Legislative Committees

Kraig represents the residents of Duchesne, Uintah and Wasatch Counties by serving on the following committees at the Utah State Legislature:

• Health and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee
• House Education Committee
• House Judiciary Committee

Utah State Legislature Information

The Utah State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Utah. It is a bicameral body, comprised of the Utah House of Representatives, with 75 Representatives, and the Utah Senate, with 29 State Senators.

The Legislature convenes at the Utah State Capitol in the state capital of Salt Lake City on the fourth Monday of January for an annual 45 day session.

The Utah Senate elects a President of the Senate and the Utah House elects a Speaker, and each political party caucus in both houses elects party leadership including a Majority Leader, Majority Whip and Assistant Majority Whip by the Caucus with the most members in that house. The minority party caucus elects a Minority Leader, Minority Whip, Assistant Minority Whip and includes one additional leadership position of Minority Caucus Manager to offset the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate who are traditionally members of the majority caucus yet are elected by the entire membership of their respective bodies.

Legislative committees serve an important function in the legislative process, as the majority of the debate and discussion of a bill is done in Committee and public comment is generally accepted at this point in the bill process. Amendments can be made to the bill and be given more consideration than they would on the Floor of the House or Senate. Utah has three types of legislative committees, these are: Appropriations Subcommittees, Standing Committees and Interim Committees.