice M. Arent Democratic Salt Lake City 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 46 Marie Poulson Democratic Salt Lake City 47 Ken Ivory Republican West Jordan 48 LaVar Christensen Republican Draper 49 Derek Brown Republican Salt Lake City 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 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 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
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See also
Government of Utah List of Utah State Legislatures Utah Transfer of Public Lands Act
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