Utah Legislature Territory was established by an act of Congress on Monday, September 9,1850 which provided for a territorial government made up of a territorial governor chosen every four years, a territorial Assembly with a 13-member council chosen every second year and a 26-member House of Representatives chosen annually, and a territorial Judiciary made up of a Supreme Court, District Courts, Probate Courts, and justices of the peace.
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The creation of the Territory of Utah Legislature was part of the Compromise of 1850 seeking to preserve the political balance of power between the slave and free states.
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Utah Legislature first petitioned for statehood starting in 1849, and a constitutional convention was called to draft a State Constitution for a proposed State of Deseret on March 8,1849 to be held in Salt Lake City.
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Utah Legislature Territory proceeded to hold a constitutional convention on March 4,1895 which ended on March 6,1895 and the proposed Constitution was ratified by the voters Tuesday, November 5,1895.
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Utah Legislature is a bicameral, partisan body composed of a lower chamber which is the Utah House of Representatives with 75 members, and upper chamber which is the Utah Senate, with 29 members.
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State senators serve four-year terms with half the seats in the Utah Legislature Senate being up for election every two years and state representatives serve two-year terms with all the seats in the Utah Legislature House being up for election every two years.
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Utah Legislature has three types of legislative committees, these are: appropriations subcommittees, standing committees and interim committees.
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Fillmore Capitol was abandoned and the Utah Legislature met in Salt Lake City at various locations including The Council House, the Industrial Christian Home for Polygamous Wives, the Social Hall, the old Salt Lake County Courthouse, the Salt Lake City Hall, and the present Salt Lake City and County Building.
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Utah Legislature Capitol Building was undergoing renovations and seismic upgrades beginning in 2002 and was finished in 2008.
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The State Utah Legislature met in the West Administration Building at the Capitol Complex while the Governor's and Lt.
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