Current Office: Representative
First Elected:
Next Election: 2012
Party: Democratic

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Karen; 5 Children: Melissa, Jon, Justin, Ryan, Andrew
Birth date: 03/03/1950
Birthplace: Murray City, UT
Home City: West Valley City UT
Religion:

Profession

Administrator, Salt Lake City Corporation, 1983-present Foreman, Christiansen Brothers's Construction Company, 1975-1983 Carpenter, Local 184 Carpenters, 1972-1983 E-S, United States Distilled Products, 1969-1972 Building Inspector

Education

Attended, Salt Lake Community College Attended, University of Utah

Committees

Business and Labor
Political Subdivisions
Rules
Subcommittee on Social Services Appropriations

SB 208 Interstate Health Care Compact
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 187 Prohibits Recording of Agricultural Operations
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 148 Authorizes the Transfer of Federal Lands to the State
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 223 Requires Public School Students to Recite Pledge of Allegiance
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 461 Requires a 72 hour waiting period prior to an abortion
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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SB 208 Interstate Health Care Compact
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 187 Prohibits Recording of Agricultural Operations
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 148 Authorizes the Transfer of Federal Lands to the State
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 223 Requires Public School Students to Recite Pledge of Allegiance
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 461 Requires a 72 hour waiting period prior to an abortion
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 298 Amends Motor Vehicle Safety Inspection Regulations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 155 Requires Drug Testing of Certain Welfare Recipients
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

SB 41 Authorizes Regulations of Tanning Facilities
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 316 Extends Waiting Period for Divorce
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 283 Authorizing State Liquor Stores to Open on Certain Holidays
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 511 Authorizing Eminent Domain of Federal Land
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 198 Prohibits Regulation of Family Food
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 104 Prohibiting Local Ordinances Against Idling Vehicles
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 198 Prohibits Regulation of Family Food
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 104 Prohibiting Local Ordinances Against Idling Vehicles
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 140 Prohibits Traffic Checkpoints
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 363 Requiring Abstinence-Only Sexual Education in Public Schools
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 49 Authorizing the Concealed or Open Possession of Firearms
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 245 Prohibiting the Use of E-Cigarettes and Hookah Pipes in Public Places
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 49 Authorizing the Concealed or Open Possession of Firearms
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 245 Prohibiting the Use of E-Cigarettes and Hookah Pipes in Public Places
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 90 Prohibiting Government Meetings on Caucus Nights
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 210 Restrictions on the Use of Severance Tax Revenue
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 32 Breast Cancer Screening
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 253 Removal of Voters from Voter Registration List
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 125 State Senate Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 50 Repeals the Election Campaign Fund
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 3002 Congressional Redistricting
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 3001 State Senate Redistricting
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 3001 State House Redistricting
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 3001 State Senate Redistricting
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 3001 State House Redistricting
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 229 Transportation Funding Revisions
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

HB 328 State Government Work Week
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

SB 229 Transportation Funding Revisions
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

HB 183 School District Leave Policies
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 73 Public School Teacher Tenure Modifications
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 183 School District Leave Policies
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 73 Public School Teacher Tenure Modifications
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 354 Restricting Health Insurance Coverage of Abortion
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 353 Authorizing Doctors to Refuse to Perform Abortions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 171 Abortion Clinic Licensing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

1SHB 89 Protection of Children from Second Hand Smoke in Motor Vehicles
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 477 Government Records Amendments
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

1SHB 89 Protection of Children from Second Hand Smoke in Motor Vehicles
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 171 Abortion Clinic Licensing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

1SHB 89 Protection of Children from Second Hand Smoke in Motor Vehicles
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 317 Specifies that Gold and Silver Coins are Legal Tender in Utah
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 497 Immigration Enforcement Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 317 Specifies that Gold and Silver Coins are Legal Tender in Utah
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 497 Immigration Enforcement Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 301 School District Property Tax Revisions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 124 Leaving a Child Unattended in a Motor Vehicle
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 301 School District Property Tax Revisions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 124 Leaving a Child Unattended in a Motor Vehicle
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 191 Nonresident Tuition Waiver Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 155 Cycling Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 165 State Reimbursement for Required Medical Services Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 183 School District Leave Policies
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 116 Guest Worker Program
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 183 School District Leave Policies
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 253 Employment of Undocumented Immigrants
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 70 Identifying Undocumented Immigrants
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 75 Guns On School Premises
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 219 Official State Gun Designation
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 223 Innkeeper's Rights Act Modification
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 211 Community Service Medicaid Pilot Program
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 219 Official State Gun Designation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 251 Requiring Businesses Utilize Federal E-Verify Program
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 47 Energy Management Program
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 251 Requiring Businesses Utilize Federal E-Verify Program
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 286 Prohibiting Retirement System Investment in Iranian Petroleum
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 196 Cigarette Tax Increase
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 43 Retirement System Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 63 Retirement System Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 43 Retirement System Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 63 Retirement System Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 43 Retirement System Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 63 Retirement System Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 227 Lawful Presence Documentation Requirement for Business Licensing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 55 Authorizing Higher Education Institutions to Authorize Charter Schools
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 227 Lawful Presence Documentation Requirement for Business Licensing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 113 Child Safety Seat Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HCR 8 Statement of Opposition to Federal Health Care Proposal
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 11 Federal Arms Regulation Exemption
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 18 Expanding Unemployment Insurance Eligibility
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 12 Abortion and Homicide Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 2 2009-2010 Education Budget
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 290 Prohibiting Text Messaging While Driving
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

SJR 14 Legislative Regulation of Death Row Appeals
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 2 2009-2010 Education Budget
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 290 Prohibiting Text Messaging While Driving
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 187 Alcohol Law Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 48 Amending Requirements for Obtaining Teaching Licenses
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 208 Posting Public Notices Online
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 53 Prohibiting the Awarding of Legal Fees to Plaintiffs in Public Interest Lawsuits
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 79 Elevating Standard of Proof for Specific Medical Malpractice Lawsuits
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 53 Prohibiting the Awarding of Legal Fees to Plaintiffs in Public Interest Lawsuits
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 379 Environmental Lawsuit Delay Bond
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 171 Extending CHIP and Medicaid Coverage to Children of Documented Immigrants
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 379 Environmental Lawsuit Delay Bond
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 171 Extending CHIP and Medicaid Coverage to Children of Documented Immigrants
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 179 Authorizing Land Swap for Development of UTA Rail Station
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 29 Authorizing Corporate Water Systems to Refuse Fluoridation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HJR 8 Mandating Secret Ballots
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 29 Authorizing Corporate Water Systems to Refuse Fluoridation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HJR 8 Mandating Secret Ballots
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 187 Restricting Access to Public Waters on Private Property
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 66 Tax Law and Education Funding Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 89 Requiring Insurance Coverage of Prosthetic Devices
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 122 Restricting Access to Government Litigation Records
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 25 Online Voter Registration
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 16 Prohibiting "Gang Loitering"
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 222 Offering Anesthetics to Women Undergoing Abortions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 90 Increasing Illegal Abortion Penalty
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 222 Offering Anesthetics to Women Undergoing Abortions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 90 Increasing Illegal Abortion Penalty
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 222 Offering Anesthetics to Women Undergoing Abortions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 90 Increasing Illegal Abortion Penalty
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 3 2008-2009 Budget Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 4 2008-2009 Education Budget Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 17 Allowing Doctors to Prescribe Antibiotics to Unnamed Sexual Partners
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 15 Sexually Transmitted Disease Education
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 359 Tax Law Amendments
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 149 Expanding Minimum Automotive Insurance Coverage
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 299 Domestic Partnership Benefits
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 15 Sexually Transmitted Disease Education
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 299 Domestic Partnership Benefits
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 149 Expanding Minimum Automotive Insurance Coverage
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 359 Tax Law Amendments
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 297 Increasing Penalties for Animal Cruelty
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 211 Amending Alcohol Regulations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 297 Increasing Penalties for Animal Cruelty
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 81 Expanding Immigration Enforcement
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 473 Campus Gun Restrictions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AM 1 Mandating the Concealment of Firearms on Campus
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 473 Campus Gun Restrictions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AM 1 Mandating the Concealment of Firearms on Campus
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 81 Expanding Immigration Enforcement
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 162 State Discretion Over Federal Education Programs
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 295 Policies for Electronic Devices at School
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 75 State Inventory of Government Activities
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 137 Water Conservation Program
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 241 Restricting In-State Tuition Eligibility
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 137 Water Conservation Program
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 241 Restricting In-State Tuition Eligibility
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 239 Driver's License Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 85 Teacher Home Loan Program
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HR 1 North American Union Withdrawal
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 237 Immigration Enforcement
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

2SSB 251 Concealed Firearms on College Campuses
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

4SHB 236 Student Clubs Amendments
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

2SHB 235 Abortion Law Revisions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 148 Parent Choice in Education Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 224 Repeal of Exemptions from Nonresident Tuition
Stage: Motion Vote
Vote: Nay

2SHB 3001 2006-2007 Transportation Budget Amendments
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 3007 Economic Development Funding (Special Session)
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

2SHB 3001 2006-2007 Transportation Budget Amendments
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

3SHB 109 Food Tax Cut
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

2SSB 19 Additions to Smoking Ban
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

1SSB 19 Additions to Smoking Ban
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

3SSB 96 Origin of Species Curriculum Requirement Bill
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

1SHB 181 Education Reform Bill
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

1SHB 107 Full-Day Kindergarten
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 329 Big Game Hunting Age
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

1SHB 107 Full-Day Kindergarten
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 329 Big Game Hunting Age
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

1SHB 10 Dating Violence Protective Orders Bill
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

1SHB 85 Parental Consent for Minor’s Abortion Bill
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 109 Sales and Use Tax on Food
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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