Craig Hall (politician)

Craig Hall[2] is an American politician and a Republican member of the Utah House of Representatives representing District 33 since January 1, 2013.

Craig Hall
Member of the Utah House of Representatives
from the 33rd[1] district
Assumed office
January 1, 2013
Preceded byNeal Hendrickson
Personal details
NationalityAmerican
Political partyRepublican
ResidenceWest Valley City, Utah
Alma materUtah State University
Baylor Law School
ProfessionLawyer
Websitevotecraighall.com

Early life and career

Hall graduated from Taylorsville High School, earned his BA from Utah State University, and his JD from Baylor University's Baylor Law School. When not at the legislature, Hall works as an attorney for Intermountain Healthcare.[3] Hall has been named one of Utah’s “Legal Elite” by the Utah Business Magazine.[4]

Elections

To challenge District 33 incumbent Democratic Representative Neal Hendrickson in 2012, Hall was selected by the Republican convention from four candidates, and won the November 6, 2012 general election with 4,234 votes (52.8%) against Democratic nominee Liz Muniz,[5] who had won the Democratic Primary against Representative Hendrickson.

In 2014, Hall filed for reelection. Liz Muniz ran against him as the Democratic nominee. Hall won the November 4, 2014 general election with 2,788 votes (58.78%) to 1,955 votes (41.22%).[6] Hall's current term runs until December 31, 2016.

Utah House of Representatives, District 33

YearRepublicanVotesPct.DemocratVotesPct.
2012Craig Hall4,23452.75%Liz Muniz3,78247.12%
2014Craig Hall2,78858.78%Liz Muniz1,95541.22%

Political career

During the 2016 legislative session, Hall served on the Infrastructure and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee, the House Judiciary Committee, and the House Health and Human Services Committee.[7]

2016 sponsored legislation
Bill NumberBill NameBill Status
HB0083S01Campaign Finance Disclosures in Municipal ElectionsGovernor Signed - 3/21/2016
HB0089Office of State Debt Collection Reporting AmendmentsGovernor Signed - 3/23/2016
HB0110S03Election Law ChangesHouse/ filed - 3/10/2016
HB0155S02Reporting of Child PornographyGovernor Signed - 3/28/2016
HB0160S03Justice Court AmendmentsGovernor Signed - 3/22/2016
HB0227Electronic Driver License AmendmentsGovernor Signed - 3/22/2016
HB0263Fraud AmendmentsGovernor Signed - 3/21/2016
HB0288S03Educational Records Protection AmendmentsGovernor Signed - 3/29/2016
HJR001 Proposal to Amend Utah Constitution - Judges of Courts Not of Record House/ filed - 3/10/2016
HJR017 Joint Resolution Expressing Support for Designating November 2016 as National Bladder Health Month House/ filed - 3/10/2016

[8]

Hall passed seven of the ten bills he introduced, giving him a 70% passage rate. He also floor sponsored SB0099S02 Transparency for Political Subdivisions.

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gollark: Social convention/"normality" is actually very wrong.
gollark: You also had a week more than me.
gollark: I assume 1.16 has cooler stuff going on.

References
  1. "Craig Hall (R)". Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Legislature. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
  2. "Craig Hall's Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
  3. "Conflict of Interest" (PDF). Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah House of Representatives. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
  4. "About Craig". Salt Lake City, Utah: The Committee to Elect Craig Hall. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
  5. "2012 General Canvass Report". Salt Lake City, Utah: Lieutenant Governor of Utah. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
  6. https://slco.org/clerk/elections/results/results_arch/2014General.html 2014
  7. "Committees". le.utah.gov. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  8. "2016GS Bill Search Results". Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah House of Representatives. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
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