| Utah State Senate | |
| Coa Pic: | Seal of Utah (2011).svg |
| Session Room: | Girl Scouts visit the Senate Chamber in the Utah State Capitol - Feb. 2011.jpg |
| House Type: | Upper house |
| Term Limits: | None |
| New Session: | January 17, 2023 |
| Leader1 Type: | President |
| Leader1: | J. Stuart Adams (R) |
| Election1: | January 28, 2019 |
| Leader2 Type: | Majority Leader |
| Leader2: | Evan Vickers (R) |
| Election2: | January 26, 2019 |
| Leader3 Type: | Minority Leader |
| Leader3: | Luz Escamilla (D) |
| Election3: | January 17, 2023 |
| Salary: | $130/day + per diem |
| Term Length: | 4 years |
| Members: | 29 |
| Structure1: | Utah Senate 2015 - 2016.svg |
| Structure1 Res: | 250px |
| Political Groups1: | Majority Minority |
| Last Election1: | November 8, 2022 (14 seats) |
| Next Election1: | November 5, 2024 (15 seats) |
| Redistricting: | Legislative control |
| Website: | 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, each representing one senate district. 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.
The last elections were held in 2022.
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Democratic | Libertarian | Vacant | ||||
| nowrap style="font-size:80%" | End of the 59th legislature | 21 | 8 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
| nowrap style="font-size:80%" | Beginning of the 60th Legislature | 24 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
| nowrap style="font-size:80%" | End 60th | 23 | 1 | ||||
| nowrap style="font-size:80%" | 61st Legislature | 23 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
| nowrap style="font-size:80%" | 62nd Legislature | 24 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
| nowrap style="font-size:80%" | 63rd Legislature | 23 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
| nowrap style="font-size:80%" | 64th Legislature | 23 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
| nowrap style="font-size:80%" | Beginning of the 65th Legislature | 23 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Latest voting share | |||||||
| Position | Name | Party | District | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 7 | ||||
| Republican | 28 | ||||
| Republican | 5 | ||||
| Assistant Majority Whip | Republican | 19 | |||
| Democratic | 10 | ||||
| Democratic | 15 | ||||
| Assistant Minority Whip | Democratic | 9 |
| District | Name | Party | First elected | Counties represented | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rep | 2018 | Box Elder, Cache, Tooele | |||
| Rep | 2020 | Cache, Rich | |||
| John Johnson | Rep | 2020 | Morgan, Summit, Weber | ||
| Rep | 2016 | Davis, Weber | |||
| Rep | 2014 | Davis, Morgan, Weber | |||
| 6 | Rep | 2010↑ | Davis | ||
| 7 | Rep | 2009↑ | Davis | ||
| 8 | Rep | 2012↑ | Davis, Salt Lake | ||
| 9 | Dem | 2022 | Salt Lake | ||
| Dem | 2008 | Salt Lake | |||
| 11 | Rep | 2010 | Salt Lake, Tooele | ||
| Dem | 2023↑ | Salt Lake | |||
| 13 | Dem | 2022 | Salt Lake | ||
| 14 | Dem | 2022 | Salt Lake | ||
| Dem | 2018 | Salt Lake | |||
| Rep | 2012 | Salt Lake | |||
| 17 | Rep | 2016↑ | Salt Lake | ||
| Rep | 2018 | Salt Lake, Utah | |||
| Rep | 2018 | Salt Lake | |||
| Rep | 2018 | Daggett, Duchesne, Summit, Uintah, Wasatch | |||
| Rep | 2021↑ | Utah | |||
| Rep | 2023↑ | Salt Lake, Utah | |||
| Rep | 2018↑ | Utah | |||
| Rep | 2000 | Utah, Wasatch | |||
| Rep | 2020 | Utah | |||
| Rep | 2008 | Carbon, Emery, Grand, San Juan, Utah, Wasatch | |||
| Rep | 2020 | Beaver, Garfield, Juab, Kane, Millard, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier, Utah, Wayne | |||
| Rep | 2012 | Beaver, Iron, Washington | |||
| Rep | 2016↑ | Washington | |||
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]
See main article: Political party strength in Utah.