Thomas W. Peterson
State representative, House District 1 · Republican
Office held
| State representative | House District 1 | Source |
On the Nov. 3, 2026 ballot
Thomas W. Peterson is a candidate for Utah House, District 1. The ballot lists Thomas Peterson, Republican. The district covers all or part of Box Elder and Cache counties.
Everyone on the ballot for this seat
| Candidate | Party |
|---|---|
| Thomas Peterson | Republican |
| Chris Reid | Democratic |
| Jason O'Dell | Constitution |
Voting record
Utah House, 2026 sessions
The official record lists Thomas W. Peterson's vote on 838 roll calls in the 2026 sessions. The latest:
- Voted: Yea6th Sub. HB 492: Transportation, Infrastructure, and Housing Amendments
- Voted: Yea1st Sub. SB 156: Constable Amendments
- Voted: Yea1st Sub. SB 47: Reauthorization of Administrative Rules
- Voted: Yea3rd Sub. HB 125: Department of Natural Resources Related Modifications Amendments
- Voted: Yea3rd Sub. HB 377: Real Estate Amendments
- Voted: Yea5th Sub. HB 119: Automotive Repair Business Amendments
- Voted: Yea3rd Sub. SB 181: School Discipline Amendments
- Voted: Absent or not voting3rd Sub. HB 591: Nuisance Amendments
- Voted: Yea4th Sub. HB 535: Disposition of Public Property Modifications
- Voted: Yea2nd Sub. SB 165: Economic Mobility Initiative
Building codes and construction
Thomas W. Peterson's House biography describes work as a state building official, operation of an electrical-contracting business and a general-contracting business building homes for Habitat for Humanity. It records leadership of the Uniform Building Code Commission and board service with the International Code Council. His education record names Ogden-Weber Technical College, placing technical training alongside construction and building-code administration in his background. [1]
Box Elder and Cache counties
Peterson began House service in September 2022 and represents District 1, covering portions of Box Elder and Cache counties. His current standing assignments include Business, Labor, and Commerce and Public Utilities and Energy. Those responsibilities connect the regulation of commercial activity and utility systems with a district constituency in northern Utah, alongside the economic-development, water-planning and resource-policy responsibilities listed in his current committee record. [1]
Residential asbestos testing
Peterson sponsored 2026 HB582, Asbestos Amendments. The introduced text proposed changes to asbestos-testing requirements for residential property within the air-quality board's statutory authority. That subject connects building work with environmental regulation and the procedures that apply when residential structures are altered. The proposal amended a section dealing with the air-quality board's powers and residential testing requirements. This account concerns the introduced version of the bill. [2]
In the 2026 General Session, Thomas W. Peterson was chief sponsor of H.B. 40, Utah Construction Trades Licensing Act Amendments. The bill rearranges the state's construction-trades licensing law: alarm companies and their agents move into a chapter of their own, and the licensing rules for the remaining trades are reorganized. The governor signed it on March 17, 2026. [3]
In the 2026 General Session, Thomas W. Peterson was chief sponsor of H.B. 41, Construction and Fire Codes Amendments. It updates the state construction code to adopt revised wildland-urban interface standards and delays the annual fee a county charges owners of high-risk wildland-urban interface property. The governor signed it on March 25, 2026. [4]
Economic development and water planning
His roster also lists Economic and Community Development Appropriations, the Legislative Water Development Commission and interim work in natural resources and public utilities, energy and technology. Those assignments add program spending and water planning to his construction and utility-related portfolio. They offer a broader view of his public duties than the single building-materials proposal, extending into economic development and infrastructure policy. [1]
Profile sources
From the Legislature's roster
- Profession
- Building Official
- Education
- Ogden Weber Tech College
- Committees
- Economic and Community Development Appropriations Subcommittee
- House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee
- House Public Utilities and Energy Committee
- Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee
- Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Interim Committee
- Legislative Water Development Commission
In the news
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