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SPECIAL SESSION The legislature will likely call ourselves into a special session as early as next week. Because of the restrictions in place, there will not be committee hearings for the bills we will be discussing, but a time and process will be set up for public comment–I will let you know what and when that will be when I …

Thank you for the opportunity to serve in the Utah House!  I feel very honored to represent the great people in my district.  CORONA VIRUSCorona virus is at the top of everyone’s mind, and I have received a lot of questions about what Utah is doing to combat it. The governor has the executive authority to declare a state of emergency, …

If you would like to watch my Friday Facebook Live from last week, click here. The Third Time is the Charm…I hope We have been talking about the structural imbalance in our budget for well over a year. Because of the economy, we have had large surpluses in our education fund–which is made up of revenue from income taxes and is constitutionally mandated to …

Bail Reform I, and every other legislator in the House, received hundreds of emails over the last two days asking us to vote against HB 206 Bail and Pretrial Release Amendments. These emails were computer generated from a platform created by The American Bail Coalition in Franklinville, New Jersey, they all said the exact same thing based on misinformation, and only one was from a …

Here is an update on the bills I have been working on.  This week, I presented two of my bills that had been passed by the House to the Senate Committees to which they were assigned. They were HB 205 Students With Disabilities Amendments and HJR 6 Joint Resolution on the Benefits of Therapy Animals. I am very excited that HB 205 passed unanimously out …

Check out my Friday Facebook Live (this is a link to my FB page–you can find the video there). Every Friday of the session, I do a Facebook Live to report on the events of the week.This week I explained the budgeting process and three of the bills that we passed through the House.  Mental Health Utah is an amazing place to …

Keeping Up With the Legislature The state has really great tools to help you know what is going on during the legislative session on the legislative website, le.utah.gov.  You can get a list of all the bills being considered, and there is a tracking service that keep you informed about bills you want to follow closely. If you would like to know the fiscal impact …

TOWN HALL The Utah Legislature begins its 2020 session on January 27th, and it lasts 45 days until March 12th. Leading up to and during the session I want to keep you informed of the issues the Legislature will be addressing, as well as bills I am working on.    I will be holding a Town Hall Meeting on Thursday, January 23, from …

Yesterday, a special session was called by the governor, and the legislature will meet tomorrow (Thursday) to vote on tax reform. There are several parts of this bill that I completely support, and I understand the need to restructure our tax system; however, I will be voting no unless there are some major changes.  Briefly, the parts of this bill …

This is an update as to what is going on in the special session today, and also a link to a great website that shows how money is being spent in our school districts and in the state. SPECIAL SESSION TODAY On Thursday, September 5, Governor Herbert called for a special session to be held today, September 16, at 6:00 pm to address fixes …