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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Education

  • BA, Business Administration/Accounting, Latter-Day Saints Business College, 1968

Professional Experience

  • BA, Business Administration/Accounting, Latter-Day Saints Business College, 1968
  • Chief Executive Officer/President, DATS Trucking Incorporated, present
  • Co-Owner, Gas Patch, Limited Liability Company, present

Political Experience

  • BA, Business Administration/Accounting, Latter-Day Saints Business College, 1968
  • Chief Executive Officer/President, DATS Trucking Incorporated, present
  • Co-Owner, Gas Patch, Limited Liability Company, present
  • Senate, Utah State Senate, District 29, 2017-present
  • Executive Appropriations Vice Chair, Utah State Senate, present
  • Candidate, Utah State Senate, District 29, 2020
  • Representative, Utah State House of Representatives, District 75, 2009-2017
  • Majority Assistant Whip, Utah State House of Representatives, 2013-2015

Former Committees/Caucuses

Former Member, Business and Labor Committee, Utah State House of Representatives

Former Member, Education Interim Committee, Utah State House of Representatives

Former Member, Government Operations Confirmation Committee, Utah State Senate

Former Co-Chair, Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee, Utah State House of Representatives

Former Member, Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee, Utah State Senate

Former Member, Judiciary Interim Committee, Utah State Senate

Former Chair, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee, Utah State Senate

Former Member, Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Confirmation Committee, Utah State Senate

Former Member, Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee, Utah State House of Representatives

Former Chair, Retirement and Independent Entities Committee, Utah State House of Representatives

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Retirement and Independent Entities Appropriations, Utah State House of Representatives

Director, Washington County Economic Development Committee

Current Legislative Committees

Member, Business and Labor

Member, Business, Economic Development and Labor Appropriations Subcommittee

Vice Chair, Executive Appropriations

Member, Government Operations and Political Subdivisions

Member, Government Operations Confirmation Committee

Member, Government Operations Interim

Member, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim

Member, Legislative Water Development Commission

Member, Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environmental Quality Appropriations Subcommittee

Member, Rules

Member, Rules Interim

Member, Senate Judicial Confirmation Committee

Member, Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • BA, Business Administration/Accounting, Latter-Day Saints Business College, 1968
  • Chief Executive Officer/President, DATS Trucking Incorporated, present
  • Co-Owner, Gas Patch, Limited Liability Company, present
  • Senate, Utah State Senate, District 29, 2017-present
  • Executive Appropriations Vice Chair, Utah State Senate, present
  • Candidate, Utah State Senate, District 29, 2020
  • Representative, Utah State House of Representatives, District 75, 2009-2017
  • Majority Assistant Whip, Utah State House of Representatives, 2013-2015
  • Member, Saint George Lions Club, present
  • Chair, Utah Department of Transportation Motor Carrier Advisory Board, present
  • Director/Former Chair, Dixie Applied Technology College
  • Former President, Southern Utah Trucking Association
  • Former Chair, Utah College of Applied Technology
  • Vice Chair, Utah Highway Patrol Honorary Colonels
  • Former President, Utah Trucking Association
  • Member, Workers Compensation Fund Customer Advisory Board
  • Board Member, Zions Bank Regional Board