57th Utah State Legislature explained

57th Utah State Legislature
Body:	Utah State Legislature
Country:	United States
State:	Utah
Meeting Place:	Utah State Capitol
Term:	January 15, 2007 - January 26, 2009
Before:	56th Utah State Legislature
After:	58th Utah State Legislature
Website:	http://www.le.state.ut.us/
Chamber1:	Senate
Membership1:	29
Control1:	Republican
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:	President
Chamber1 Leader1:	John L. Valentine
Chamber1 Leader2 Type:	Majority Leader
Chamber1 Leader2:	Curt Bramble
Chamber1 Leader3 Type:	Minority Leader
Chamber1 Leader3:	Mike Dmitrich
Chamber2:	House of Representatives
Membership2:	75
Control2:	Republican
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:	Speaker
Chamber2 Leader1:	Greg Curtis
Chamber2 Leader2 Type:	Majority Leader
Chamber2 Leader2:	Dave Clark
Chamber2 Leader3 Type:	Minority Leader
Chamber2 Leader3:	Ralph Becker

The 57th Utah State Legislature was elected Tuesday, November 7, 2006 and convened on Monday, January 15, 2007.

Dates of sessions

• 2007 General Session: January 15, 2007 - February 28, 2007
• 2007 First Special Session: August 22, 2007
• 2008 General Session: January 21, 2008 - March 5, 2008

Officers

Office	Office-holder
President of the Senate	John L. Valentine
Secretary of the Senate	Annette B. Moore
Minute Clerk	Leslie O. McLean
Docket Clerk	Lynette Erickson

Office	Office-holder
Speaker of the House	Greg Curtis
Chief Clerk	Sandy D. Tenney
Reading Clerk	Ann Tilson
Journal Clerk	Janice A. Gadd

Leadership

• President of the Senate: John L. Valentine (R-14)

Majority (Republican) Leadership

• Majority Leader: Curt Bramble (R-16)
• Majority Whip: Dan R. Eastman (R-23)
• Assistant Majority Whip: Sheldon Killpack (R-21)
• Senate Rules Committee Chair: John W. Hickman (R-29)

Minority (Democratic) Leadership

• Minority Leader: Mike Dmitrich (D-27)
• Minority Whip: Gene Davis (D-3)
• Assistant Minority Whip: Ed Mayne (D-5)
• Minority Caucus Manager: Pat Jones (D-4)

• Speaker of the House: Greg Curtis (R-49)

Majority (Republican) Leadership

• Majority Leader: Dave Clark (R-74)
• Majority Whip: Gordon E. Snow (R-54)
• Assistant Majority Whip: Brad Dee (R-11)
• House Rules Committee Chair: Stephen H. Urquhart (R-75)

Minority (Democratic) Leadership

• Minority Leader: Ralph Becker (D-24)
• Minority Whip: Brad King (D-69)
• Assistant Minority Whip: Carol Spackman Moss (D-37)
• Minority Caucus Manager: David Litvack (D-26)

Make-up

Affiliation		Members
	Republican Party	21
	Democratic Party	8
Total		29
Government Majority		13

Members

Name	Party	District	Counties
Bell, Gregory S.		Republican		Davis
Bramble, Curtis S.		Republican		Utah
		Republican		Salt Lake
Christensen, Allen M.		Republican		Morgan, Summit, Weber
		Democrat		Salt Lake
		Republican		Utah
		Democrat		Carbon, Emery, Grand, San Juan, Utah
Eastman, Dan R.		Republican		Davis
		Democrat		Salt Lake
Goodfellow, Brent H.		Democrat		Salt Lake, Tooele
		Republican		Davis, Weber
		Republican		Washington
		Republican		Cache, Rich
		Republican		Weber
		Democrat		Salt Lake
		Republican		Davis
		Republican		Box Elder, Cache, Tooele
		Republican		Tooele, Utah
		Democrat		Salt Lake
		Democrat		Salt Lake
		Republican		Salt Lake
		Republican		Juab, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier, Tooele, Wayne
		Democrat		Salt Lake
		Republican		Salt Lake, Utah
		Republican		Beaver, Garfield, Iron, Kane, Millard, Washington
		Republican		Utah
		Republican		Daggett, Duchesne, Summit, Uintah, Wasatch
		Republican		Salt Lake
		Republican		Salt Lake

Make-up

Affiliation		Members
	Republican Party	55
	Democratic Party	20
Total		75
Government Majority		37

Members

Name	Party	District	Residence	Freshman	Notes
		Republican	15
		Republican	19
		Republican	48		X
		Republican	18
		Democrat	24			Elected Mayor of Salt Lake City on November 6, 2007. Rebecca Chavez-Houck was appointed to replace Ralph Becker as Representative for District 24.
		Republican	32
Bird, Jim		Republican	42		X
		Democrat	30
Bowman, DeMar Bud		Republican	72
		Republican	53		X
		Republican	12			Appointed Director of the Division of Facilities Construction and Management (DFCM) in April 2007. Richard A. Greenwood was appointed to replace D. Gregg Buxton as Representative for District 12.
		Democratic	24		X	Appointed to replace Ralph Becker who was elected Mayor of Salt Lake City. Sworn into Office on January 16, 2008.
Clark, David		Republican	74
Clark, Stephen D.		Republican	63
Cosgrove, Tim M.		Democrat	44
		Republican	49
Daw, Bradley M.		Republican	60
		Republican	11
		Republican	7
Dougall, John		Republican	27
Draxler, Jack R.		Republican	3		X
Duckworth, Carl S.		Democratic	22
Dunnigan, James A.		Republican	39
Ferry, Ben C.		Republican	2
Fisher, Janice M.		Democrat	29
Fisher, Julie		Republican	17
Fowlke, Lorie D.		Republican	59
Frank, Craig A.		Republican	57
Froerer, Gage		Republican	8		X
Garn, Kevin S.		Republican	16		X
Gibson, Kerry W.		Republican	6
Gowans, James R.		Democrat	21
		Republican	12			Appointed to replace D. Gregg Buxton who was appointed Director of DFCM in April 2007. Sworn in on January 16, 2008
Grover, Keith		Republican	61		X
Hansen, Neil A.		Democrat	9
Harper, Wayne A.		Republican	43
Hemingway, Lynn		Democrat	40		X
Hendrickson, Neal B.		Democrat	33
Herrod, Christopher N.		Republican	62		X
Holdaway, Kory M.		Republican	34
Hughes, Gregory H.		Republican	51
Hunsaker, Fred R.		Republican	4
Hutchings, Eric K.		Republican	38
Johnson, Christine		Democrat	25		X
		Democrat	69
Kiser, Todd E.		Republican	41
Last, Bradley G.		Republican	71
		Democrat	26
Lockhart, Rebecca D.		Republican	64
Mascaro, Steven R.		Republican	47
Mathis, John G.		Republican	55
		Democrat	28
McIff, Kay L.		Republican	70		X
		Republican	1
Morgan, Karen W.		Democrat	46
Morley, Michael T.		Republican	66
		Democrat	37
Neuenschwander, Paul A.		Republican	20		X
Newbold, Merlynn T.		Republican	50
Noel, Michael E.		Republican	73
Oda, Curtis		Republican	14
Painter, Patrick		Republican	67
Ray, Paul		Republican	13
Riesen, Phil		Democrat	36		X
Sandstrom, Stephen E.		Republican	58		X
Seelig, Jennifer M.		Democrat	23
Shurtliff, LaWanna Lou		Democrat	10
		Republican	54
		Republican	56		X
Tilton, Aaron		Republican	65
		Republican	75
Walker, Mark W.		Republican	45
Webb, R. Curt		Republican	5			Appointed to replace Scott L. Wyatt who was appointed President of Snow College. Sworn in on January 16, 2008.
Wheatley, Mark A.		Democrat	35
Wheeler, Richard W.		Republican	68			Called to the Fifth Quorum of the Seventy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Bradley A. Winn was appointed to replace Richard W. Wheeler as Representative for District 68.
Wiley, Larry B.		Democrat	31
Wimmer, Carl		Republican	52		X
Winn, Bradley A.		Republican	68		X	Appointed to replace Richard A. Wheeler who was called to the 5th Quorum of the Seventy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Sworn in on January 16, 2008.
Wyatt, Scott L.		Republican	5			Appointed President of Snow College in July 2007. R. Curt Webb was appointed to replace Scott L. Wyatt as Representative for District 5.

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

See also

• Government of Utah
• List of Utah State Legislatures

External links

• Utah State Legislature
• 2008 Election Results
• Office of the Governor