State Senator

Luz Escamilla

Democrat · Senate District 10 · Minority Leader

13bills written, 4 passedTypical Senate member: 11 written, 7 passed 4budget requests funded, of 5 ($3.0 million)Typical Senate member: 1 of 38House bills carriedTypical Senate member: 13 19%of floor votes missedTypical Senate member: 8%5%of votes against their partyTypical Senate member: 4%363times on the record

“Typical” is the median of all 29 Senate members in the 2026 General Session.

Bills they wrote

Bills where Sen. Luz Escamilla is the main sponsor: they brought the bill and presented it.

S.B. 124 Child Welfare Modifications · Did not pass
S.B. 147 Office of Inspector General of Medicaid Services Amendments · Became law
S.B. 180 School Nutrition Amendments · Did not pass
S.B. 181 School Discipline Amendments · Became law
S.B. 188 Construction Trades Education Amendments · Did not pass
S.B. 214 Home-based Childcare Solutions · Did not pass
S.B. 239 State Homeless Campus Amendments · Did not pass
S.B. 246 Utah Homeless Services Board Amendments · Did not pass
S.B. 248 Child Care Expansion Act · Did not pass
S.B. 279 State Homeless Campus Neighbor Tax Credit · Did not pass
S.B. 285 Uninsured Children Dental Care Amendments · Did not pass
S.B. 286 Interior Designer Amendments · Became law
S.J.R. 11 Joint Resolution Recognizing National Blood Donor Month · Passed

Bills they carried in the Senate

Bills written by a member of the House that Luz Escamilla sponsored and presented once they reached the Senate (the “floor sponsor”).

H.B. 148 Tax Return Donation Amendments · Became law
H.B. 277 Traditional Healing Amendments · Did not pass
H.B. 345 Victim Amendments · Did not pass
H.B. 351 School Vision Screening Amendments · Became law
H.B. 453 Unspent Funding Amendments · Did not pass
H.B. 559 Pregnancy and Infant Loss Amendments · Became law
H.B. 590 Child Therapy Amendments · Became law
H.J.R. 4 Resolution Regarding Prison Security and Successful Inmate Reentry · Passed

Budget requests (RFAs)

Besides writing bills, legislators can ask the budget committees to fund a program or project with a Request for Appropriation. Here is each one Sen. Luz Escamilla sponsored in the 2026 General Session, and what the final budget gave it.

Longterm Professional Mentorship: Breaking Poverty Cycles (TANF) Funded
Economic and Community Development · asked for $1.5 million · funded $1.5 million · official request
Early Childhood Mental Health Services Funded
Social Services · asked for $1.0 million · funded $1.0 million · official request
Camp Kostopulos Funded
Social Services · asked for $500,000 · funded $500,000 · official request
Education and Biological Control of Mosquitoes Funded
Criminal Justice · asked for $26,200 · funded $26,200 · official request
University of Utah Reading Clinic (UURC) Not funded
Economic and Community Development · asked for $0 · official request

From the Legislature's budget system (COBI) and the RFA forms filed with each budget subcommittee.