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My Work in the Legislature

2026 General Legislative Session Committee Assignments:

2025 General Legislative Session Committee Assignments:

During the both sessions, I sponsored and passed several bills to improve public safety and support working families.

Here is a list of my bills and what they proposed:

My Sponsored Legislation:

  • HB 520 Higher Education Student Housing Study—Requires Utah's higher education system to conduct a feasibility study and report on student housing needs, capacity, and potential policy options for expanding student housing.

  • HB 265 Non-nicotine Inhalation Product Amendments—Regulates non-nicotine inhalation products (such as certain vape products), including registration, enforcement, and restrictions on unapproved cannabinoid inhalation products.

  • HB 190 Child Care Business Tax Credit— Expands and enhances tax credits for employers that provide or help pay for employee child care, including support for off-site child care arrangements and larger credits for small businesses

  • SB 181 School Discipline Amendments—Establishes statewide safety standards for school seclusion rooms and creates a grant program to help schools bring existing facilities into compliance.

  • SB 58 Public School Attendance Amendments—Creates stronger attendance-monitoring, chronic absenteeism intervention, reporting, and accountability requirements for Utah public schools

  • SB 53 Public Land Management Advisory Board Amendments—Expands the Public Land Management Advisory Board by adding representatives from historic preservation and Utah's School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA).

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My Co-Sponsored Legislation:

  • SB 101 Specialized Product Amendments

  • HB 438 Artificial Intelligence Amendments- filed not passed

  • HB 410 Water Leasing Amendments

  • HB 408 Data Sharing Amendments

  • HB 387 Kratom Modifications- filed not passed

  • HB 331 Criminal Offenses Modifications

  • HB 290 Child Tax Credit Amendments

  • HB 263 Heavy Duty Vehicle Amendments- filed not passed

  • HB 250 Utah Retirement Plan Exchange

  • HB 247 Great Salt Lake Related Amendments

  • HB 195 Precious Metals Amendments

  • HB 163 Grow Your Own Educator Pipeline Program Amendments

  • HB 146 Mentoring and Supporting Teacher Excellence and Refinement Program Amendments

  • HB 76 Data Center Water Transparency Amendments

  • HB 74 Signature Gathering Amendments- filed not passed

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