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Residence
  
Woods Cross, Utah

Name
  
Todd Weiler

Occupation
  
Attorney, Businessman


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Alma mater
  
Brigham Young University

Political party
  
Utah Republican Party

Education
  
Brigham Young University

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Todd Weiler (born 1967) is a Republican member of the Utah State Senate. Weiler holds a bachelor's degree in business and a law degree, both from Brigham Young University. He lives in Woods Cross, Utah. Weiler was first appointed to the state senate in January 2012.

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Early life, education, and career

Weiler received his Business Degree from Brigham Young University and continued on to get his J.D. from Brigham Young University's J. Reuben Clark Law School. Senator Weiler is affiliated with the Utah Bar (which he passed himself) and is associated with the Utah League of Cities and Towns. Weiler is an attorney by profession. Weiler has worked in-house for Logistics Specialties, Inc. He served as Vice President of Legal and General Counsel, where he manages a small business unit and conducts all in-house legal needs.

Weiler has been married to his wife Elizabeth since 1991. They have four children; the youngest two are currently enrolled in public schools. The second oldest, London, is currently serving an LDS mission in South Africa. His oldest, Tyman, also served an LDS mission in Phoenix, Arizona. Weiler is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Political career

Weiler was appointed to his Senate seat on January 13, 2012 by the Governor. Before his job as Senator, Weiler was a member of Woods Cross City Council. He also served as a delegate from 1999-2011, on the Rob Bishop for Congress Finance Committee, on the Utah GOP State Central Committee, as Davis County Republican Party Chair and as Utah GOP Vice Chair.

Weiler, who lobbied to declare pornography a 'public health crisis,' says, "I’m here to agree with many others who have called pornography a plague.”

In 2016, Weiler was on the following committees:

  • Retirement and Independent Entities Appropriations Subcommittee (Senate Chair)
  • Social Services Appropriations Subcommittee
  • Senate Business and Labor Committee
  • Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee
  • Senate Retirement and Independent Entities Committee (Chair)
  • Senate Rules Committee

    • Notable legislation

  • In 2014, Weiler also sponsored S.B. 229 Fourth Substitute Adoption Act Amendments, which helps give fathers more rights if a mother is putting the child up for adoption. This bill passed and was signed by the governor. He also ran S.B. 227 Exposure of Children to Pornography, which provides that a district court shall consider, when determining child custody in a separation or divorce, whether the parent has intentionally exposed the child to pornography or material harmful to a child; this bill also passed.
  • During the 2016 legislative session Weiler sponsored and passed a joint resolution calling pornography a public health crisis in the state of Utah. He also sponsored a bill that would allow parents to opt their children into a gun safety education course through school. The course teaches students what to do if they come across a gun while at school.

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    Todd Weiler Wikipedia
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