Christine F. Watkins

Office held

Voting record

All votes by Christine F. Watkins

Career and education

Christine F. Watkins grew up in Cache Valley and earned an elementary-education degree at Utah State University and a graduate education-administration degree at the University of Utah. Her House biography records two decades teaching in Castle Dale, additional special-education endorsements and work for the Utah Education Association. It also describes charter-school administration and labor-relations experience, giving her a career rooted in education. ^[1]

Public service and district

Watkins served in the House from 2009 through 2012 and returned in 2017. She now represents District 67, covering portions of Carbon, Duchesne, Emery and Grand counties. Her official biography emphasizes rural communities, education and economic development and identifies Carbon County as her home. Her teaching career and rural economic interests both feature prominently in the House's account of her public service. ^[1]

Documented legislative work

Watkins's 2026 sponsorship record includes healthcare access and energy research. The Legislature identifies HB468, Mobile Mammography Amendments, and HB401, Geothermal Study Amendments, as signed by the governor, with David Hinkins as Senate sponsor. Other proposals on parentage, technical-college funding and local sales taxes ended as filed in the House. The record captures several parts of her work without treating every introduced proposal as enacted legislation. ^[2]

In the 2026 General Session, Christine F. Watkins was chief sponsor of H.B. 61, Navajo Trust Fund Amendments. It changes how often the Navajo Trust Fund board meets and how often the trust administrator reports to it, exempts some investment activity from public-records rules and revises annual reporting. The governor signed it on March 23, 2026. ^[3]

In the 2026 General Session, Christine F. Watkins was chief sponsor of H.B. 75, American Indian and Alaska Native Education Amendments. It expands what a grant program for American Indian and Alaska Native students may pay for and addresses the state plan for that education, with rulemaking and reporting requirements. The governor signed it on February 27, 2026. ^[4]

Committee and budget responsibilities

Current assignments include House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment and House Public Utilities and Energy. Watkins also serves on Economic and Community Development Appropriations, the Child Welfare Legislative Oversight Panel and Native American Legislative Liaison Committee. Those responsibilities connect rural economic and resource issues with public spending, child welfare and tribal-government relationships, adding a wider state-policy portfolio to her long professional background in schools. ^[1]

Profile sources

Profile refreshed October 20, 2026. Candidate statements describe the candidate's own experience or positions; official records and reporting are labeled separately.

1. Utah House — official member biography and committee assignments · Official record
2. Utah Legislature — 2026 sponsored legislation and action status · Official record
3. Utah Legislature, H.B. 61 Navajo Trust Fund Amendments · Official record
4. Utah Legislature, H.B. 75 American Indian and Alaska Native Education Amendments · Official record

From the Legislature's roster

Profession

Retired Educator, Charter School Administrator, Labor Relations

Education

B.S. Utah State University, Master of Educational Administration - University of Utah

Committees

• Economic and Community Development Appropriations Subcommittee
• House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
• House Public Utilities and Energy Committee
• Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee
• Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Interim Committee
• Child Welfare Legislative Oversight Panel
• Native American Legislative Liaison Committee

As listed by the Utah Legislature.

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