Brett Garner

My 1st bill presentation will be tomorrow at 2 PM in the House Business and Labor Committee, held in the Capitol Room 445. Please write your legislators and encourage them to vote FOR HB205. Phases out exemption to pay less than the $7.25/hour minimum wage to disabled individuals. #utpol #utleg

Please feel free to reach out.  Heard feedback on bills affecting the sex offender registry, income tax rates, and lawn watering, along with a lot of feedback on HB261, HB257, HB214.  I oppose all those and working with like-minded legislators on strategies to defeat them in their current forms.

Today is also the first Minority Caucus lunch.  You are welcome to join the public portion at around 12:30, or watch it streamed online.

Snacks before floor time will be provided by the board of the Clark Planetarium.  Dinner before the State of the State will be provided by the Utah Health Underwriters.

Who is trying to influence me today?  I attended a breakfast provided by the Utah State Board of Education discussing their budget priorities.  I am going to stop by the Faith and Advocacy Coalition to End Hunger and Homelessness meeting this morning.

WATCH LIVE: Gov. Cox’s 2024 Utah State of the State Address Utah's annual State of the State Address will be delivered on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024, at 6:30 p.m. MT.

Tonight will be the Governor's State of the State address.  I will be attending with a guest from my district. www.kuer.org/politics-gov...

Rep. Stoddard has a very interesting bill clarifying that when you are turning left and the light turns red, you are not liable for damages when a car going straight in the opposite direction runs the red when you are otherwise legally entitled to complete your left turn. le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/...

to ensure that we are making it as easy and safe as possible for students to walk, bike, scooter, skateboard to school. le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/...

This afternoon, the Transportation Committee will have its first meeting.  There are several interesting bills on the agenda; Rep. Ballard is bringing back her Safe Routes to Schools bill, which I think we need to be more assertive with UDOT, cities, and local education agencies

Next we have some floor time, still discussing interim bills but we may get some other bills tomorrow or Monday. le.utah.gov/FloorCalenda...

There will be the first RFAs presented--these are requests for appropriations; legislators, on behalf of institutions, ask for budget line items and have to convince our committee to prioritize their request in budget recs to the Executive Appropriations Committee, then to full House and Senate.

Good morning from day 3 of #utleg.  I'm going to have a busy day today so I can't make a video this morning, but here is what is going on this morning.
First, I am in Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee this morning, with presentations on the base budget and USHE's overview.

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The Days on the Hill day are the Primary and Preventative Care Day and Local Officials Day, and then lunch will be with city councils and youth city councils.  Hoping to see some of West Valley and Taylorsville's council members there. #utpol #utleg

As far as who is trying to influence me, yesterday there was one event hosted in the evening by the Utah Manufacturers Association and Utah Beverage Association that I attended.

In the meantime, I am working to get my bills passed.  I had some good discussions with some legislators yesterday on my first three bills out.  Also, an interview I conducted with Kelly Chapman at Fox 13 about my minimum wage bills was aired on their 9 PM newscast last night.

Today will be a bit of a slow day for me to get going, as I only have floor time today.  I didn't have any bills assigned to one committee I am on--Economic Development and Workforce Services, so this afternoon's meeting of that committee was canceled.

Hello from day 2 of the General Session.  Thanks for all the feedback on my first day video; I am trying to get some better audio today but I did use a discount code from the Left Show to order some Magic Pop microphones. 
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I'm a little behind on emails but please do reach out to me if you have anything you think I should be looking at today.
Thanks! #utpol #utleg

Coming up today is Nonprofit Day on the Hill, with many different nonprofit organizations in the rotunda talking about many different issues.  I've already been contacted by several and will be meeting with them first; if you know a nonprofit coming to the hill today, please reach out. #utpol #utleg

As far as who is influencing me today, I started this morning with a breakfast provided by the Salt Lake Valley Coalition to End Homelessness, and specifically sat with a gentleman named Lawrence who has started the Deseret Defiant Initiative to work on supporting sanctioned camping.  #utpol #utleg

More importantly, these first bills were passed out of interim committees unanimously, so they are relatively uncontroversial, but if any of these have something you think I should take a look at, please let me know. #utpol #utleg

The bills that should be on the board today are interim committee bills, that means they were discussed from May to November of 2023 where each committee took time to discuss them.  #utpol #utleg

Good morning from the first day of the 2024 General Session of the Utah Legislature!
We have no committee meetings today, but we will have some bills to debate when we get to the floor at 10 AM this morning. #utpol #utleg

Thanks to Taylorsville Mayor Overson and city staff for hearing our priorities and sharing theirs yesterday morning. #utpol #utleg

Congratulations to re-inaugurated West Valley City Council Members Don Christensen and Tom Huynh. Thank you for your service and dedication to our community. #utpol

Excited to file this morning for reelection as State Representative in House District 31. #utpol #utleg

Join me Saturday at 3:30 at the West Valley Library for a Pre-Session Briefing. Share your concerns about education, health care, transportation, or any other issue you are concerned about. Hear about the bills I am sponsoring and learn about how you can be more involved.

Join me Saturday at 3:30 at the West Valley Library for a Pre-Session Briefing.
Share your concerns about education, health care, transportation, or any other issue you are concerned about. Hear about the bills I am sponsoring and learn about how you can be more involved.

Guess I'm in the market for new deadbolt. I'm open to suggestions.

Brett Garner and his daughter enjoying El Rico Sanguchom D'chalo

Decor at El Rico Sanguchom D'chalo

Delicious Royal De Carne!

HD31 is BLESSED with great burger joints and delicious Peruvian restaurants. El Rico Sanguchom D'chalo is the best of both worlds. They're right by the Swap Meet on 3500 S just east of Redwood. Stop by for some delicious Peruvian burgers.