The current Senate President is Stuart Adams (R), and the Speaker of the House is Brad Wilson (R).

The annual General Session is held for 45 calendar days,[2] convening on the fourth Monday in January.

[6] The creation of the Territory of Utah was part of the Compromise of 1850 seeking to preserve the political balance of power between the slave and free states.

It wasn't for another six years before the Fifth Territorial Legislature passed an act on December 10, 1855 establishing a constitutional convention to make a second attempt at Statehood.

The Twentieth Territorial Legislature on January 31, 1872 would call for a fourth constitutional convention and again petitioned Congress for statehood yet this effort also failed and it was not until April and May 1882 that a fifth and final attempt at statehood was made prior to Congress passing the Utah Enabling Act in 1894.

[9][10] State senators serve four-year terms with half the seats in the Utah Senate being up for election every two years and state representatives serve two-year terms with all the seats in the Utah House being up for election every two years.

[14] As of 2016, 88 percent of members of the Utah legislature were affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

[18] Over the years there have been many changes to the structure of the legislature, the number of Senators and Representatives, and the location of the Capitol building.

Early on, the Council House served as a meeting place for the Utah Territorial Legislative Assembly.

In 1851, the assembly designated Fillmore in Millard County as the capital city and ordered construction of a capitol building.

The Industrial Christian Home for Polygamous Wives also provided office space for officials.

Acting upon the recommendation of Governor John C. Cutler, the Utah Legislature finally approved a plan to build a State Capitol in 1909.

The State Legislature met in the West Administration Building at the Capitol Complex while the Governor's and Lt.