# Val Peterson

Val Peterson is a Republican member of the Utah House for district 56.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Utah House, district 56
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: UT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8662eb2d-1ff1-4bd2-9a3b-41fa8770cc18

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8662eb2d-1ff1-4bd2-9a3b-41fa8770cc18 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Peterson missed 25% of 832 roll calls, attendance in the bottom 5% of the Utah House (average 90.7%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.44 (standard error 0.02), from 7 donors and 1,041 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 65% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (UT 2025–26 session)

832 roll calls. Attendance 75% (Utah House 90.7%). Party unity 96.3% (89%). 17 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · House/ concurs with Senate amendment · HB 306 Reinvestment Fee Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB306/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · House/ concurs with Senate amendment · HCR 2 Concurrent Resolution Authorizing Adult Sentencing and Supervision Length Guidelines and Juvenile Disposition Guidelines · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HCR2/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · House/ concurs with Senate amendment · HB 377 Real Estate Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB377/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · House/ concurs with Senate amendment · HB 260 Unauthorized Practice of Law Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB260/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · House/ passed 3rd reading · SB 184 Justice System Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB184/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · House/ concurs with Senate amendment · HB 242 Initiative and Referendum Signature Gathering and Removal Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB242/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · House/ passed 3rd reading · SB 210 Nicotine Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB210/
- 2026-03-07 · voted nay · House/ passed 3rd reading · SB 251 Local Health Department and Department of Environmental Quality Coordination · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB251/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · House/ concurs with Senate amendment · HB 416 First Responder Health Modifications · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB416/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · House/ concurs with Senate amendment · HB 385 Specialized Product Sales Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB385/

## Legislation (UT 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 19 bills: 19 reached committee, 18 passed one chamber, 17 passed both, 14 became law. Cosponsored 19. 94.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Utah House 70.5%; rank 5 of 67).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 3: Appropriations Adjustments (passed both chambers, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB3/
- HB 2: New Fiscal Year Supplemental Appropriations (became law, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB2/
- HB 545: Budgetary Modifications (became law, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB545/
- HB 513: Attorney General Funding Amendments (became law, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB513/
- HB 342: Federal Grant Process Amendments (became law, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB342/
- HB 279: Higher Education Code Amendments (became law, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB279/
- HJR 101: Joint Resolution on Federal Funds (passed both chambers, 2025-10-06) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2025S1/HJR101/
- HB 553: State Grant Process Amendments (passed one chamber, 2025-03-08) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2025/HB553/
- HB 429: Transportation Funding Alignment Amendments (in committee, 2025-03-08) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2025/HB429/
- HB 10: Fund and Account Modifications (became law, 2025-03-25) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2025/HB10/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $13.2K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://house.utleg.gov/rep/PETERVL/
- X: https://x.com/_valpeterson?lang=en
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/valpetersonDistrict59/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@valpeterson2010
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valpeterson/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8662eb2d-1ff1-4bd2-9a3b-41fa8770cc18