RepublicanIn office since Nov 2016

Walt Brooks

Utah State Representative, District 75 since 2016. Ran in 5 elections between 2016 and 2024, winning 5. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.

Utah State Representative, District 75Born 1973

Official website Wikipedia

In office: 9 yrs; Since 2016
Bills became law: 11; 17 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed: 28.0%; Chamber median 6.7%
With party: 95%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +41.1; Won 2026
Next election: 2028; Nov 7, 2028

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:51 PM ET

Committees

As of 2026-10.

Executive Appropriations · vice chair
Medical Cannabis Governance Structure Working Group · chair
Federal Funds Legislative Oversight Committee-Rural Health Transformation Grant
Legislative Redistricting
Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Interim
Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment
Public Utilities and Energy
Public Utilities, Energy and Technology Interim

Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 17 sponsored · 11 became law

BillIntroCmteHouseSenateLaw

HB 8 State Agency Fees and Internal Service Fund Authorization and Appropriations
Agriculture & Food · Became law Mar 2026

HB 508 State Facilities Modifications
Colleges and Universities · Became law Mar 2026

HB 84 Dangerous Weapon Amendments
Campus Safety · Became law Mar 2026

HB 165 Critical Infrastructure Amendments
Business · Became law Mar 2026

HB 182 Genetic Information Amendments
Genetic Counselors · Became law Mar 2026

Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Brooks sits in the Utah House of Representatives

Brooks is closer to the center than 56% of the chamber's Republicans.

Closest: Tom Peterson, Jon Hawkins, Stewart Barlow

Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 5:07 PM ET

With Brooks’s party

Votes with the chamber's Republicans95%
Cosponsorships of the other party's bills0%

Black tick: the average of Republicans in the Utah House of Representatives.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Brooks’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.

Date	Bill	Brooks	Rep. majority	Dem. majority	Result
Mar 7, 2026	HB 84: Dangerous Weapon Amendments	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 58–8
Mar 7, 2026	HB 377: Real Estate Amendments	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 53–13
Mar 7, 2026	SB 251: Local Health Department and Department of Environmental Quality Coordination	Yes	No	Yes	Passed 40–30
Mar 7, 2026	HB 539: Public Safety Modifications	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 53–10
Mar 6, 2026	SB 295: Intellectual Diversity in Education and Government	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 48–23

Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls

Career

Offices held, and every time Brooks was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025202620272028Utah House of Representatives, District 75

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Elections

Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.

Year	Race	Result	Margin	Seat	+/−
2026	Utah House of Representatives, District 75	Won	R+41.1	R+52.0	−10.9
2024	Utah House of Representatives, District 75	Won	R+57.7	R+52.0	+5.7
2022	Utah House of Representatives, District 75	Won	—	R+53.3	—
2020	Utah House of Representatives, District 75	Won	R+52.9	—	—
2018	Utah House of Representatives, District 75	Won	R+67.0	—	—
2016	Utah House of Representatives, District 75	Won	—	—	—