Don L. Ipson

• S.B. 196 Wrongful Lien Act Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Says committee amendments were made to accommodate HOA wishes and minor adjustments in the bill, and moves to concur.

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  You Mr. President. I will move to Concur. What a, I actually made the a amend the second sub in committee to accommodate some wishes of the HOAs minor adjustments in this bill.

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• H.B. 536 Criminal Conduct on Public Lands Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Presents H.B. 536, which addresses criminal conduct on public lands including graffiti, and describes an account that would receive funds from people charged with such conduct to help pay for reclaiming the area.

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  Ipson. Thank you Mr. President. This bill concerns criminal conduct on public lands. It has to do with graffiti. It's set up a, a plan to an account that finds for charged for the people who are charged with criminal conduct in on the ban will go into this account and help pay for ment to reclaim the area. With that, I'm open to questions.

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• H.B. 536 Criminal Conduct on Public Lands Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Moves that H.B. 536 pass under suspension of the rules.

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  I make a motion that house Bill 5 36 under suspension of the rules pass.

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• H.B. 84 Dangerous Weapon Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Waives summation and moves that H.B. 84 pass under suspension of the rules.

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  I waive summation. Make a motion that House Bill 84 pass under suspension of the rules.

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• H.B. 3 Appropriations Adjustments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Praises Senator Stevenson's work as a budget leader and says he has valued their friendship.

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  I'd like to follow up on what Senator Vickers said about Senator Stevenson. I spent six years as his vice chair and is an incredible individual. No one has worked harder for this state to make sure that they had the things that they needed than he has. And it was an honor to work with him. And I grew close. I will have Forever an Eternal relationship with him because of that. Thank you. Senator Ipson.

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• H.B. 354 Rescue Tracking Equipment Offense Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Moves that House Bill 354 pass under suspension of the rules.

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  I make a motion that under suspension of rules that House Bill 3 54 pass.

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• H.B. 416 First Responder Health Modifications · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Ipson says he sponsored HB 338, is glad its provisions are merged into the bill, and says first responders need this mental health help.

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  Thank you Mr. President. I had the 3 38 bill and we're glad that it's merged in there. We need the mental health for our firefighters and first responders and we need the help. This past week was catastrophic here and we just don't need that to happen again. So I'm glad that we're doing this

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• H.B. 119 Automotive Repair Business Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Presents an amendment changing the word 'equal' to 'equivalent' and says that is all it does.

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  Amendment number one in my name and it changes the word equal to equivalent. That's all it does.

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• H.B. 119 Automotive Repair Business Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Explains that the bill addresses automotive repairs after a crash and requires insurers to use equivalent parts when rebuilding the car, then opens the floor to questions.

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  So this bill amends provisions relating to automotive repairs when an automobile's in a crash body shops have several options and the insurance has several options to to pay it. What this bill does is requires that the insurance company use equivalent parts when they build the car back together. With that, I'm open for questions.

  ▶ Watch at 3:04:53

• H.B. 119 Automotive Repair Business Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Moves that H.B. 119, fifth substitute, as amended pass under suspension of the rules.

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  I mo I make a motion that fifth substitute house bill one 19 as amended under suspension of the rules pass.

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• H.B. 259 Parental Access to Children's Medical Records Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Commends the sponsors for working with stakeholders on the implementation date and fine, and says he supports the bill.

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  Thank you, Mr. President. I want to commend the, the sponsors of this bill for working with the stakeholders. They were, they changed the implementation date, like the good senator stated a few minutes ago. They pushed it out a long way. They were ag agreeable to that as well as reducing the, the daily fine considerably and make making this more palatable to the stakeholders. And I commend them for their willingness to do that. I'm in favor of this bill.

  ▶ Watch at 21:37

• H.B. 389 Cannabis Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Moves to encircle third substitute H.B. 508.

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  Thank you Mr. Mr. President ProAm. Motion to encircle. Uh, motion to encircle. Which bill? Third substitute house bill 5 0 8. Third substitute house bill 5 0 8.

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• H.B. 508 State Facilities Modifications · Senate floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Ipson presented H.B. 508, saying it requires project scope to be defined before funding, raises the direct-supervision threshold to $1.5 million, lets DFCM take back control of troubled projects, and allows incentives for cost savings.

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  Thank you Mr. President ProAm. So This bill requires Representative Brooks done a lot of works as a summer on this with the FCM to get this to, I think, a good place to help curb our costs in building buildings. This bill requires programming before funding to clarify the project scope up front. How can we fund a building when we don't even know what's being built? Talks about that in the bill. This bill clarifies a memo member of understanding process that allows state entities to directly supervise projects up to one and a half million up from a hundred thousand hasn't been changed. That figure hadn't been changed for years. It provides an additional transparency for D-C-F-M-D-F-C-M …

  ▶ Watch at 41:57

• H.B. 508 State Facilities Modifications · Senate floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Ipson said the bill does not control whom contractors hire and that it lets DFCM pull back projects that do not follow code.

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  No. What it does do is give them the, the ability to get a crop project back under control. It doesn't control who they use. Senator Rebe, Thank you.

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• H.B. 508 State Facilities Modifications · Senate floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Ipson said the bill includes a 5% holdback and that DFCM's supervision provides adequate protection.

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  Yes. Well, under this procedure they'll have a 5% holdback that they're holding that they can pay 'em anyway. And it, the DFCM has, has done enough work and they're professional enough with their supervisors that I think we're okay with that.

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How they voted

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Bills they sponsored

• S.B. 6 Transportation and Infrastructure Base Budget · Governor Signed
• S.B. 27 Assault or Threat of Violence Amendments · Governor Signed
• S.B. 32 Child Abuse Homicide Corrections · Governor Signed
• S.B. 191 Tow Yard Amendments · Governor Signed
• S.B. 196 Wrongful Lien Act Amendments · Governor Signed

Carried in the Senate as floor sponsor

• H.B. 84 Dangerous Weapon Amendments · Governor Signed
• H.B. 118 Driver Training Schools for Commercial Driver License Amendments · Governor Signed
• H.B. 119 Automotive Repair Business Amendments · Governor Signed
• H.B. 187 Water Amendments · Governor Signed
• H.B. 294 Employer Verification Amendments · Did not pass
• H.B. 338 First Responder Health Amendments · Did not pass
• H.B. 341 Animal Fighting Penalties · Did not pass
• H.B. 354 Rescue Tracking Equipment Offense Amendments · Governor Signed
• H.B. 369 Agriculture and Food Amendments · Governor Signed
• H.B. 486 Fraudulent Deeds Amendments · Did not pass
• H.B. 508 State Facilities Modifications · Governor Signed
• H.B. 536 Criminal Conduct on Public Lands Amendments · Governor Signed
• H.C.R. 14 Concurrent Resolution Supporting the Transfer of Federally Managed Lands · House/ to Governor

About

In office since

January 1, 2009

Counties

Washington

Profession

Businessman

Affiliations

Southern Utah Trucking Association (past president); Utah Trucking Association (past president); Dixie ATC (director and past chair); Utah College of Applied Technology (past chair); UDOT Motor Carrier Advisory Board (chairman); UHP Honorary Colonels (past chair)

Education

Panguitch High School; Degree in Accounting and Business Administration, LDS Business College

Honors and awards

None listed in their official profile.

Committees

• Criminal Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
• Transportation and Infrastructure Appropriations Subcommittee
• Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee
• Political Subdivisions Interim Committee
• Senate Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Confirmation Committee
• Senate Judicial Confirmation Committee
• Legislative Water Development Commission
• Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Confirmation Committee
• Senate Business and Labor Committee
• Senate Rules Committee
• Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee

Profile details come from the Utah Legislature's official legislator data.