Karianne Lisonbee

Lisonbee lives in Syracuse. She graduated from Brigham Young University.[1] Prior to her election to the Utah legislature, Lisonbee was serving her second term on the Syracuse City Council.[2] She is currently serving her second term in the House. Lisonbee is a member of the board of Open Doors, the Utah Home Education Association, and Wasatch Adoptions.[3]

In the 2017 Utah Legislative Session, Lisonbee sponsored a bill creating a Provisional Concealed Carry Permit for adults aged 18 to 20.[4]

In the 2019 Utah Legislative Session, Lisonbee sponsored a bill providing a process for the Utah Attorney General's Office to review alleged first degree felonies if the local and district level enforcement agencies decline to prosecute or wait more than six months to analyze the case.[5]

In the 2019 Utah Legislative Session, Lisonbee sponsored the Down syndrome Nondiscrimination Abortion Act,[6] a bill seeking to halt the eugenic-like eradication of children with Down syndrome through elective abortion.[7] The bill contained a contingent effective date. This bill will enact when a court of jurisdiction decides in favor of a Down syndrome Nondiscrimination Act being challenged in another state.

In the 2019 Utah Legislative Session, Lisonbee sponsored HB231, Tangible Personal Property Tax Revisions[8] alleviating onerous regulatory and tax pressure from small businesses in Utah.

In the 2019 Utah Legislative Session, Lisonbee sponsored HB250,[9] a bill placing guardrails around the assessment of school fees.

In the 2019 Utah Legislative Session, Lisonbee sponsored HB246,[10] a bill that created reduced cost hunting and fishing licenses for disabled veterans.

Lisonbee had a Republican challenger in convention in 2016, Dan Pitcher.[11] Karianne received 64% of the vote in convention.[12] Karianne also had a Democratic challenger in 2016, Kathleen Villanueva, who withdrew from the race before ballots were printed because she moved out of state. In 2018 Karianne had a Democratic challenger, Shanell Day.[13] In 2016, Rep. Curt Oda had filed to run for a seventh term representing district 14. Lisonbee and another Republican candidate, Dan Pitcher, filed on the last filing day.[14] Then Oda withdrew his candidacy. Lisonbee won the Republican convention race and ran unopposed in the Republican primary. A 2016 Democratic challenger, Kathleen Villanueva, moved before the general election ballots were printed resulting in Lisonbee running unopposed in the general election.[15][16][17] In the legislature, Lisonbee sponsored legislation to create the provisional concealed carry permit, and legislation to increase restrictions on abortion.[18][19]

For more information, see her website at Karianne.org